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This is a list of German supercentenarians (people from Germany who have reached the age of 110 or over).

So far, the oldest validated person ever in Germany is Charlotte Kretschmann (1909-2024) who died at the age of 114 years, 268 days, and the oldest man ever in Germany may have been Gustav Gerneth (1905–2019) who died at the age of 114 years, 6 days. The oldest German emigrant ever was Augusta Holtz (1871–1986) who died in the USA at the age of 115 years, 79 days.

Currently, the oldest living person in Germany is Martha Henze (born 1-31 December 1912) aged at least 112 years, 135 days, and the oldest living man in Germany is Karl Haidle (born 2 September 1915) aged 109 years, 255 days.

German supercentenarians

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank Name Sex Birthdate Deathdate Age Birthplace Deathplace
1 Charlotte Kretschmann F 3 Dec 1909 27 Aug 2024 114 years, 268 days PolandPOL Baden-Wuerttemberg
2 Gustav Gerneth M 15 Oct 1905 21 Oct 2019 114 years, 6 days PolandPOL Saxony-Anhalt
3 Josefine Ollmann F 11 Nov 1908 16 July 2022 113 years, 247 days Bavaria Schleswig-Holstein
4 Erna Brosig F 15 Jan 1911 23 July 2024 113 years, 190 days Silesia Lower Saxony
5 Mathilde Mange F 10 Aug 1906 28 Oct 2019 113 years, 79 days Rhineland-Palatinate North Rhine-Westphalia
6 Anna Cernohorsky F 13 Sept 1909 18 Sept 2022 113 years, 5 days Czech RepublicCZE Saxony
7 Maria Laqua F 12 Feb 1889 9 Feb 2002 112 years, 362 days North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate
8 Rosalia Hasenkampf F 14 Oct 1889 10 July 2002 112 years, 269 days RussiaRUS North Rhine-Westphalia
9 Hildegard Lange F 12 Jan 1907 8 Sept 2019 112 years, 239 days PolandPOL North Rhine-Westphalia
10 Lydia Smuda F 6 Nov 1906 6 June 2019 112 years, 212 days North Rhine-Westphalia Hamburg
11 Frieda Szwillus F 30 Mar 1902 21 Sept 2014 112 years, 175 days Saxony-Anhalt Saxony
12 Babette Endres F 1 Aug 1910 12 Jan 2023 112 years, 164 days Bavaria Bavaria
13 Gertrud Henze F 8 Dec 1901 22 Apr 2014 112 years, 135 days Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony
14 Martha Henze F ? Dec 1912 Living 112 years, 135 days+ North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
15 Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff F 7 Dec 1905 9 Apr 2018 112 years, 123 days Thuringia Baden-Wuerttemberg
16 Therese Fenners F 8 Mar 1906 23 June 2018 112 years, 107 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
17 Ottilie Reimers F 30 Jan 1913 Living 112 years, 105 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
18 Elisabeth Trankner F 11 Aug 1906 7 Nov 2018 112 years, 88 days Hesse Bavaria
19 Meta Berndt F 9 Nov 1889 28 Dec 2001 112 years, 49 days PolandPOL North Rhine-Westphalia
20 Johanna Klink F 17 Jan 1903 20 Feb 2015 112 years, 34 days PolandPOL Saxony
21 Irmgard von Stephani F 20 Sept 1895 5 Oct 2007 112 years, 15 days Hesse Berlin
22 Hildegard Rau F 31 July 1912 29 July 2024 111 years, 364 days Baden-Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
23 Katharina Hagemeyer F 4 Aug 1908 12 July 2020 111 years, 343 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
24 Adele Rodenstein F 3 Sept 1908 18 July 2020 111 years, 319 days BelgiumBEL North Rhine-Westphalia
25 Anna Eistermeier F 28 Sept 1910 30 July 2022 111 years, 302 days Bavaria Bavaria
Ella Neumann F 9 Oct 1906 7 Aug 2018 111 years, 302 days Baden-Wuerttemberg North Rhine-Westphalia
27 Anna Kupper F 29 Dec 1908 18 Oct 2020 111 years, 294 days North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate
28 Elsa Peck F 20 Apr 1902 28 Jan 2014 111 years, 283 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
29 Lina Zimmer F 20 Nov 1892 28 Aug 2004 111 years, 282 days Baden-Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
30 Hermann Dornemann M 27 May 1893 2 Mar 2005 111 years, 279 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
31 Charlotte Klamroth F 18 Aug 1903 16 May 2015 111 years, 271 days Saxony-Anhalt Rhineland-Palatinate
32 Magdalene Regener F 5 Mar 1891 19 Nov 2002 111 years, 259 days Hesse Lower Saxony
33 Pauline Raissle F 16 Dec 1905 29 Aug 2017 111 years, 256 days Baden-Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
34 Margot Petzold F 14 Jan 1911 20 Sept 2022 111 years, 249 days Thuringia Thuringia
35 Gertrud Grutza F 19 Dec 1908 15 Aug 2020 111 years, 240 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
36 Elisabeth Heck F 11 July 1893 3 Feb 2005 111 years, 207 days Baden-Wurttemberg Hesse
37 Else Ronsch F 17 Mar 1904 5 Oct 2015 111 years, 202 days Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
38 Else Tostmann F 20 Oct 1913 Living 111 years, 207 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
