, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 59 German citizens who have become "supercentenarians", attaining or surpassing 110 years of age. 49 of these were German residents and 10 were emigrants. The oldest known German alive is Ilse Neumann, born on 23 July 1914, aged . Augusta Holtz, an emigrant to the United States, remains the oldest German citizen whose age has been verified: she lived 115 years, 79 days, from 1871 to 1986.

100 oldest Germans

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Birthplace Place of death or residence 1 F 3 August 1871 21 October 1986 Posen United States 2 Charlotte Kretschmann F 3 December 1909 27 August 2024 114 years, 268 days Silesia Baden-Württemberg 3 Charlotte Benkner F 16 November 1889 14 May 2004 114 years, 180 days Saxony United States 4 F 14 March 1912 23 August 2026 114 years, 162 days Brandenburg United States 5 F 11 November 1908 16 July 2022 113 years, 247 days Bavaria Schleswig-Holstein 6 Luzia Mohrs F 23 March 1904 16 October 2017 113 years, 207 days Rhineland Brazil 7 Louise Schaaf F 16 October 1906 25 April 2020 113 years, 192 days Baden United States 8 Erna Brosig F 15 January 1911 23 July 2024 113 years, 190 days Silesia Lower Saxony 9 Mary Drymalski F 22 July 1880 1 December 1993 West Prussia United States 10 Maria Aulenbacher F 7 November 1909 8 February 2023 Hesse-Nassau United States 11 Adelheid Kirschbaum F 29 September 1883 21 December 1996 113 years, 83 days Rhineland United States 12 Mathilde Mange F 10 August 1906 28 October 2019 113 years, 79 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 13 Anna Cernohorsky F 13 September 1909 18 September 2022 113 years, 5 days Bohemia Saxony 14 Maria Laqua F 12 February 1889 9 February 2002 112 years, 362 days Rhineland Rhineland-Palatinate 15 Rosa Rein F 24 March 1897 14 February 2010 112 years, 327 days Silesia Switzerland 16 Anna Bechler F 28 September 1907 29 July 2020 112 years, 305 days Bavaria United States 17 Hildegard Lange F 12 January 1907 8 September 2019 East Prussia North Rhine-Westphalia 18Gertruda GoreckaF 12 November 1911 25 June 2024 112 years, 226 days West Prussia Canada 19 Lydia Smuda F 6 November 1906 6 June 2019 Rhineland Hamburg 20 Martha Henze F 4 December 1912 3 July 2025 Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 21 Frieda Szwillus F 30 March 1902 21 September 2014 112 years, 175 days Anhalt Saxony 22 Marguerite Petit F 5 July 1883 21 December 1995 112 years, 171 days Lorraine France 23 Babette Endres F 1 August 1910 12 January 2023 Bavaria Baden-Württemberg 24 Berta Rosenberg F 5 September 1896 28 January 2009 112 years, 145 days Hesse-Nassau United States 25 Martha Rein F 17 August 1874 6 January 1987 Bavaria United States 26 Gertrud Henze F 8 December 1901 22 April 2014 112 years, 135 days Pomerania Lower Saxony 27 F 7 December 1905 9 April 2018 112 years, 123 days Reuss-Gera Baden-Württemberg 28 Ottilie Reimers F 30 January 1913 24 May 2025 112 years, 114 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein 29 Therese Fenners F 8 March 1906 23 June 2018 112 years, 107 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 30 Elisabeth Tränkner F 11 August 1906 7 November 2018 Hesse-Nassau Baden-Württemberg 31 Meta Berndt F 9 November 1889 28 December 2001 112 years, 49 days Pomerania North Rhine-Westphalia 32 Johanna Klink F 17 January 1903 20 February 2015 112 years, 34 days Silesia Saxony 33 Irmgard von Stephani F 20 September 1895 5 October 2007 112 years, 15 days Hesse-Nassau Berlin 34 Hildegard 'Hilda' Rau F 31 July 1912 29 July 2024 111 years, 364 days Württemberg Baden-Württemberg 35 Katherine Bodenbender F 19 April 1905 16 April 2017 111 years, 362 days Hesse-Nassau United States36 Anna Styś F 24 July 1908 1 July 2020 111 years, 343 days West Prussia Poland Katharina Hagemeyer F 4 August 1908 12 July 2020 Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 38 Amy 'Amelia' Holmes F 10 April 1886 1 March 1998 Westphalia United States 39 Adele Rodenstein F 3 September 1908 18 July 2020 111 years, 319 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 40 Ida Schorn F 4 May 1864 8 March 1976 Pomerania United States 41 Anna Eistermeier F 28 September 1910 30 July 2022 Bavaria Bavaria 42 Ella Neumann F 9 October 1906 7 August 2018 Baden North Rhine-Westphalia 43 Elsa Peck F 20 April 1902 28 January 2014 Hanover Lower Saxony 44 Lina Zimmer F 20 November 1892 28 August 2004 111 years, 282 days Württemberg Baden-Württemberg 45 Hermann Dörnemann M 27 May 1893 2 March 2005 111 years, 279 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 46 Helen Johnson F 20 July 1896 