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This is a list of German people who have reached the age of 110. Currently, there have been 52 validated supercentenarians to live in Germany. Furthermore, there are also supercentenarians that were born in Germany but spent their lives in foreign countries.

The oldest person ever from Germany is Augusta Holtz, who died in the USA aged 115 years, 79 days in 1986. As of 19 April 2024, the oldest living person in Germany is 113-year-old Gustav Gerneth who is also the oldest person ever to be born and die or living in Germany (however, he is not verified so Maria Laqua is still the oldest verified German).

As of 19 April 2024, there are 12 living supercentenarians in Germany, the oldest of whom is Gustav Gerneth, aged 118 years, 186 days. The oldest living emigrant German is Lisl Schaaf, aged 117 years, 185 days.

Living German supercentenarians

      Unvalidated

Age as of
19 Apr 2024
State (Province) or Country of
Rank Name Sex Birth birth residence
Gustav Gerneth M 15 Oct 1905 118 years, 186 days Prussia (Pomerania)PolandPOL Saxony-Anhalt
Mathilde Mange F 10 Aug 1906 117 years, 252 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
Lydia Smuda F 6 Nov 1906 117 years, 164 days Prussia (Rhine) Hamburg
Hildegard Lange F 12 Jan 1907 117 years, 97 days Prussia (East Prussia)PolandPOL North Rhine-Westphalia
Christine Hoscheid F 16 Feb 1907 117 years, 62 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
Katharina Hagemeyer F 4 Aug 1908 115 years, 258 days Prussia (Westphalia) North Rhine-Westphalia
Margarete Winkels[1] F 20 Aug 1908 115 years, 242 days ? Berlin
Rosalie Huber F 29 Sept 1908 115 years, 202 days Bavaria Bavaria
Anonymous F 20 Oct 1908 115 years, 181 days ? Berlin
Josefine Ollmann F 11 Nov 1908 115 years, 159 days ? Schleswig-Holstein
Feuke Glato F 26 Dec 1908 115 years, 114 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony

Living Emigrant German supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth Age as of 19 Apr 2024 State of birth Country
Lisl Schaaf F 16 Oct 1906 117 years, 185 days Baden United StatesUSA
Katie Logemann F 15 Dec 1907 116 years, 125 days Oldenburg United StatesUSA
Ruth Weyl F 6 Nov 1908 115 years, 164 days Prussia (Silesia)PolandPOL United StatesUSA

German supercentenarians

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

State (Province) or Country of
Rank Name Sex Born Died Age birth death
Gustav Gerneth M 15 Oct 1905 Living 118 years, 186 days Prussia (Pomerania)PolandPOL Saxony-Anhalt
1 Maria Laqua F 12 Feb 1889 9 Feb 2002 112 years, 362 days Prussia (Rhine) Rhineland-Palatinate
Rosalia Hasenkampf F 14 Oct 1889 10 July 2002 112 years, 269 days RussiaRUS North Rhine-Westphalia
2 Frieda Szwillus F 30 Mar 1902 21 Sep 2014 112 years, 175 days Anhalt Saxony
Mathilde Mange F 10 Aug 1906 Living 117 years, 252 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
3 Gertrud Henze F 8 Dec 1901 22 Apr 2014 112 years, 135 days Prussia (Pomerania) Lower Saxony
Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff F 7 Dec 1905 9 Apr 2018 112 years, 123 days Reuss jungerer Linie Baden-Wuerttemberg
Therese Fenners F 8 Mar 1906 23 Jun 2018 112 years, 107 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
Elisabeth Trankner F 11 Aug 1906 7 Nov 2018 112 years, 88 days Hesse Bavaria
Lydia Smuda F 6 Nov 1906 Living 117 years, 164 days Prussia (Rhine) Hamburg
4 Meta Berndt F 9 Nov 1889 28 Dec 2001 112 years, 49 days Prussia (Pomerania)

PolandPOL

North Rhine-Westphalia
5 Johanna Klink F 17 Jan 1903 20 Feb 2015 112 years, 34 days Prussia (Silesia)