39 Adele Lankenau F 27 Mar 1913 6 Oct 2024 111 years, 193 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
40 Paula Baumgartner F 16 Aug 1881 24 Feb 1993 111 years, 192 days North Rhine-Westphalia Baden-Wuerttemberg
41 Adele Ziegenhagel F 12 July 1906 10 Jan 2018 111 years, 182 days Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
42 Margarete Ottmann F 23 Feb 1903 17 Aug 2014 111 years, 175 days PolandPOL Bavaria
Ilse Beck F 5 Oct 1906 29 Mar 2018 111 years, 175 days Saxony Thuringia
44 Elisabeth Schneider F 19 Aug 1901 9 Feb 2013 111 years, 174 days North Rhine-Westphalia Lower Saxony
45 Frieda Borchert F 5 Jan 1897 22 June 2008 111 years, 169 days PolandPOL Berlin
46 Christine Hoscheid F 16 Feb 1907 1 Aug 2018 111 years, 166 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
47 Anna Mehlberg F 2 Dec 1906 16 May 2018 111 years, 165 days Berlin Berlin
48 Margarete Dannheimer F 28 Jan 1904 2 July 2015 111 years, 155 days Bavaria Bavaria
49 Rosa Rose F 4 Dec 1903 25 Apr 2015 111 years, 142 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
50 Karolina Kruger F 17 Feb 1885 3 July 1996 111 years, 137 days Rhineland-Palatinate North Rhine-Westphalia
51 Katharina Braun F 23 Sept 1867 5 Feb 1979 111 years, 135 days Bavaria Rhineland-Palatinate
52 Anna Stephan F 25 Mar 1892 3 Aug 2003 111 years, 131 days Czech RepublicCZE Bavaria
53 Anna Braun F 5 July 1911 29 Oct 2022 111 years, 116 days PolandPOL Brandenburg
54 Gertrud Teichgraber F 22 Nov 1908 16 Mar 2020 111 years, 115 days Berlin Lower Saxony
55 Gertrud Blohm F 7 Sept 1912 29 Dec 2023 111 years, 113 days Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
56 Elsa Tauser F 10 July 1896 6 Oct 2007 111 years, 88 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Kathe Wulf F 23 Mar 1902 19 June 2013 111 years, 88 days Lower Saxony Hesse
58 Bertha Lindemann F 11 Mar 1891 29 May 2002 111 years, 79 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
59 Ingeborg Frundt F 24 Apr 1913 1 July 2024 111 years, 68 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
60 Zhenya Broytman F 21 Aug 1899 25 Oct 2010 111 years, 65 days UkraineUKR North Rhine-Westphalia
61 Emilie Kreckmann F 28 Oct 1912 18 Dec 2023 111 years, 51 days Saarland Saarland
62 Ida Enthof F 7 Sept 1913 fl. 1 Oct 2024 110 years, 25+ days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
63 Elisabeth Schlink F 3 Dec 1910 24 Dec 2021 111 years, 21 days Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
64 Feuke Glato F 26 Dec 1908 31 Dec 2019 111 years, 5 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
65 Else Assmann F 18 Feb 1902 15 Feb 2013 110 years, 363 days Brandenburg Berlin
66 Hans Schornack M 29 Feb 1912 22 Feb 2023 110 years, 358 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
Herta Hansen F 15 Oct 1910 8 Oct 2021 110 years, 358 days North-Rhine Westphalia Hesse
68 Anne Matschewsky F 3 Oct 1912 23 Sept 2023 110 years, 355 days North Rhine-Westphalia Baden-Wuerttemberg
69 Agnes Meier F 30 May 1907 19 May 2018 110 years, 354 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
70 Luise Forster F 24 Feb 1910 4 Feb 2021 110 years, 346 days Berlin Berlin
71 Aloysia Tilscher F 9 Dec 1893 8 Nov 2004 110 years, 335 days Czech RepublicCZE Bavaria
72 Hildegard Henke F 4 Nov 1905 27 Sept 2016 110 years, 328 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
73 Frieda Schmidt F 15 Dec 1899 6 Nov 2010 110 years, 326 days Brandenburg Brandenburg
74 Margarethe Rosenberger F 13 Nov 1896 29 Sept 2007 110 years, 320 days Berlin Berlin
75 Maria Vornweg F 12 Sep 1909 17 July 2020 110 years, 309 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
76 Berta Zeisler F 2 Feb 1900 1 Dec 2010 110 years, 302 days FranceFRA Rhineland-Palatinate
77 Katharina Stahl F 10 Nov 1913 fl. 1 Sept 2024 110 years, 296+ days BulgariaBUL Baden-Wuerttemberg
78 Gisela Metreweli F 10 Oct 1893 31 July 2004 110 years, 295 days Bavaria Bavaria
79 Marie Stutz F 22 Oct 1896 11 Aug 2007 110 years, 293 days Hesse Bavaria
80 Marie Pfeiler F 28 Oct 1904 9 Aug 2015 110 years, 285 days Brandenburg Berlin
81 Ilse Neumann F 23 July 1914 Living 110 years, 296 days Saxony Saxony
82 Gerhart Schneider M 13 Mar 1908 18 Dec 2018 110 years, 280 days PolandPOL North Rhine-Westphalia
83 Erna Henningsen F 24 May 1889 27 Feb 2000 110 years, 279 days Saxony-Anhalt Berlin
84 Else Kusche F 5 Dec 1902 8 Sept 2013 110 years, 277 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
85 Frieda Muller F 18 Oct 1894 21 July 2005 110 years, 276 days Brandenburg Brandenburg
86 Elisabeth Franke F 10 Nov 1903 11 Aug 2014 110 years, 274 days PolandPOL North Rhine-Westphalia
87 Franziska Rau F 9 Mar 1902 6 Dec 2012 110 years, 272 days Baden-Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
