| Ottilie Reimers | |
 Ottilie Reimers shortly before her 112th birthday in 2025 | |
| Birth: | 30 January 1913 Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany |
| Death: | 24 May 2025 Großhansdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Age: | 112 years, 114 days |
| Country: |  GER
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| Pending | |
Ottilie Reimers (30 January 1913 – 24 May 2025) was a German supercentenarian who was one of the oldest known living people in Germany at the time of her death. Her age is currently pending validation by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Ottilie Reimers was born in Eilbek, a quarter of the German city of Hamburg, on 30 January 1913. After attending business school, she completed a commercial apprenticeship before working as a secretary at a publishing house, which was later acquired by the Hamburger Tageblatt. She was then recruited as the chief secretary to assist in establishing the newspaper Die Welt, founded in 1946.
Later in her career, she started her own business, operating two Toto-Lotto tobacco and magazine shops, where she met her future husband. He passed away in 1982 during a train journey, after which she relocated to Bad Bevensen. In 2019, at the age of 106, she moved to Großhansdorf.
Ottilie Reimers died in Großhansdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 24 May 2025, at the age of 112 years, 114 days.
Recognition
On 16 July 2022, following the passing of 113-year-old Josefine Ollmann, she became the oldest (known) living person in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
References
- Pending cases Gerontology Research Group
- Rosenhof-Bewohnerin feiert 112. Geburtstag Klamm.de, 29 January 2025