| Meta Berndt | |
 Berndt on her 110th birthday in 1999 | |
| Birth: | 9 November 1889 Kaffzig, German Empire (now Kawcze, Poland) |
| Death: | 28 December 2001 Dusseldorf, Germany |
| Age: | 112 years, 49 days |
| Country: |  GER
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| Validated | |
Meta Berndt (9 November 1889 – 28 December 2001) was a validated German supercentenarian. She is among only seven validated people in history who have reached the age of 112 years in Germany.[1]
Biograpy
Meta Berndt was born in Kawcze (at the time Kaffzig in the Prussian province of Pomerania, German Empire, present-day Poland) on 9 November 1889. She was one of twelve siblings. Her father was a farm owner in Kawcze in Pomerania, which at that times belonged to the German Empire. Berndt's father died in 1906.
Later, she spent several years with her cousin in Sopot. After the political changes upon the end of World War II, Berndt migrated with her family to Thuringia, Germany in 1947. Thereafter she lived in Ilfeld, Hannover and Mettmann. In 1960, Berndt's mother died at the age of 95 years.
In 1966, Berndt moved to Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, to live with her niece. Reportedly, she was a supporter of CDU and Helmut Kohl.[2]
Berndt died in Dusseldorf, Germany on 28 December 2001 at the age of 112 years, 49 days. At the time of her death, was the second-oldest living person in Germany, behind Maria Laqua.
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References
- ↑ Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) Gerontology Research Group
- ↑ Meta Berndt: “Ich vermisse das Landleben sehr.” Harald Wenzel-Orf