88 Herta Oeser F 24 June 1905 13 Mar 2016 110 years, 263 days Baden-Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
89 Pauline Spyra F 25 Apr 1886 11 Jan 1997 110 years, 262 days PolandPOL Bavaria
Elenor Sprecher F 8 Oct 1913 26 June 2024 110 years, 262 days Baden-Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
91 Maria Lamprecht F 8 July 1905 12 Mar 2016 110 years, 247 days AustriaAUT Baden-Wuerttemberg
92 Felicitas Rau F 11 Dec 1907 8 Aug 2018 110 years, 240 days Hamburg North Rhine-Westphalia
93 Perpetua von Mauntz F 7 Mar 1896 30 Oct 2006 110 years, 237 days Bavaria Bavaria
94 Frieda Tessmer F 5 Aug 1897 28 Mar 2008 110 years, 236 days Brandenburg Berlin
Helga Doerk F 8 Feb 1908 2 Oct 2018 110 years, 236 days AustriaAUT North Rhine-Westphalia
96 Clothilde Rey F 20 Nov 1892 9 July 2003 110 years, 231 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
97 Rosalie Huber F 29 Sept 1908 14 May 2019 110 years, 227 days Bavaria Bavaria
98 Erna Scharfenberg F 26 June 1894 26 Jan 2005 110 years, 214 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Annemarie Zander F 12 May 1913 12 Dec 2023 110 years, 214 days Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate
100 Wilhelmine Beumer F 10 Apr 1910 9 Nov 2020 110 years, 213 days Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia
101 Mathilde Stoellger F 21 Apr 1893 16 Nov 2003 110 years, 209 days Rhineland-Palatinate North Rhine-Westphalia
102 Karolina Grober F 27 Apr 1901 21 Nov 2011 110 years, 208 days Bavaria Bavaria
103 Friedrich Wedeking M 10 Oct 1862 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
104 Maria Corba F 15 Aug 1878 8 Mar 1989 110 years, 205 days RomaniaROU North Rhine-Westphalia
105 Helene Axt F 19 Apr 1912 8 Nov 2022 110 years, 203 days Hesse Hesse
106 Charlotte Bauch F 12 Oct 1900 2 May 2011 110 years, 202 days Saxony Bavaria
107 Arno Wagner M 4 June 1894 22 Dec 2004 110 years, 201 days Saxony Saxony
108 Hilda Wesser F 14 Aug 1911 26 Feb 2022 110 years, 196 days Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt
109 Hildegard Wustenberg F 18 May 1911 25 Nov 2021 110 years, 191 days Lower Saxony Hesse
110 Kathe von Reeken F 9 Oct 1912 16 Apr 2023 110 years, 189 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
111 Maria Osswald F 25 Sept 1901 29 Mar 2012 110 years, 186 days Hesse Bavaria
Maria Daub F 18 Aug 1913 20 Feb 2024 110 years, 186 days Hesse Hesse
113 Martina Roelofsma F 22 Sept 1883 21 Mar 1994 110 years, 180 days ? ?
114 Maria Brandes F 11 Aug 1902 6 Feb 2013 110 years, 179 days SlovakiaSVK Bavaria
115 Maria Peitz F 25 Feb 1913 22 Aug 2023 110 years, 178 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
116 Margarete Grahl F 15 Oct 1907 4 Aug 2018 110 years, 175 days Berlin Berlin
117 Gertrud Oertel F 11 Nov 1914 Living 110 years, 185 days Brandenburg Berlin
118 Annette Ahrends F 2 Oct 1909 22 Mar 2020 110 years, 172 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
119 Marie Freund F 25 Sept 1885 13 Mar 1996 110 years, 170 days PolandPOL Brandenburg
120 Franziska Umrath F 5 Sept 1885 18 Feb 1996 110 years, 166 days PolandPOL Hamburg
Emilie Zimmermann F 10 Apr 1908 23 Sept 2018 110 years, 166 days Rhineland-Palatinate Lower Saxony
122 Lucie Neumann F 16 Sept 1906 19 Feb 2017 110 years, 156 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
123 Maria Volmer F 8 June 1890 6 Nov 2000 110 years, 151 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
Johanne Rasmus F 25 Oct 1896 25 Mar 2007 110 years, 151 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
Gertrud Gross F 4 Oct 1907 4 Mar 2018 110 years, 151 days Lower Saxony Hesse
126 Irmgard Genthe F 7 May 1914 4 Oct 2024 110 years, 146 days UkraineUKR Saxony
127 Helene Heidbreder F 9 May 1897 8 Oct 2007 110 years, 142 days North Rhine-Westphalia Lower Saxony
Maria Jantke F 18 Oct 1902 9 Mar 2013 110 years, 142 days PolandPOL North Rhine-Westphalia
129 Anna Seidel F 9 Nov 1913 1 Apr 2024 110 years, 141 days Saxony Saxony
130 Emma Joisten F 21 June 1898 8 Nov 2008 110 years, 140 days Hesse North Rhine-Westphalia
131 Johanne Wilks F 8 Feb 1893 23 June 2003 110 years, 135 days Oldenburg Lower Saxony
Martha Kleemeier F 3 Apr 1913 16 Aug 2023 110 years, 135 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
133 Charlotte Feigel F 9 Dec 1909 19 Apr 2020 110 years, 132 days SwitzerlandSUI Baden-Wuerttemberg
134 Elfriede Petrasch F 14 Feb 1905 20 June 2015 110 years, 126 days PolandPOL Berlin
135 Ella Ille Rentel F 19 May 1852 19 Sept 1962 110 years, 123 days LithuaniaLTU North Rhine-Westphalia
Lina von Veh F 17 Feb 1898 19 June 2008 110 years, 123 days RussiaRUS Bavaria
137 Theresia Guglberger F 26 Aug 1908 25 Dec 2018 110 years, 121 days Bavaria Bavaria
