| Luise Pompe | |
 Pompe on her 110th birthday in 2018 | |
| Birth: | 13 October 1908 Austria |
| Death: | 11 November 2022 Vienna, Austria |
| Age: | 114 years, 29 days |
| Country: |  AUT
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| Validated | |
Luise Pompe (13 October 1908 – 11 November 2022), previously known as L.P., was an Austrian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She holds the record for the oldest Austrian ever, the first from the country to reach both 113 and 114, and was among the top 15 oldest people in the world at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Pompe was born on 13 October 1908. According to her caregiving organization, she was never married and had no children, which she considers one of the main factors in her longevity, along with playing the piano and reading a lot.
Around 2011, she became a customer of the private care service 24Stundenpflege, which takes care of elderly people in need of care who still live in their own homes. In October 2018, she celebrated her 110th birthday. Back then, her full name was not given to the society. Instead articles refered to her as "L.P.". The full name was released only after Pompe had died in 2022.
Following the death of Anna Wiesmayr on 23 September 2019, she became the oldest living person in Austria.
On 10 April 2021, at the age of 112 years, 179 days, she surpassed the age of Maria Mika, becoming the oldest person ever to live in Austria. On 20 April 2021, at the age of 112 years, 189 days, she surpassed the age of Ilse Weiszfeld, becoming the oldest Austrian-born person ever.
On 13 October 2021, she became the first supercentenarian in Austria's history to have reached the age of 113. She became the last known European person born in 1908 after the death of Josefine Ollmann on 16 July 2022. She was confirmed privately to have reached 114 in October 2022.
Pompe died in Vienna, Austria on 11 November 2022, at the age of 114 years, 29 days. Her funeral was held on 2 December 2022. Her successor as Austria's oldest person is 111-year-old Margarete Troestl.
References[]
- 2023 validations, Gerontology Research Group
- Heute ist ein ganz besonderer Tag - wir konnten mit unserer Kundin Frau L.P. ihren 110 24StundenPflege (Facebook), 15 October 2018
- Confirmed alive at 110, September 2019
- Confirmed alive at 111, October 2019
- Confirmed alive at 111, June 2020
- Confirmed alive at 112, October 2020
- Confirmed alive at 113, October 2021
- Confirmed alive at 114, November 2022
- Bestattungskalender (Death Notice) (Archived)
| Austria's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Maria Mika • Pauline Horak • Theresia Pichler • Leopold Vietoris • Adda Tinter • Marianne Habekost • Hermine Gorsak • Karoline Theyrer • Rosa Broz • Hermine Hermann • Anna Rudicky • Hermina Dunz • Hermine Hinner • Hermine Nistler • Cacilia Buchinger • Romana Swoboda • Theresia Sommer • Antonia Kubesch • Julia Zohrer • Anonymous • Anna Medwenitsch • Anna Wiesmayr • Luise Pompe • Margarete Troestl |