PolandPOL

Saxony
6 Irmgard von Stephani F 20 Sep 1895 5 Oct 2007 112 years, 15 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) Berlin
Hildegard Lange F 12 Jan 1907 Living 117 years, 97 days Prussia (East Prussia)PolandPOL North Rhine-Westphalia
Christine Hoscheid F 16 Feb 1907 Living 117 years, 62 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
Ella Neumann F 9 Oct 1906 7 Aug 2018 111 years, 302 days Wuerttemberg North Rhine-Westphalia
Elsa Peck F 20 Apr 1902 28 Jan 2014 111 years, 283 days Prussia (Hanover) Lower Saxony
7 Lina Zimmer F 20 Nov 1892 28 Aug 2004 111 years, 282 days Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
8 Hermann Dornemann M 27 May 1893 2 Mar 2005 111 years, 279 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
9 Charlotte Klamroth F 18 Aug 1903 16 May 2015 111 years, 271 days Prussia (Saxony) Rhineland-Palatinate
10 Magdalene Regener F 5 Mar 1891 19 Nov 2002 111 years, 259 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) Lower Saxony
Pauline Raissle F 16 Dec 1905 29 Aug 2017 111 years, 256 days Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
11 Elisabeth Heck F 11 July 1893 3 Feb 2005 111 years, 207 days Baden Hesse
Else Ronsch F 17 Mar 1904 5 Oct 2015 111 years, 202 days Prussia (Pomerania) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
12 Paula Baumgartner F 16 Aug 1881 24 Feb 1993 111 years, 192 days Prussia (Westphalia) Baden-Wuerttemberg
Adele Ziegenhagel F 12 July 1906 10 Jan 2018 111 years, 182 days ? Rhineland-Palatinate
13 Margarete Ottmann F 23 Feb 1903 17 Aug 2014 111 years, 175 days Prussia (Silesia)

PolandPOL

Bavaria
Ilse Beck F 5 Oct 1906 29 Mar 2018 111 years, 175 days Saxony Thuringia
14 Elisabeth Schneider F 19 Aug 1901 9 Feb 2013 111 years, 174 days Prussia (Westphalia) Lower Saxony
15 Frieda Borchert F 5 Jan 1897 22 Jun 2008 111 years, 169 days Prussia (Pomerania)

PolandPOL

Berlin
Anna Mehlberg F 2 Dec 1906 16 May 2018 111 years, 165 days Prussia (Berlin) Berlin
Margarete Dannheimer F 28 Jan 1904 2 July 2015 111 years, 155 days Bavaria Bavaria
16 Rosa Rose F 4 Dec 1903 25 Apr 2015 111 years, 142 days Prussia (Hanover) Lower Saxony
17 Karolina Kruger F 17 Feb 1885 3 July 1996 111 years, 137 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
18 Katharina Braun F 23 Sep 1867 5 Feb 1979 111 years, 135 days Bavaria (Palatinate) Rhineland-Palatinate
19 Anna Stephan F 25 Mar 1892 3 Aug 2003 111 years, 131 days Czech RepublicCZE Bavaria
20 Elsa Tauser F 10 July 1896 6 Oct 2007 111 years, 88 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Kathe Wulf F 23 Mar 1902 19 Jun 2013 111 years, 88 days ? Hesse
21 Bertha Lindemann F 11 Mar 1891 29 May 2002 111 years, 79 days Brunswick Lower Saxony
Zhenya Broytman F 21 Aug 1899 25 Oct 2010 111 years, 65 days UkraineUKR North Rhine-Westphalia
Alwine Werner F 10 Nov 1898 10 Jan 2010 111 years, 61 days ? North Rhine-Westphalia
22 Else Assmann F 18 Feb 1902 15 Feb 2013 110 years, 363 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Berlin
Agnes Meier F 30 May 1907 19 May 2018 110 years, 355 days ? North Rhine-Westphalia
23 Aloysia Tilscher F 9 Dec 1893 8 Nov 2004 110 years, 335 days Czech RepublicCZE Bavaria
Hildegard Henke F 4 Nov 1905 27 Sep 2016 110 years, 328 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
24 Frieda Schmidt F 15 Dec 1899 6 Nov 2010 110 years, 326 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Brandenburg
Margarethe Rosenberger F 13 Nov 1896 29 Sep 2007 110 years, 320 days ? Berlin
25 Berta Zeisler F 2 Feb 1900 1 Dec 2010 110 years, 302 days Elsass-Lothringen

FranceFRA

Rhineland-Palatinate
26 Gisela Metreweli F 10 Oct 1893 31 July 2004 110 years, 295 days Bavaria Bavaria
27 Marie Stutz F 22 Oct 1896 11 Aug 2007 110 years, 293 days Hesse Bavaria
Gerhart Schneider M 13 Mar 1908 18 Dec 2018 110 years, 280 days Prussia (Silesia)