138 Vera Schmitt F 28 Dec 1903 26 Apr 2014 110 years, 119 days Bavaria Bavaria
139 Klara Flasskamp F 11 Mar 1904 6 July 2014 110 years, 117 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
140 Margarete Treutler F 6 Oct 1912 ≈31 Jan 2023 110 years, ≈117 days Bavaria Bavaria
141 Elisabeth Rueterbories F 10 Jan 1915 Living 110 years, 125 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
142 Christine Steinhauer F 12 Aug 1908 2 Dec 2018 110 years, 112 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
143 Martha Wolf F 1 Sept 1904 18 Dec 2014 110 years, 108 days BelgiumBEL North Rhine-Westphalia
144 Elisabeth Ross F 23 Sept 1907 3 Jan 2018 110 years, 102 days Berlin Hesse
145 Ilse Bartling F 8 July 1914 17 Oct 2024 110 years, 101 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
146 Frieda Dahlenburg F 13 Apr 1907 21 July 2017 110 years, 99 days Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
147 Aenne Stockhorst F 20 Dec 1906 20 Mar 2017 110 years, 90 days Rhineland-Palatinate North Rhine-Westphalia
148 Herta Foh F 5 July 1913 21 Sept 2023 110 years, 78 days Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
149 Margarete Staack F 24 April 1903 5 July 2013 110 years, 72 days Saxony Saxony
Lieselotte Hemmerling F 7 Dec 1913 17 Feb 2024 110 years, 72 days Hesse Hesse
151 Auguste Ehard F 12 Jan 1906 22 Mar 2016 110 years, 70 days Bavaria Bavaria
152 Margarethe Petermeier F 24 Sept 1910 2 Dec 2020 110 years, 69 days PolandPOL North Rhine-Westphalia
153 Martin Eichel M 13 July 1907 18 Sept 2017 110 years, 67 days Hesse Hesse
154 Elisabeth Bonte F 26 Feb 1915 Living 110 years, 78 days Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia
155 Paul Veit M 15 Jan 1903 21 Mar 2013 110 years, 65 days Brandenburg Brandenburg
156 Franziska Schmid F 16 Oct 1912 15 Dec 2022 110 years, 60 days Bavaria Bavaria
157 Maria Knebel F 5 Mar 1915 Living 110 years, 71 days Baden-Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
158 Maria Schmitz F 27 Aug 1886 22 Oct 1996 110 years, 56 days Rhineland-Palatinate North Rhine-Westphalia
159 Wilhelm Schorner M 3 Feb 1889 29 Mar 1999 110 years, 54 days Bavaria Bavaria
160 Clara Schonholzer F 8 Dec 1899 29 Jan 2010 110 years, 52 days SwitzerlandSUI Baden-Wuerttemberg
161 Ursula-Lina Burkhardt F 24 Sept 1900 13 Nov 2010 110 years, 50 days Baden-Wuerttemberg Bavaria
Thea Breckerbaum F 6 Oct 1902 25 Nov 2012 110 years, 50 days PolandPOL Hesse
163 Maria Low F 25 Jan 1902 14 Mar 2012 110 years, 49 days Bavaria Bavaria
164 Paula Ludwig F 28 Nov 1910 14 Jan 2021 110 years, 47 days North Rhine-Westphalia Bavaria
165 Jonathan Richter M 6 Sept 1888 12 Oct 1998 110 years, 36 days UkraineUKR Rhineland-Palatinate
166 Erika Kortum F 7 Jan 1912 10 Feb 2022 110 years, 34 days Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
167 Rosina Neubauer F 11 Oct 1909 13 Nov 2019 110 years, 33 days RomaniaROU Hesse
168 Marie Schroder F 3 Oct 1903 4 Nov 2013 110 years, 32 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
Else Giesecke F 23 Feb 1908 27 Mar 2018 110 years, 32 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
170 Franziska Maier F 23 Apr 1898 20 May 2008 110 years, 27 days Czech RepublicCZE Saxony-Anhalt
Kathe Demhard F 15 Dec 1906 11 Jan 2017 110 years, 27 days Hesse Hesse
Hildegard Vedder F 17 Mar 1914 13 Apr 2024 110 years, 27 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
173 Sophie Schuster F 7 Apr 1906 28 Apr 2016 110 years, 21 days Bavaria Bavaria
174 Margarete Staack F 24 Apr 1903 7 May 2013 110 years, 13 days Saxony Saxony
Elisabeth Rothaus F 26 Mar 1914 8 Apr 2024 110 years, 13 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
176 Rivka Yezersky F 28 Dec 1905 8 Jan 2016 110 years, 11 days BelarusBLR Hesse
177 Grete Fastenrath F 18 Jan 1914 28 Jan 2024 110 years, 10 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
178 Helene Blase F 26 Mar 1910 ≈4 Apr 2020 110 years, ≈9 days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
179 Regina Rotthauwe F 31 Jan 1905 6 Feb 2015 110 years, 6 days Saarland Saarland
180 Stefanie Kahl F 29 Apr 1915 Living 110 years, 16 days Brandenburg Hesse
181 Irene Mergelsberg F 4 Mar 1893 6 Mar 2003 110 years, 2 days Hesse Hesse

Incomplete cases

Rank Name Sex Birthdate Deathdate Age Birthplace Deathplace
Asta Hasse F 25 Nov 1909 Jan/Oct 2022 112 years, 139+ days PolandPOL Berlin
Ottilie Schwarz F 7 June 1910 Jan/May 2022 111 years, 209+ days Bavaria Bavaria
Hedwig Wickert F 17 July 1909 Jan/May 2020 111 years, 0+ days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
Ilse Schade F 26 Apr 1910 May/Dec 2021 111 years, 0+ days Berlin Baden-Wuerttemberg
Gertrud Pawlik F 4 Mar 1913 2024 111 years ? days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