17 April 2008 111 years, 272 days Brandenburg United States 47 Charlotte Klamroth F 18 August 1903 16 May 2015 111 years, 271 days Prussian Saxony Rhineland-Palatinate 48 Magdalene Regener F 5 March 1891 19 November 2002 111 years, 259 days Hesse-Nassau Lower Saxony 49 Pauline Raißle F 16 December 1905 29 August 2017 111 years, 256 days Württemberg Baden-Württemberg 50 Margot Petzold F 14 January 1911 20 September 2022 (unknown) Thuringia 51 Catherine Trompeter F 26 March 1895 18 November 2006 111 years, 237 days Alsace France 52 Elisabeth Heck F 11 July 1893 3 February 2005 111 years, 207 days Baden Hesse 53 Else Rönsch F 17 March 1904 5 October 2015 Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 54 Joanna Lipińska F 18 August 1910 6 March 2022 Posen Poland 55 Hedy Wegier F 25 October 1903 12 May 2015 Silesia United States 56 Adele Lankenau F 27 March 1913 6 October 2024 111 years, 193 days Hanover Lower Saxony 57 Paula Baumgärtner F 16 August 1881 24 February 1993 111 years, 192 days Westphalia Baden-Württemberg 58 Hélène Le Bozec F 24 December 1908 27 June 2020 Alsace France 59 Margarete Ottmann F 23 February 1903 17 August 2014 111 years, 175 days Silesia Bavaria Ilse Beck F 5 October 1906 29 March 2018 Saxony Thuringia 61 Elisabeth Schneider F 19 August 1901 9 February 2013 111 years, 174 days Westphalia Lower Saxony 62 Frieda Borchert F 5 January 1897 22 June 2008 111 years, 169 days Pomerania Berlin 63 Christine Hoscheid F 16 February 1907 1 August 2018 Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 64 Anna Mehlberg F 2 December 1906 15 May 2018 111 years, 164 days Brandenburg Berlin 65 Margarete Dannheimer F 28 January 1904 2 July 2015 Bavaria Bavaria 66 Jeanne Schneider F 11 July 1895 11 December 2006 Lorraine France 67 Józefa Ciesielska F 6 March 1912 3 August 2023 Posen Poland 68 Rosa Rose F 4 December 1903 25 April 2015 111 years, 142 days Hanover Lower Saxony 69 Karolina Krüger F 17 February 1885 3 July 1996 111 years, 137 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 70 Katharina Braun F 23 September 1867 5 February 1979 111 years, 135 days Bavaria (Palatinate) Rhineland-Palatinate 71 Hedwig Wickert F 17 July 1909 28 November 2020 Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 72 Anna Stephan F 25 March 1892 3 August 2003 111 years, 131 days Bohemia Bavaria 73 Friedrich Reichenstein M 1 February 1906 9 June 2017 111 years, 128 days Westphalia Israel 74 Maria-Anna Higelin F 18 November 1882 21 March 1994 Alsace France 75 Anna Braun F 5 July 1911 29 October 2022 (unknown) Brandenburg 76 Gertrud Teichgräber F 22 November 1908 16 March 2020 Brandenburg Lower Saxony 77 F 26 November 1884 19 March 1996 Schleswig-Holstein Denmark 78 Gertrud Blohm F 7 September 1912 29 December 2023 Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 79 Maria Gabriella Lerchenthal F 8 June 1913 13 September 2024 Bavaria Italy80 Elsa Tauser F 10 July 1896 6 October 2007111 years, 88 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Käthe Wulf F 23 March 1902 19 June 2013 Oldenburg Hesse 82 Ilse Schade F 26 April 1910 20 July 2021 Brandenburg Baden-Württemberg83 Bertha Lindemann F 11 March 1891 29 May 2002 111 years, 79 days Brunswick Lower Saxony Eleonora Łosiewicz F 24 January 1910 13 April 2021 Posen Poland 85 Johanna Frank F 15 September 1875 24 November 1986 111 years, 70 days Hamburg United States 86 Ingeborg Fründt F 24 April 1913 1 July 2024 Hanover Lower Saxony 87 F 15 December 1907 19 February 2019 Oldenburg United States 88 Emilie Kreckmann F 28 October 1912 18 December 2023 Bavaria Saarland 89 Anna Palarowska F 22 October 1902 2 November 2013 West Prussia France 90 Feuke Glato F 26 December 1908 31 December 2019 Hanover Lower Saxony 91 Else Aßmann F 18 February 1902 15 February 2013 110 years, 363 days Brandenburg Berlin 92 Dorothea Duisberg F 7 October 1912 2 October 2023 Bremen Chile 93 Johann Schornack M 29 February 1912 22 February 2023 Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 94 Anna 'Änne' Matschewsky F 3 October 1912 23 September 2023 Rhineland Baden-Württemberg 95 Agnes Meier F 30 May 1907 19 May 2018 (unknown) North Rhine-Westphalia96 Carl Berner M 27 January 1902 7 January 2013 110 years, 346 days Württemberg United States Luise Forster F 24 February 1910 4 February 2021 Brandenburg Berlin 98 Aloysia Tilscher F 9 December 1893 8 November 2004 110 years, 335 days Moravia Bavaria 99 Hildegard Henke F 4 November 1905 27 September 2016 Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia 100 Frieda Schmidt F 15 December 1899 6 November 2010 110 years, 326 days Brandenburg Brandenburg