PolandPOL

North Rhine-Westphalia
28 Erna Henningsen F 24 May 1889 27 Feb 2000 110 years, 279 days Prussia (Saxony) Berlin
Else Kusche F 5 Dec 1902 8 Sept 2013 110 years, 277 days ? North Rhine-Westphalia
29 Frieda Muller F 18 Oct 1894 21 July 2005 110 years, 276 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Brandenburg
Elisabeth Franke F 10 Nov 1903 11 Aug 2014 110 years, 274 days Prussia (Silesia)

PolandPOL

North Rhine-Westphalia
Franziska Rau F 9 Mar 1902 6 Dec 2012 110 years, 272 days Baden Baden-Wuerttemberg
Herta Oeser F 24 Jun 1905 13 Mar 2016 110 years, 263 days Wuerttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg
30 Pauline Spyra F 25 Apr 1886 11 Jan 1997 110 years, 262 days Prussia (Silesia)

PolandPOL

Bavaria
Maria Lamprecht F 8 July 1905 12 Mar 2016 110 years, 247 days AustriaAUT Baden-Wuerttemberg
Felicitas Rau F 11 Dec 1907 8 Aug 2018 110 years, 241 days Hamburg North Rhine-Westphalia
Perpetua von Mauntz F 7 Mar 1896 30 Oct 2006 110 years, 237 days ? Bavaria
31 Frieda Tessmer F 5 Aug 1897 28 Mar 2008 110 years, 236 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Berlin
Helga Doerk F 8 Feb 1908 2 Oct 2018 110 years, 236 days AustriaAUT North Rhine-Westphalia
32 Clothilde Rey F 20 Nov 1892 9 July 2003 110 years, 231 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
33 Erna Scharfenberg F 26 Jun 1894 26 Jan 2005 110 years, 214 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
34 Mathilde Stoellger F 21 Apr 1893 16 Nov 2003 110 years, 209 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
35 Karolina Grober F 27 Apr 1901 21 Nov 2011 110 years, 208 days Bavaria Bavaria
36 Friedrich Wedeking M 10 Oct 1862 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days Lippe North Rhine-Westphalia
37 Maria Corba F 15 Aug 1878 8 Mar 1989 110 years, 205 days RomaniaROU North Rhine-Westphalia
38 Charlotte Bauch F 12 Oct 1900 2 May 2011 110 years, 202 days Saxony Bavaria
39 Arno Wagner M 4 June 1894 22 Dec 2004 110 years, 201 days Saxony Saxony
Maria Osswald F 25 Sep 1901 29 Mar 2012 110 years, 186 days ? Bavaria
Maria Brandes F 11 Aug 1902 6 Feb 2013 110 years, 179 days SlovakiaSVK Bavaria
Marie Freund F 25 Sep 1885 13 Mar 1996 110 years, 170 days Prussia (East Prussia) Brandenburg
Katharina Hagemeyer F 4 Aug 1908 Living 115 years, 258 days Prussia (Westphalia) North Rhine-Westphalia
40 Franziska Umrath F 5 Sept 1885 18 Feb 1996 110 years, 166 days Prussia (West Prussia)

PolandPOL

Hamburg
Emilie Zimmermann F 10 Apr 1908 23 Sep 2018 110 years, 166 days Prussia (Westphalia) Lower Saxony
Lucie Neumann F 16 Sep 1906 19 Feb 2017 110 years, 156 days Prussia North Rhine-Westphalia
Margarete Winkels F 20 Aug 1908 Living 115 years, 242 days ? Berlin
41 Maria Volmer F 8 June 1890 6 Nov 2000 110 years, 151 days Prussia (Westphalia) North Rhine-Westphalia
Johanne Rasmus F 25 Oct 1896 25 Mar 2007 110 years, 151 days Prussia (Hanover) Lower Saxony
Gertrud Gross F 4 Oct 1907 4 Mar 2018 110 years, 151 days Prussia (Hanover) Hesse
43 Helene Heidbreder F 19 May 1897 8 Oct 2007 110 years, 142 days Prussia (Westphalia) Lower Saxony
Maria Jantke F 18 Oct 1902 9 Mar 2013 110 years, 142 days Prussia (West Prussia)