Hildegard Kress F 18 Aug 1912 Jan/Aug 2023 110 years, 219+ days LuxembourgLUX Lower Saxony
Margarete Winkels F 20 Aug 1908 Jan/Aug 2019 110 years, 139+ days Berlin Berlin
Anonymous F 11 Aug 1911 Jan/Aug 2022 110 years, 129+ days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
Charlotta Franke F 15 Sept 1910 Jan/Aug 2021 110 years, 109+ days Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
Hildegard Mengering F 30 Nov 1912 Jan/May 2023 110 years, 31+ days North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
Hanna Uhlich F 15 Dec 1909 Jan/Dec 2020 110 years, 17+ days Saxony Saxony
Johanna Rehfeldt F 17 June 1910 July/Dec 2020 110 years, 0+ days Saxony Bremen
Elisabeth Hamm F 4 Jan 1906 Jan/Dec 2016 110 years, 0+ days Hesse Hesse
Ottilie Diering F 9 July 1907 July/Dec 2017 110 years, 0+ days Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Brandenburg
Magdalene Kolterjahn F 31 Aug 1910 Jan/Aug 2021 110 years, 0+ days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
Anonymous F 11 Feb 1914 2024 110 years, ? days Hesse Hesse

German emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birthdate Deathdate Age Birthplace Deathplace
1 Augusta Holtz F 3 Aug 1871 21 Oct 1986 115 years, 79 days Prussia (now Poland) United StatesUSA
2 Charlotte Benkner F 16 Nov 1889 14 May 2004 114 years, 180 days Saxony United StatesUSA
3 Luzia Mohrs F 23 Mar 1904 16 Oct 2017 113 years, 207 days Rhineland-Palatinate BrazilBRA
4 Louise Schaaf F 16 Oct 1906 25 Apr 2020 113 years, 192 days Baden-Wurttemberg United StatesUSA
5 Maria Aulenbacher F 7 Nov 1909 8 Feb 2023 113 years, 93 days Hesse United StatesUSA
6 Adelheid Kirschbaum F 29 Sept 1883 21 Dec 1996 113 years, 83 days Rhineland-Palatinate United StatesUSA
8 Ilse Meingast F 14 Mar 1912 Living 113 years, 62 days Berlin United StatesUSA
7 Anna Bechler F 28 Sept 1907 29 July 2020 112 years, 305 days Bavaria United StatesUSA
9 Berta Rosenberg F 5 Sept 1896 28 Jan 2009 112 years, 145 days Hesse United StatesUSA
10 Martha Rein F 17 Aug 1874 6 Jan 1987 112 years, 142 days Bavaria United StatesUSA
11 Katie Bodenbender F 19 Apr 1905 16 Apr 2017 111 years, 362 days Hesse United StatesUSA
12 Amy Holmes F 10 Apr 1886 1 Mar 1998 111 years, 325 days North Rhine-Westphalia United StatesUSA
14 Helen Johnson F 20 July 1896 17 Apr 2008 111 years, 272 days Berlin United StatesUSA
15 Friedrich Reichenstein M 1 Feb 1906 9 June 2017 111 years, 128 days North Rhine-Westphalia IsraelISR
16 Maria Gabriella Lerchenthal F 8 June 1913 13 Sept 2024 111 years, 97 days Bavaria ItalyITA
17 Johanna Frank F 15 Sept 1875 24 Nov 1986 111 years, 70 days Hamburg United StatesUSA
18 Katie Logemann F 15 Dec 1907 19 Feb 2019 111 years, 66 days Lower Saxony United StatesUSA
19 Dorothea Duisberg F 7 Oct 1912 2 Oct 2023 110 years, 360 days Bremen ChileCHL
20 Carl Berner M 27 Jan 1902 7 Jan 2013 110 years, 346 days Baden-Wurttemberg United StatesUSA
21 Bertha Edwards F 22 Apr 1881 27 Nov 1991 110 years, 219 days Prussia (now Germany) United StatesUSA
22 Emma Lee F 14 Oct 1879 16 May 1990 110 years, 214 days Bremen United StatesUSA
23 Else Hessberg F 5 Dec 1892 13 Apr 2003 110 years, 129 days Hesse United StatesUSA
24 Selma Wolf F 2 Sep 1894 8 Dec 2004 110 years, 97 days ? United StatesUSA
25 Hildegard Wagner F 11 Mar 1914 10 Jun 2024 110 years, 91 days Lower Saxony United StatesUSA
26 John Mauch M 24 Dec 1888 7 Mar 1999 110 years, 73 days Baden-Wurttemberg United StatesUSA
27 Wilhelmine Gnueg F 12 Mar 1894 17 Apr 2004 110 years, 36 days Hesse United StatesUSA
28 Johanna Maria Besseling-Levers F 11 Aug 1909 14 Sept 2019 110 years, 34 days North Rhine-Westphalia NetherlandsNED
29 Eva Grafunder F 17 June 1903 14 July 2013 110 years, 27 days East Prussia CanadaCAN
30 Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede F 29 May 1890 8 June 2000 110 years, 10 days North Rhine-Westphalia SwitzerlandSUI
31 Gertrude Schultz F 21 Feb 1862 29 Feb 1972 110 years, 8 days Rhineland-Palatinate United StatesUSA
32 Martha Spater F 12 Oct 1880 14 Oct 1990 110 years, 2 days Prussia (now Germany) United StatesUSA
33 Jane Ising F 2 Feb 1902 2 Feb 2012 110 years, 0 days Berlin United StatesUSA

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Germany since 1977

From To Name Sex Age when
oldest
Lifespan State of death
Un­known 14 Jan 1977 Margarethe Sauer F 109 18 Jan 1867 – 14 Jan 1977
109 years, 362 days
Bremen
14 Jan 1977 5 Feb 1979
(2 yrs, 22 days)
Katharina Braun F 109–111 23 Sept 1867 – 5 Feb 1979
111 years, 135 days
Rhineland-Palatinate
5 Feb 1979 24 Jan 1981
(1 yr, 354 days)
Leni Matthaei F 107 2 June 1873 – 24 Jan 1981
107 years, 236 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
24 Jan 1981 18 Feb 1981
(25 days)
Mathilde Schulz F 107 24 Sept 1873 – 18 Feb 1981
107 years, 147 days
?