Biographies

Augusta Holtz Augusta Holtz (3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986) was born in Czarnikau, today in Poland. In 1873 her family emigrated to the United States, where her father had a farm in Troy, Illinois. After the 12 October 1983 she was the oldest living person in the world and from 14 May 1985 to 11 May 1990 she held the record for the longest verified age span. She was the first recorded person to reach the age of 114 and 115, as well as the first person to reach the mark of one million lived hours, which she achieved on the first of September 1985. She died at the age of 115 years and 79 days in the St. Sophia Geriatric Center in Florissant, Missouri.

Maria Laqua Maria Laqua (12 February 1889 – 9 February 2002) was born in Rheydt-Odenkirchen, Rhineland, today in North Rhine-Westphalia, as one of 13 children. She worked as a housemaid, got married, and gave birth to two sons in the 1920s, who both died in the Second World War. Her husband Charles died in 1958. She lived for 35 years in a retirement home in Bad Hönningen, Rhineland-Palatinate. She was survived by a great-niece who attended her regularly. Laqua was bedridden during her final years and spoke only occasionally. She was the oldest person ever in Germany when she died in her sleep aged 112 years, 362 days. Her record age was surpassed by Josefine Ollmann in November 2021.

Hermann Dörnemann Hermann Dörnemann (27 May 1893 – 2 March 2005) was, at the time of his death, the oldest living person in Germany and the oldest living man in Europe for about one year. After the death of 113-year-old American Fred Harold Hale in November 2004, Dörnemann was believed to have become the world's oldest living man, but Emiliano Mercado del Toro from Puerto Rico was later confirmed to be almost two years older. Dörnemann credited his longevity to "drinking a beer a day". He died of pneumonia in Düsseldorf, aged 111 years, 279 days.

Elisabeth Schneider Elisabeth Schneider (19 August 1901 – 9 February 2013) was the oldest living person in Germany from November 2011 to her death in February 2013, aged 111 years and 174 days. She was born in Bad Oeynhausen, today in North Rhine-Westphalia, 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. She died in a retirement home in Varel, Lower Saxony. She was survived by her daughter, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Gertrud Henze