PolandPOL

North Rhine-Westphalia
45 Emma Joisten F 21 Jun 1898 8 Nov 2008 110 years, 140 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) North Rhine-Westphalia
46 Johanne Wilks F 8 Feb 1893 23 Jun 2003 110 years, 135 days Oldenburg Lower Saxony
47 Ella Ille Rentel F 19 May 1852 19 Sep 1962 110 years, 123 days LithuaniaLTU North Rhine-Westphalia
Lina von Veh F 17 Feb 1898 19 Jun 2008 110 years, 123 days RussiaRUS Bavaria
Vera Schmitt F 28 Dec 1903 26 Apr 2014 110 years, 119 days Bavaria Bavaria
Rosalie Huber F 29 Sep 1908 Living 115 years, 202 days Bavaria Bavaria
Christine Steinhauer F 12 Aug 1908 2 Dec 2018 110 years, 112 days ? North Rhine-Westphalia
Martha Wolf F 1 Sept 1904 18 Dec 2014 110 years, 108 days ? North Rhine-Westphalia
Anonymous F 20 Oct 1908 Living 115 years, 181 days ? Berlin
Aenne Stockhorst F 20 Dec 1906 20 Mar 2017 110 years, 90 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
Margarete Grahl F 15 Oct 1907 2018 110 years, 77+ days ? Berlin
Auguste Ehard F 12 Jan 1906 22 Mar 2016 110 years, 70 days Bavaria Bavaria
Martin Eichel M 13 Jul 1907 18 Sep 2017 110 years, 67 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) Hesse
Josefine Ollmann F 11 Nov 1908 Living 115 years, 159 days ? Schleswig-Holstein
Paul Veit M 15 Jan 1903 21 Mar 2013 110 years, 65 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Brandenburg
49 Maria Schmitz F 27 Aug 1886 22 Oct 1996 110 years, 56 days Prussia (Rhine) North Rhine-Westphalia
50 Wilhelm Schorner M 3 Feb 1889 29 Mar 1999 110 years, 54 days Bavaria Bavaria
Clara Schonholzer F 8 Dec 1899 29 Jan 2010 110 years, 52 days SwitzerlandSUI Baden-Wuerttemberg
Ursula-Lina Burkhardt F 24 Sep 1900 13 Nov 2010 110 years, 50 days ? Bavaria
Thea Breckerbaum F 6 Oct 1902 25 Nov 2012 110 years, 50 days Prussia (Posen)

PolandPOL

Hessen
Maria Low F 25 Jan 1902 14 Mar 2012 110 years, 49 days Bavaria Bavaria
Marie Schroder F 3 Oct 1903 4 Nov 2013 110 years, 32 days ? North Rhine-Westphalia
Else Giesecke F 23 Feb 1908 27 Mar 2018 110 years, 32 days Prussia (Hanover) Lower Saxony
51 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
Feuke Glato F 26 Dec 1908 Living 115 years, 114 days Lower Saxony Lower Saxony
Sophie Schuster F 7 Apr 1906 28 Apr 2016 110 years, 21 days Bavaria Bavaria
Margarete Staack F 24 Apr 1903 7 May 2013 110 years, 13 days Saxony Saxony
Rivka Yezersky F 28 Dec 1905 8 Jan 2016 110 years, 11 days BelarusBLR Hesse
Regina Rotthauwe F 31 Jan 1905 6 Feb 2015 110 years, 6 days Saarland North Rhine-Westphalia
52 Irene Mergelsberg F 4 Mar 1893 6 Mar 2003 110 years, 2 days Hesse Hesse
Elisabeth Hamm F 4 Jan 1906 Jan/Dec 2016 110 years, + days Hesse Hesse
Elfriede Petrasch F 14 Feb 1905 Feb/Oct 2015 110 years, + days Prussia (Silesia)

PolandPOL

Berlin
Ottilie Diering F 9 July 1907 Jul/Dec 2017 110 years, + days Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Brandenburg
Elisabeth Ross F 23 Sep 1907 2017 / 2018 110 years, + days Berlin Hesse

Emigrant German supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Born Died Age State of birth Country
1 Augusta Holtz F 3 Aug 1871 21 Oct 1986 115 years, 79 days Prussia (Posen)

PolandPOL

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 Prussia (Rhine) BrazilBRA
4 Adelheid Kirschbaum F 29 Sep 1883 21 Dec 1996 113 years, 83 days Prussia (Rhine) United StatesUSA
5 Rosa Rein F 24 Mar 1897 14 Feb 2010 112 years, 327 days Prussia (Silesia)