18 Feb 1981 6 Mar 1982
(1 yr, 16 days)
Petronella Wansleban F 106–107 26 Oct 1874 – 6 Mar 1982
107 years, 131 days
?
6 Mar 1982 5 July 1983
(1 yr, 121 days)
Agnes Gerrath F 106–108 22 Mar 1875 – 5 July 1983
108 years, 105 days
?
5 July 1983 23 Feb 1985
(1 yr, 234 days)
Anna Fleinert F 107–108 10 Apr 1876 – 23 Feb 1985
108 years, 319 days
?
23 Feb 1985 5 Mar 1986
(1 yr, 10 days)
Bertha Brandes F 108–109 7 Sept 1876 – 5 Mar 1986
109 years, 176 days
?
5 Mar 1986 4 June 1986
(91 days)
Wilhelmine Heister F 107–108 13 May 1878 – 4 June 1986
108 years, 22 days
?
4 June 1986 1 Dec 1987
(1 yr, 180 days)
Gertrude Schmalohr F 107–109 9 June 1878 – 1 Dec 1987
109 years, 175 days
?
1 Dec 1987 8 Mar 1989
(1 yr, 97 days)
Maria Corba F 109–110 15 Aug 1878 – 8 Mar 1989
110 years, 205 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
8 Mar 1989 30 Oct 1989
(236 days)
Elfried Libbert F 109 5 May 1880 – 30 Oct 1989
109 years, 178 days
Hesse
30 Oct 1989 24 Feb 1993
(3 yrs, 117 days)
Paula Baumgartner F 108–111 16 Aug 1881 – 24 Feb 1993
111 years, 192 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
24 Feb 1993 26 Apr 1993
(61 days)
Gertrud Pannwitz F 109 4 Nov 1883 – 26 Apr 1993
109 years, 173 days
Schleswig-Holstein
26 Apr 1993 26 Jan 1995
(1 yr, 275 days)
Ottilie Aleith F 108–109 13 Feb 1885 – 26 Jan 1995
109 years, 347 days
Thuringia
26 Jan 1995 3 July 1996
(1 yr, 159 days)
Karolina Kruger F 109–111 17 Feb 1885 – 3 July 1996
111 years, 137 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
3 July 1996 11 Jan 1997
(192 days)
Pauline Spyra F 110 24 Apr 1886 – 11 Jan 1997
110 years, 262 days
Bavaria
11 Jan 1997 18 May 1998
(1 yr, 127 days)
Wilhelm Lehnen M 108–109 22 July 1888 – 18 May 1998
109 years, 300 days
Hesse
18 May 1998 5 Jan 1999
(232 days)
Marie Stegmann F 109 17 Jan 1889 – 6 Jan 1999
109 years, 354 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
5 Jan 1999 29 Mar 1999
(83 days)
Wilhelm Schorner M 109–110 3 Feb 1889 – 29 Mar 1999
110 years, 54 days
Bavaria
29 Mar 1999 9 Feb 2002
(2 yrs, 317 days)
Maria Laqua F 110–112 12 Feb 1889 – 9 Feb 2002
112 years, 362 days
Rhineland-Palatinate
9 Feb 2002 10 July 2002
(151 days)
Rosalia Hasenkampf F 112 14 Oct 1889 – 10 July 2002
112 years, 269 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
10 July 2002 19 Nov 2002
(132 days)
Magdalene Regener F 110–111 5 Mar 1891 – 19 Nov 2002
111 years, 259 days
Lower Saxony
19 Nov 2002 3 Aug 2003
(257 days)
Anna Stephan F 110–111 25 Mar 1892 – 3 Aug 2003
111 years, 131 days
Bavaria
3 Aug 2003 28 Aug 2004
(1 yr, 25 days)
Lina Zimmer F 110–111 20 Nov 1892 – 28 Aug 2004
111 years, 282 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
28 Aug 2004 2 Mar 2005
(186 days)
Hermann Dornemann M 111 27 May 1893 – 2 Mar 2005
111 years, 279 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
2 Mar 2005 21 July 2005
(141 days)
Frieda Muller F 110 18 Oct 1894 – 21 July 2005
110 years, 276 days
Brandenburg
21 July 2005 5 Oct 2007
(2 yrs, 76 days)
Irmgard von Stephani F 109–112 20 Sept 1895 – 5 Oct 2007
112 years, 15 days
Berlin
5 Oct 2007 6 Oct 2007
(1 day)
Elsa Tauser F 111 10 July 1896 – 6 Oct 2007
111 years, 88 days
Schleswig-Holstein
6 Oct 2007 22 June 2008
(260 days)
Frieda Borchert F 110–111 5 Jan 1897 – 22 June 2008
111 years, 169 days
Berlin
22 June 2008 8 Nov 2008
(139 days)
Emma Joisten F 110 21 June 1898 – 8 Nov 2008
110 years, 140 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
8 Nov 2008 25 Oct 2010
(1 yr, 351 days)
Zhenya Broytman F 109–111 21 Aug 1899 – 25 Oct 2010
111 years, 65 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
25 Oct 2010 6 Nov 2010
(12 days)
Frieda Schmidt F 110 15 Dec 1899 – 6 Nov 2010
110 years, 326 days
Brandenburg
6 Nov 2010 1 Dec 2010
(25 days)
Berta Zeisler F 110 2 Feb 1900 – 1 Dec 2010
110 years, 302 days
Rhineland-Palatinate
1 Dec 2010 2 May 2011
