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This is a list of verified German supercentenarians (people from Germany who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 42 verified supercentenarians from Germany. The oldest person ever from Germany was Maria Laqua, who died in 2002 aged 112 years, 362 days (but Augusta Holtz, aged 115 years, 79 days, died in the USA in 1986). As of 23 January 2025, there is 1 verified living supercentenarian, 1 pending, and 6 unverified in Germany; the oldest of whom is Gertrud Henze, aged 123 years, 46 days.

Living German supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest living people from Germany and born in Germany. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.

  Verified   Pending   Unverified

Rank Name Sex Birth date Age as of 23 January 2025 State of birth State of residence
1 Gertrud Henze F 8 December 1901 123 years, 46 days Prussia (Pomerania) Lower Saxony
Frieda Szwillus F 30 March 1902 122 years, 299 days Anhalt Saxony
Johanna Klink F 17 January 1903 122 years, 6 days Prussia (Silesia) Saxony
Margarete Ottmann F 23 February 1903 121 years, 335 days Prussia (Silesia) Bavaria
Margarete Staack F 24 April 1903 121 years, 274 days Saxony Saxony
Charlotte Klamroth F 18 August 1903 121 years, 158 days Saxony Rhineland-Palatinate
Elisabeth Franke F 10 November 1903 121 years, 74 days Prussia (Silesia) North Rhine-Westphalia
Rosa Rose F 4 December 1903 121 years, 50 days ? Lower Saxony

