| Rosina Neubauer | |
 Rosina Neubauer in 2019. | |
| Birth: | 11 October 1909 Halchiu, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) |
| Death: | 13 November 2019 Bensheim, Hesse, Germany |
| Age: | 110 years, 33 days |
| Country: |  ROU GER
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| Unvalidated | |
Rosina Neubauer (née Franz; 11 October 1909 – 13 November 2019) was a Romanian-German supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At time of her death, she was the oldest known person of Hesse.
Biography[]
Rosina Franz was born in Halchiu, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) on 11 October 1909. She was the fifth of six siblings. Her mother died when Franz was seven years old; the siblings moved to Bucharest when Franz was 17.
As a young woman, Franz joined Liedertafel, a social group for Germans in Bucharest. At one of these engagements, she met Martin Neubauer, a carpenter originally from Bistrita. They married on 28 March 1929, and had two daughters named Annemarie and Rosemarie.
In January 1945, during World War II, Neubauer’s husband was deported to Russia while she and her daughters remained penniless in Bucharest. He returned to Bucharest in 1948. Martin died in 1973, leaving Neubauer a widow.
Neubauer moved to Germany in 1989 along with her two daughters. She lived independently until 2012, when she began living at Caritasheims Sankt Elisabeth. She celebrated her 110th birthday in October 2019; in addition to her two daughters, she had three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Rosina Neubauer died in Bensheim, Hesse, Germany on 13 November 2019 at the age of 110 years, 33 days.
References[]
- Rosina Neubauer feierte 102. Geburtstag Bergsträßer Anzeiger, 13 October 2011
- Älteste Bewohnerin feierte 106. Geburtstag Fränkische Nachrichten, 12 October 2015
- Rosina Neubauer Mannheimer Morgen, 18 October 2016
- Rosina Neubauer Mannheimer Morgen, 19 October 2017
- 110 Jahre! - Eine Sensation! (pg 88) Wir Heldsdörfer, 2019