(152 days)
Charlotte Bauch F 110 12 Oct 1900 – 2 May 2011
110 years, 202 days
Bavaria
2 May 2011 21 Nov 2011
(203 days)
Karolina Grober F 110 27 Apr 1901 – 21 Nov 2011
110 years, 208 days
Bavaria
21 Nov 2011 9 Feb 2013
(1 yr, 80 days)
Elisabeth Schneider F 110–111 19 Aug 1901 – 9 Feb 2013
111 years, 174 days
Lower Saxony
9 Feb 2013 22 Apr 2014
(1 yr, 72 days)
Gertrud Henze F 111–112 8 Dec 1901 – 22 Apr 2014
112 years, 135 days
Lower Saxony
22 Apr 2014 21 Sept 2014
(152 days)
Frieda Szwillus F 112 30 Mar 1902 – 21 Sept 2014
112 years, 175 days
Saxony
21 Sept 2014 20 Feb 2015
(152 days)
Johanna Klink F 111–112 17 Jan 1903 – 20 Feb 2015
112 years, 34 days
Saxony
20 Feb 2015 16 May 2015
(85 days)
Charlotte Klamroth F 111 18 Aug 1903 – 16 May 2015
111 years, 271 days
Rhineland-Palatinate
16 May 2015 2 July 2015
(47 days)
Margarete Dannheimer F 111 28 Jan 1904 – 2 July 2015
111 years, 155 days
Bavaria
2 July 2015 5 Oct 2015
(95 days)
Else Ronsch F 111 17 Mar 1904 – 5 Oct 2015
111 years, 202 days
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
5 Oct 2015 13 Mar 2016
(160 days)
Herta Oeser F 110 24 June 1905 – 13 Mar 2016
110 years, 263 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
13 Mar 2016 21 Oct 2019
(3 yrs, 222 days)
Gustav Gerneth M 110–114 15 Oct 1905 – 21 Oct 2019
114 years, 6 days
Saxony-Anhalt
21 Oct 2019 28 Oct 2019
(7 days)
Mathilde Mange F 113 10 Aug 1906 – 28 Oct 2019
113 years, 79 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
28 Oct 2019 12 July 2020
(258 days)
Katharina Hagemeyer F 111 4 Aug 1908 – 12 July 2020
111 years, 343 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
12 July 2020 18 July 2020
(6 days)
Adele Rodenstein F 111 3 Sept 1908 – 18 July 2020
111 years, 319 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
18 July 2020 16 July 2022
(1 yr, 363 days)
Josefine Ollmann F 111–113 11 Nov 1908 – 16 July 2022
113 years, 247 days
Schleswig-Holstein
16 July 2022 18 Sept 2022
(64 days)
Anna Cernohorsky F 112–113 13 Sept 1909 – 18 Sept 2022
113 years, 5 days
Saxony
18 Sept 2022 27 Aug 2024
(1 year. 344 days)
Charlotte Kretschmann F 112–114 3 Dec 1909 - 27 Aug 2024
114 years, 268 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
27 Aug 2024 Present
(0 years, 261 days)
Martha Henze F 111-112* Born 1/31 Dec 1912
112 years, 135 days+
Living in
North Rhine-Westphalia

Chronological list of the oldest living man in Germany since 1965

From To Name Age when
oldest
Lifespan State of death
Un­known 25 Apr 1965 Johann Hartlieb 105 11 Jan 1860 – 25 Apr 1965
105 years, 104 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
25 Apr 1965 22 Feb 1966
(303 days)
Adolf Lange 105 27 Feb 1860 – 22 Feb 1966
105 years, 360 days
?
22 Feb 1966 21 Apr 1966
(58 days)
Karl Pfeiffer 105 10 Oct 1860 – 21 Apr 1966
105 years, 193 days
?
21 Apr 1966 27 Nov 1968
(2 yrs, 220 days)
Johann Wost 105–107 14 Jan 1861 – 27 Nov 1968
107 years, 317 days
?
27 Nov 1968 5 May 1973
(4 yrs, 159 days)
Friedrich Wedeking 106–110 10 Oct 1862 – 5 May 1973
110 years, 207 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
5 May 1973 16 May 1973
(11 days)
August Schmidt 105 16 Mar 1868 – 16 May 1973
105 years, 61 days
?
16 May 1973 12 May 1977
(3 yrs, 361 days)
Wilhelm Deffner 102–106 12 May 1871 – 12 May 1977
106 years, 0 days
?
12 May 1977 4 Jan 1980
(2 yrs, 237 days)
Karl Bulow 103–105 10 May 1874 – 4 Jan 1980
105 years, 239 days
?
4 Jan 1980 22 Apr 1982
(2 yrs, 109 days)
Fritz Witt 105–107 28 Dec 1874 – 22 Apr 1982
107 years, 115 days
?
22 Apr 1982 28 Oct 1984
(2 yrs, 189 days)
Heinrich Oppermann 105–108 9 Aug 1876 – 28 Oct 1984
108 years, 80 days
?
28 Oct 1984 15 Aug 1986
(1 yr, 291 days)
Ernst Schutt 105–107 30 Dec 1878 – 15 Aug 1986
107 years, 228 days
?
15 Aug 1986 30 Dec 1986
(137 days)
Wenzel Novotny 106 24 Mar 1880 – 30 Dec 1986
106 years, 281 days
?