German supercentenarians

  Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age State or Country of birth State of death
1 Maria Laqua F 12 February 1889 9 February 2002 112 years, 362 days Prussia (Rhine Province) Rhineland-Palatinate
Rosalia Hasenkampf F 14 October 1889 10 July 2002 112 years, 269 days Russia North Rhine-Westphalia
2 Gertrud Henze F 8 December 1901 Living 123 years, 46 days Prussia (Pomerania) Living in Lower Saxony
3 Meta Berndt F 9 November 1889 28 December 2001 112 years, 49 days Prussia (Pomerania) North Rhine-Westphalia
4 Irmgard von Stephani F 20 September 1895 5 October 2007 112 years, 15 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) Berlin
5 Lina Zimmer F 20 November 1892 28 August 2004 111 years, 282 days Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
6 Hermann Dörnemann M 27 May 1893 2 March 2005 111 years, 279 days Prussia (Rhine Province) North Rhine-Westphalia
7 Magdalene Regener F 5 March 1891 19 November 2002 111 years, 259 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) Lower Saxony
8 Elisabeth Heck F 11 July 1893 3 February 2005 111 years, 207 days Baden Hesse
9 Paula Baumgärtner F 16 August 1881 24 February 1993 111 years, 192 days Prussia (Westphalia) Baden-Württemberg
10 Elisabeth Schneider F 19 August 1901 9 February 2013 111 years, 174 days Prussia (Westphalia) Lower Saxony
11 Katharina Braun F 23 September 1867 5 February 1979 111 years, 135 days Bavaria (Palatinate) Rhineland-Palatinate
12 Anna Stephan F 25 March 1892 3 August 2003 111 years, 131 days Bohemia Bavaria
13 Elsa Tauser F 10 July 1896 6 October 2007 111 years, 88 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Käthe Wulf F 23 March 1902 19 June 2013 111 years, 88 days ? Hesse
14 Bertha Lindemann F 11 March 1891 29 May 2002 111 years, 79 days Brunswick Lower Saxony
15 Else Aßmann F 18 February 1902 15 February 2013 110 years, 363 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Berlin
Margarete Ottmann F 23 February 1903 Living 121 years, 335 days Prussia (Silesia) Living in Bavaria
16 Aloysia Tilscher F 9 December 1893 8 November 2004 110 years, 335 days Moravia Bavaria
17 Frieda Schmidt F 15 December 1899 6 November 2010 110 years, 326 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Brandenburg
18 Berta Zeisler F 2 February 1900 1 December 2010 110 years, 302 days Lorraine Rhineland-Palatinate
19 Gisela Metreweli F 10 October 1893 31 July 2004 110 years, 295 days Bavaria Bavaria
20 Marie Stutz F 22 October 1896 11 August 2007 110 years, 293 days Hesse Bavaria
21 Frieda Müller F 18 October 1894 21 July 2005 110 years, 276 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Brandenburg
22 Pauline Spyra F 24 April 1886 11 January 1997 110 years, 262 days Prussia (Silesia) Bavaria
23 Frieda Tessmer F 5 August 1897 28 March 2008 110 years, 236 days Prussia (Brandenburg) Berlin
24 Clothilde Rey F 20 November 1892 9 July 2003 110 years, 231 days Prussia (Rhine Province) North Rhine-Westphalia
25 Erna Scharfenberg F 26 June 1894 26 January 2005 110 years, 214 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
26 Mathilde Stoellger F 21 April 1893 16 November 2003 110 years, 209 days Prussia (Rhine Province) North Rhine-Westphalia
27 Karolina Gröber F 27 April 1901 21 November 2011 110 years, 208 days Bavaria Bavaria
28 Friedrich Wedeking M 10 October 1862 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days Lippe North Rhine-Westphalia
29 Maria Corba F 15 August 1878 8 March 1989 110 years, 205 days Banat North Rhine-Westphalia
30 Charlotte Bauch F 12 October 1900 2 May 2011 110 years, 202 days Saxony Bavaria
31 Arno Wagner M 4 June 1894 22 December 2004 110 years, 201 days Saxony Saxony
32 Franziska Umrath F 5 September 1885 18 February 1996 110 years, 166 days Prussia (West Prussia) Hamburg
33 Johanne Rasmus F 25 October 1896 25 March 2007 110 years, 151 days Prussia (Hanover) Lower Saxony
Maria Volmer F 8 June 1890 6 November 2000 110 years, 151 days Prussia (Westphalia) North Rhine-Westphalia
34 Helene Heidbreder F 19 May 1897 8 October 2007 110 years, 142 days Prussia (Westphalia) Lower Saxony
Maria Jantke F 18 October 1902 9 March 2013 110 years, 142 days Prussia (West Prussia) North Rhine-Westphalia
35 Emma Joisten F 21 June 1898 8 November 2008 110 years, 140 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) North Rhine-Westphalia
36 Johanne Wilks F 8 February 1893 23 June 2003 110 years, 135 days Oldenburg Lower Saxony
37 Ella Ille Rentel F 19 May 1852 19 September 1962 110 years, 123 days Russia North Rhine-Westphalia
Lina von Veh F 17 February 1898 19 June 2008 110 years, 123 days Russia Bavaria
39 Maria Schmitz F 27 August 1886 22 October 1996 110 years, 56 days Prussia (Rhine Province) North Rhine-Westphalia
40 Wilhelm Schorner M 3 February 1889 29 March 1999 110 years, 54 days Bavaria Bavaria
Thea Breckerbaum F 6 October 1902 25 November 2012 110 years, 50 days Prussia (Posen) Hesse
41 Franziska Maier F 23 April 1898 20 May 2008 110 years, 27 days Bohemia Saxony-Anhalt
42 Irene Mergelsberg F 4 March 1893 6 March 2003 110 years, 2 days Hesse Hesse

a Hasenkampf was born in a part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Russia.
b Berndt was born in Kaffzig, which had then been a part of the German Empire; it is presently Kawcze and located in Poland.
c Stephan was born in Bohemia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
d Tilscher was born in Moravia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
e Zeisler was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
f Corba was born in Izgar, which was then part of the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Romania.
g Umrath was born in Danzig, which was then part of the German Empire; it is presently Gdańsk and located in Poland.
h Jantke was born in Marienburg, which was then part of the German Empire; it is presently Malbork and located in Poland.
i Rentel was born in Geldauschinken, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania.
j von Veh was born in a part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Russia.
k Breckerbaum was born in Neudorf bei Wronke, which was then part of the German Empire; it is presently Nowa Wieś koło Wronek and located in Poland.
l Maier was born in Bohemia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.

German emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age State of birth Country of death
1 Augusta Holtz F 3 August 1871 21 October 1986 115 years, 79 days Prussia (Posen) United States
2 Charlotte Benkner F 16 November 1889 14 May 2004 114 years, 180 days Saxony United States
3 Adelheid Kirschbaum F 29 September 1883 21 December 1996 113 years, 83 days Prussia (Rhine Province) United States
4 Rosa Rein F 24 March 1897 14 February 2010 112 years, 327 days Prussia (Silesia) Switzerland
5 Marguerite Petit F 5 July 1883 21 December 1995 112 years, 171 days Lorraine France
6 Berta Rosenberg F 5 September 1896 28 January 2009 112 years, 145 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) United States
7 Helen Johnson F 20 July 1896 17 April 2008 111 years, 272 days Prussia (Berlin) United States
8 Catherine Trompeter F 26 March 1895 18 November 2006 111 years, 237 days Alsace France
9 Johanna Frank F 15 September 1875 24 November 1986 111 years, 70 days Hamburg United States
10 Carl Berner M 27 January 1902 7 January 2013 110 years, 346 days Württemberg United States
11 Caroline Dott F 5 February 1900 8 August 2010 110 years, 184 days Alsace France
12 Else Hessberg F 5 December 1892 12 April 2003 110 years, 128 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) United States
13 John Mauch M 24 December 1888 7 March 1999 110 years, 73 days Württemberg United States
14 Giovanna Meyer-Zettel F 6 December 1896 12 January 2007 110 years, 37 days Alsace Italy
15 Wilhelmine Gnueg F 12 March 1894 17 April 2004 110 years, 36 days Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) United States
16 Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede F 29 May 1890 8 June 2000 110 years, 10 days Prussia (Westphalia) Switzerland

m Holtz was born in Czarnikau, which was then part of the German Empire; it is presently Czarnków and located in Poland.
n Rein was born in Myslowitz, which was then part of the German Empire; it is presently Mysłowice and located in Poland.
o Petit was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
p Trompeter was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
q Dott was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
r Meyer-Zettel was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.

Oldest German person by state

This is a list of the oldest people by birth from each state—according to today's borders

  Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending   Unverified

State Name Sex Birth date Death date Age
Baden-Württemberg Lina Zimmer F 20 November 1892 4 August 2004 111 years, 282 days
Bavaria Gisela Metreweli F 10 October 1893 31 July 2004 110 years, 295 days
Berlin Helen Johnson F 20 July 1896 17 April 2008 111 years, 272 days
Brandenburg Else Aßmann F 18 February 1902 15 February 2013 110 years, 363 days
Bremen
Hamburg Johanna Frank F 15 September 1875 24 November 1986 111 years, 70 days
Hesse Berta Rosenberg F 5 September 1896 28 January 2009 112 years, 145 days
Lower Saxony Elsa Peck F 20 April 1902 30 January 2014 111 years, 285 days
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Gertrud Henze F 8 December 1901 Living 123 years, 46 days
North Rhine-Westphalia Maria Laqua F 12 February 1889 9 February 2002 112 years, 362 days
Rhineland-Palatinate Adelheid Kirschbaum F 29 September 1883 21 December 1996 113 years, 83 days
Saarland
Saxony Charlotte Benkner F 16 November 1889 14 May 2004 114 years, 180 days
Saxony-Anhalt Frieda Szwillus F 30 March 1902 Living 122 years, 299 days
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia Margarete Siebert F 8 November 1896 after 8 November 2004 108+ years