PolandPOL

SwitzerlandSUI
6 Marguerite Petit F 5 July 1883 21 Dec 1995 112 years, 171 days Lorraine FranceFRA
7 Berta Rosenberg F 5 Sep 1896 28 Jan 2009 112 years, 145 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) United StatesUSA
Martha Rein F 17 Aug 1874 6 Jan 1987 112 years, 142 days Bavaria United StatesUSA
Lisl Schaaf F 16 Oct 1906 Living 117 years, 185 days Baden United StatesUSA
8 Katie Bodenbender F 19 Apr 1905 16 Apr 2017 111 years, 362 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) United StatesUSA
Amy Holmes F 10 Apr 1886 1 Mar 1998 111 years, 325 days Prussia (Westphalia) United StatesUSA
9 Helen Johnson F 20 Jul 1896 17 Apr 2008 111 years, 272 days Prussia (Berlin) United StatesUSA
10 Catherine Trompeter F 26 Mar 1895 18 Nov 2006 111 years, 237 days Alsace FranceFRA
11 Johanna Frank F 15 Sep 1875 24 Nov 1986 111 years, 70 days Hamburg United StatesUSA
Katie Logemann F 15 Dec 1907 Living 116 years, 125 days Oldenburg United StatesUSA
12 Carl Berner M 27 Jan 1902 7 Jan 2013 110 years, 346 days Wuerttemberg United StatesUSA
Emma Lee F 14 Oct 1879 16 May 1990 110 years, 241 days ? United StatesUSA
Maria Roszak F 25 Mar 1908 16 Nov 2018 110 years, 236 days Prussia (Posen)

PolandPOL

PolandPOL
13 Else Hessberg F 5 Dec 1892 13 Apr 2003 110 years, 129 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) United StatesUSA
Ruth Weyl F 6 Nov 1908 Living 115 years, 164 days Prussia (Silesia)

PolandPOL

United StatesUSA
14 John Mauch M 24 Dec 1888 7 Mar 1999 110 years, 73 days Wuerttemberg United StatesUSA
15 Wilhelmine Gnueg F 12 Mar 1894 17 Apr 2004 110 years, 36 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) United StatesUSA
16 Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede F 29 May 1890 8 June 2000 110 years, 10 days Prussia (Westphalia) SwitzerlandSUI
Gertrude Schultz F 21 Feb 1862 29 Feb 1972 110 years, 8 days Prussia (Rhine) United StatesUSA
Jane Ising F 2 Feb 1902 2 Feb 2012 110 years, 0 days Prussia (Berlin) United StatesUSA

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Germany since 1989

      Validated / Under 110       Pending       Unvalidated       Living

From To Name Sex Age when
oldest
Lifespan State of death
? 8 Mar 1989 Maria Corba F ? – 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 [2] 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 Doernemann 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 Jun 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 10 Jan 2010
(1 yr, 63 days)
Alwine Werner [3] F 109–111 10 Nov 1898 – 10 Jan 2010
111 years, 61 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
10 Jan 2010 25 Oct 2010
(288 days)
Zhenya Broytman [4] F 110–111 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 Sep 2014
112 years, 175 days
Saxony
21 Sep 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 Jun 1905 – 13 Mar 2016
110 years, 263 days
Baden-Wuerttemberg
13 Mar 2016 Present
8 years, 37 days
Gustav Gerneth M 110–113* Born 15 Oct 1905
118 years, 186 days
Living in
Saxony-Anhalt

Chronological list of the oldest living man in Germany since 2008

      Validated / Under 110       Pending       Unvalidated       Living

From To Name Age when
oldest
Lifespan State of death
? 12 Sept 2008 Georg Rosenkranz ? – 107 14 Dec 1900 – 12 Sep 2008
107 years, 273 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
12 Sep 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
?
1 Oct 2010 2 Dec 2010
(62 days)
Richard Hinz 108–109 11 Oct 1901 – 2 Dec 2010
109 years, 52 days
?
2 Dec 2010 23 Feb 2011
(83 days)
Friedrich Volmer 108 13 Sep 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 Sep 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 Present
10 years, 257 days
Gustav Gerneth 107–113* Born 15 Oct 1905
118 years, 186 days
Living in
Saxony-Anhalt

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