30 Dec 1986 14 July 1988
(1 yr, 196 days)
Otto Trost 106–107 13 Oct 1880 – 14 July 1988
107 years, 275 days
?
14 July 1988 10 Jan 1989
(180 days)
Peter Schmitt 107 21 May 1881 – 10 Jan 1989
107 years, 234 days
?
10 Jan 1989 28 Jan 1989
(18 days)
Friedrich von Rauchhaupt 107 13 Aug 1881 – 28 Jan 1989
107 years, 168 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
28 Jan 1989 2 Feb 1991
(2 yrs, 5 days)
Wilhelm Gazioch 106–108 7 Apr 1882 – 2 Feb 1991
108 years, 301 days
?
2 Feb 1991 25 Mar 1992
(1 yr, 51 days)
Adolf Hermann Lange 107–108 23 July 1883 – 25 Mar 1992
108 years, 245 days
?
25 Mar 1992 27 Oct 1993
(1 yr, 216 days)
Ernst Laurenty 106–107 27 Dec 1885 – 27 Oct 1993
107 years, 304 days
?
27 Oct 1993 28 Dec 1994
(1 yr, 62 days)
Gustav Rupnow 107–108 1 Aug 1886 – 28 Dec 1994
108 years, 149 days
?
28 Dec 1994 27 Jan 1995
(30 days)
Robert Hubener 106 7 June 1888 – 27 Jan 1995
106 years, 234 days
?
27 Jan 1995 18 May 1998
(3 yrs, 121 days)
Wilhelm Lehnen 106–109 22 July 1888 – 18 May 1998
109 years, 300 days
?
18 May 1998 12 Oct 1998
(147 days)
Jonathan Richter 109–110 6 Sept 1888 – 12 Oct 1998
110 years, 36 days
Rhineland-Palatinate
12 Oct 1998 29 Mar 1999
(168 days)
Wilhelm Schorner 109–110 3 Feb 1889 – 29 Mar 1999
110 years, 54 days
Bavaria
29 Mar 1999 16 Dec 2000
(1 yr, 263 days)
Lorenz Imminger 107–109 11 July 1891 – 16 Dec 2000
109 years, 158 days
Bavaria
16 Dec 2000 7 Mar 2002
(1 yr, 77 days)
Georg Bredtschneider 108–109 23 Mar 1892 – 7 Mar 2002
109 years, 349 days
?
7 Mar 2002 2 Mar 2005
(2 yrs, 360 days)
Hermann Dornemann 108–111 27 May 1893 – 2 Mar 2005
111 years, 279 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
2 Mar 2005 29 Jan 2007
(1 yr, 333 days)
Robert Meier 107–109 10 Mar 1897 – 29 Jan 2007
109 years, 325 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
29 Jan 2007 27 May 2007
(118 days)
Wilhelm Remmert 107 15 Nov 1899 – 27 May 2007
107 years, 193 days
?
27 May 2007 27 June 2007
(31 days)
Rudolf Christmann 107 10 Jan 1900 – 27 June 2007
107 years, 168 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
27 June 2007 4 Feb 2008
(222 days)
Georg Thalhofer 107 19 Feb 1900 – 4 Feb 2008
107 years, 350 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
4 Feb 2008 27 May 2008
(113 days)
Franz Kunstler 107 24 July 1900 – 27 May 2008
107 years, 308 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
27 May 2008 12 Sept 2008
(108 days)
Georg Rosenkranz 107 14 Dec 1900 – 12 Sept 2008
107 years, 273 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
12 Sept 2008 15 Jan 2009
(125 days)
Hermann Mayer-Kaupp 107–108 14 Jan 1901 – 15 Jan 2009
108 years, 1 day
Baden-Wuerttemberg
15 Jan 2009 1 Oct 2010
(1 yr, 259 days)
Erich Berger 107–109 13 Mar 1901 – 1 Oct 2010
109 years, 202 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
1 Oct 2010 2 Dec 2010
(62 days)
Richard Hinz 108–109 11 Oct 1901 – 2 Dec 2010
109 years, 52 days
Hamburg
2 Dec 2010 23 Feb 2011
(83 days)
Friedrich Volmer 108 13 Sept 1902 – 23 Feb 2011
108 years, 163 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
23 Feb 2011 18 May 2011
(84 days)
Martin Dressel 108 12 Jan 1903 – 18 May 2011
108 years, 126 days
Bavaria
18 May 2011 21 Mar 2013
(1 yr, 307 days)
Paul Veit 108–110 15 Jan 1903 – 21 Mar 2013
110 years, 65 days
Brandenburg
21 Mar 2013 16 July 2013
(117 days)
Bernhard Prott 108 16 Sept 1904 – 16 July 2013
108 years, 303 days
Schleswig-Holstein
16 July 2013 5 Aug 2013
(20 days)
Erich Walde 108 1 July 1905 – 5 Aug 2013
108 years, 35 days
Berlin
5 Aug 2013 21 Oct 2019
(6 yrs, 77 days)
Gustav Gerneth 107–114 15 Oct 1905 – 21 Oct 2019
114 years, 6 days
Saxony-Anhalt
21 Oct 2019 24 June 2020
(247 days)
Heinrich Homann 108–109 24 June 1911 – 24 June 2020
109 years, 0 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
24 June 2020 22 Feb 2023
(2 yrs, 243 days)
Hans Schornack 108–110 29 Feb 1912 – 22 Feb 2023
110 years, 359 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
2 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2024
(1 year, 15 days)
Karlheinz Stauber 108–109 25 Oct 1914 - 17 Feb 2024
109 years, 115 days
Bavaria
17 Feb 2024 Present
(1 years, 87 days)
Karl Haidle 108-109* Born 2 Sept 1915
109 years, 255 days
Living in
Baden-Wuerttemberg

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