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Germany since 1989

  Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending   Unverified

From To Name Sex Age(s) when oldest Lifespan State of death
Unidentified 8 March 1989 Maria Corba F ? – 110 15 August 1878 – 8 March 1989
110 years, 205 days 		North Rhine-Westphalia
8 March 1989 30 October 1989
(236 days) 		Elfried Libbert F 109 5 May 1880 – 30 October 1989
109 years, 178 days 		Hesse
30 October 1989 24 February 1993
(3 years, 117 days) 		Paula Baumgärtner F 108 – 111 16 August 1881 – 24 February 1993
111 years, 192 days 		Baden-Württemberg
24 February 1993 26 April 1993
(61 days) 		Gertrud Pannwitz F 109 4 November 1883 – 26 April 1993
109 years, 173 days 		Schleswig-Holstein
26 April 1993 26 January 1995
(1 year, 275 days) 		Ottilie Aleith F 108 – 109 13 February 1885 – 26 January 1995
109 years, 347 days 		Thuringia
26 January 1995 3 July 1996
(1 year, 159 days) 		Karolina Krüger F 109 – 111 17 February 1885 – 3 July 1996
111 years, 137 days 		North Rhine-Westphalia
3 July 1996 11 January 1997
(192 days) 		Pauline Spyra F 110 24 April 1886 – 11 January 1997
110 years, 262 days 		Bavaria
11 January 1997 18 May 1998
(1 year, 127 days) 		Wilhelm Lehnen M 108 – 109 22 July 1888 – 18 May 1998
109 years, 300 days 		Hesse
18 May 1998 5 January 1999
(232 days) 		Marie Stegmann F 109 17 January 1889 – 6 January 1999
109 years, 354 days 		North Rhine-Westphalia
5 January 1999 29 March 1999
(83 days) 		Wilhelm Schorner M 109 – 110 3 February 1889 – 29 March 1999
110 years, 54 days 		Bavaria
29 March 1999 9 February 2002
(2 years, 323 days) 		Maria Laqua F 110 – 112 12 February 1889 – 9 February 2002
112 years, 362 days 		Rhineland-Palatinate
9 February 2002 10 September 2002
(213 days) 		Rosalia Hasenkampf F 112 14 October 1889 – 10 September 2002
112 years, 269 days 		North Rhine-Westphalia
10 September 2002 19 November 2002
(70 days) 		Magdalene Regener F 110 – 111 5 March 1891 – 19 November 2002
111 years, 259 days 		Lower Saxony
19 November 2002 3 August 2003
(257 days) 		Anna Stephan F 110 – 111 25 March 1892 – 3 August 2003
111 years, 131 days 		Bavaria
3 August 2003 28 August 2004
(1 year, 25 days) 		Lina Zimmer F 110 – 111 20 November 1892 – 28 August 2004
111 years, 282 days 		Baden-Württemberg
28 August 2004 2 March 2005
(186 days) 		Hermann Dörnemann M 111 27 May 1893 – 2 March 2005
111 years, 279 days 		North Rhine-Westphalia
2 March 2005 21 July 2005
(141 days) 		Frieda Müller F 110 18 October 1894 – 21 July 2005
110 years, 276 days 		Brandenburg
21 July 2005 5 October 2007
(2 years, 76 days) 		Irmgard von Stephani F 109 – 112 20 September 1895 – 5 October 2007
112 years, 15 days 		Berlin
5 October 2007 6 October 2007
(1 day) 		Elsa Tauser F 111 10 July 1896 – 6 October 2007
111 years, 88 days 		Schleswig-Holstein
6 October 2007 22 June 2008
(260 days) 		Frieda Borchert F 110 – 111 5 January 1897 – 22 June 2008
111 years, 169 days 		Berlin
22 June 2008 8 November 2008
(139 days) 		Emma Joisten F 110 21 June 1898 – 8 November 2008
110 years, 140 days 		North Rhine-Westphalia
8 November 2008 27 December 2008
(49 days) 		Elisabeth Schilling F 109 3 September 1899 – 27 December 2008
109 years, 115 days 		Bavaria
27 December 2008 6 November 2010
(1 year, 314 days) 		Frieda Schmidt F 109 – 110 15 December 1899 – 6 November 2010
110 years, 326 days 		Brandenburg
6 November 2010 1 December 2010
(25 days) 		Berta Zeisler F 110 2 February 1900 – 1 December 2010
110 years, 302 days 		Rhineland-Palatinate
1 December 2010 2 May 2011
(152 days) 		Charlotte Bauch F 110 12 October 1900 – 2 May 2011
110 years, 202 days 		Bavaria
2 May 2011 21 November 2011
(203 days) 		Karolina Gröber F 110 27 April 1901 – 21 November 2011
110 years, 208 days 		Bavaria
21 November 2011 9 February 2013
(1 year, 80 days) 		Elisabeth Schneider F 110 – 111 19 August 1901 – 9 February 2013
111 years, 174 days 		Lower Saxony
9 February 2013 Present
(4366 days) 		Gertrud Henze F 111 – 112* born 8 December 1901
age 123 years, 46 days 		Living in Lower Saxony

People

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Ella Ille Rentel

Ella Ille Rentel (19 May 1852 – 19 September 1962) was a German-Lithuanian supercentenarian. She held the record of the oldest person who died in Germany before Friedrich Wedeking surpassed her. The record for the oldest woman was broken by Katharina Braun. She was born in Geldauschinken (Lithuania), relocated in 1941 to Pomerania (Germany, since 1945 Poland), went in 1957 to Germany and died in Herne.

Preceded byMathilda Müller Germany's oldest recognized living person
7 January 1959 – 19 September 1962 		Succeeded byMargarethe Zinndorf
Preceded byWilhelmus Kostering Oldest recognized person born in Europe
9 December 1960 – 19 September 1962 		Succeeded byLovisa Svensson

Katharina Braun

Katharina Braun (23 September 1867 – 5 February 1979) was a German supercentenarian and the record holder for the highest age of a person born and died in Germany. The record holder before her was Friedrich Wedeking - for females Ella Ille Rentel; her record was broken by Paula Marie Baumgärtner. She was born and died in Offenbach an der Queich.

Preceded byMargarethe Sauer Oldest recognized person in Germany
14 January 1977 – 5 February 1979 		Succeeded byElvira Gabriele Sadde
Preceded byMarie-Virginie Duhem Europe's oldest recognized living person
5 April 1978 – 5 February 1979 		Succeeded byFrederique Noël

Paula Marie Baumgärtner

Paula Marie Baumgärtner (16 August 1881 – 24 February 1993) was a German supercentenarian and the record holder for the highest age of a person born and died in Germany. The record holder before her was Katharina Braun. The record for the oldest person born in Germany was broken by Adelheid Kirschbaum and for the oldest which died in Germany by Maria Laqua. She was born in Witten and died in Weinheim.

Preceded byMinna Splittgerber Oldest recognized person born in Germany
19 May 1991 – 24 February 1993 		Succeeded byMarguerite Petit
Germany's oldest recognized living person
19 May 1991 – 24 February 1993 		Succeeded byGertrud Pannwitz

Adelheid Kirschbaum

Adelheid Kirschbaum (29 September 1883 – 21 December 1996) was the oldest person born in Germany ever before Charlotte Benkner; before her Katharina Braun was the record holder. She was born in Neuwied and died in New York. Kirschbaum also was the oldest Jewish person ever before Evelyn Kozak.

Preceded byMarguerite Petit Oldest recognized person born in Germany
24 February 1993 – 21 December 1996 		Succeeded byPauline Spyra

Maria Laqua

supercentenarian who is actually the oldest person ever to be born and die in Germany. Only three German emigrant supercentenarians - Augusta Holtz, Charlotte Benkner and Adelheid Kirschbaum - became older. Laqua was also the first German supercentenarian to live in three centuries.

Maria Laqua was born in 1889 in Reydt-Odenkirchen, Bavaria as one of 13 children. She worked as housemaid, married and gave birth to two children in the 1920s. Her husband Charles died in 1958. Their both sons fell in the Second World War. Laqua lived for 35 years in a retirement home in Bad Hönningen, Rhineland-Palatinate and passed away in her sleep, three days shy from turning 113. She was only survived by a great-niece who attended her regularly. It was reported that Laqua was in need of care, bedridden and not accessible during her last years. Nevertheless there were also good days when Maria Laqua had suddenly a flash and spoke. During a visit of a bishop for example, she had spoken at once and told a lot.

Preceded byWilhelm Schorner Germany's oldest recognized living person
29 March 1999 – 9 February 2002 		Succeeded byMagdalene Regener

Anna Stephan

Anna Stephan (25 March 1892 – 3 August 2003) was a German supercentenarian who was born in Altenteich, Bohemia as one of 12 children. Stephan married two times and gave birth to four daughters. In 1945, the Sudeten German family was evicted from their home. With 50 kilogram of luggage, Anna Stephan fled with her husband and children to Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany. After the Second World War, she went every day into the forest to gather wood and she also knitted and patched farmer’s clothes so that her family got something to eat. Anna Stephan lived on her own until the age of 106 and died in a retirement home in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz nearly 5 months after her 111th birthday. She was outlived by three daughters, nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

Preceded byMagdalene Regener Germany's oldest recognized living person
19 November 2002 – 3 August 2003 		Succeeded byLina Zimmer

Frieda Schmidt

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Frieda Schmidt (15 December 1899 – 6 November 2010) was a German supercentenarian and the oldest verified person in Germany.

Schmidt was born in Bergsdorf and died there. During her life she lost her only husband in 1951 and also two daughters, but there is still a sister living in Berlin, eight grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandchild at the time of her death.

Preceded byRosa Rein Oldest recognized person born in Germany
14 February 2010 - 6 November 2010 		Succeeded byBerta Zeisler
Preceded byElisabeth Schilling Germany's oldest recognized living person
27 December 2008 – 6 November 2010 		Succeeded byBerta Zeisler

Elisabeth Schneider

Elisabeth Schneider (August 19, 1901 – February 9, 2013) was a German supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Germany until her death on February 9, 2013 at the age of 111 years and 174 days. She was born in Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, in 1901 and had two sisters. She married in 1923 and gave birth to a daughter two years later. Schneider lived on her own until the age of 97. At her 111th birthday she was asked for the secret of her longevity against the backdrop of being Germanys oldest living supercentenarian: Laughing, she claimed that others just would have given up gasping for breath. On February 9, 2013, she died in a retirement home in Varel, Lower Saxony. Schneider was outlived by her daughter, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Gertrud Henze

Gertrud Henze (born December 8, 1901) is a German supercentenarian who has been the oldest living person in Germany since the death of Elisabeth Schneider on February 9, 2013. The former librarian was born on Rügen and never got married or gave birth to a child. Nowadays she is still in good condition and lives in a retirement home in Göttingen where she is well-liked by many residents for her open and life-affirming attitude. Henze traces her longevity to reading a lot, having lively contact with other people, enjoying sometimes a cigarette and a glass of wine and never marry. She celebrated her 112th birthday only with some friends and relatives because the public interest in consequence of her birthday the year before was too exhausting.

Preceded by Elisabeth Schneider Germany's oldest recognized living person
9 February 2013 - present 		Succeeded byIncumbent

References

  1. ^ Validated living supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
  2. Sachse, Samira (March 30, 2012). "Sachsens ältester Mensch wird heute 110 Jahre alt". Freie Presse (in German).
  3. "Oschatzerin ist mit 111 Jahren älteste Sächsin". Oschatzer Allgemeine Zeitung. 17 January 2014.
  4. ^ List of Pending cases
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  7. "110 Jahre: Älteste Bürgerin der Stadt feierte runden Geburtstag".
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  10. ^ GRG Deaths in 2007
  11. GRG Oldest People in 1994
  12. ^ GRG Table B2
  13. ^ GRG Deaths in 2010
  14. ^ GRG Deaths in 2004
  15. ^ GRG Deaths in 2008
  16. ^ GRG Deaths in 2003
  17. ^ GRG Deaths in 2011
  18. GRG Deaths in 1996
  19. World's Oldest Person Titleholders since 1955
  22. GRG Deaths in 2009
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