List of German supercentenarians

This is a list of verified German supercentenarians (people from Germany who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 32 verified supercentenarians from Germany. The oldest person ever from Germany was Maria Laqua, who died in 2002 aged 112 years 362 days (but Charlotte Benkner aged 114 years 180 days died in the USA in 2004). As of 6 March 2012, there is 1 verified living supercentenarian: Elisabeth Schneider, age &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000200000000200 days and 3 unverified in Germany.

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 6 March 2012	State of birth	State of residence
1	Elisabeth Schneider	F	19 August 1901	&10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000200000000200 days	Prussia (Westphalia)	Lower Saxony
	Gertrud Henze	F	8 December 1901	&10000000000000110000000110 years, &1000000000000008900000089 days	Prussia (Pomerania)	Lower Saxony
	Maria Löw	F	25 January 1902	&10000000000000110000000110 years, &1000000000000004100000041 days	Bavaria	Bavaria
	Else Assmann	F	18 February 1902	&10000000000000110000000110 years, &1000000000000001700000017 days	Prussia (Brandenburg)	Berlin

German emigrant supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	birth date	Age as of 6 March 2012	Region of birth	Country of residence
	Carl Berner	M	27 January 1902	&10000000000000110000000110 years, &1000000000000003900000039 days	Württemberg	United States

German supercentenarians

      Deceased (Verified)       Living (Verified)       Pending       Age disputed

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	Meta Berndt	F	9 November 1889	28 December 2001	112 years, 49 days	Prussia (Pomerania)	North Rhine-Westphalia
3	Irmgard von Stephani	F	20 September 1895	5 October 2007	112 years, 15 days	Prussia (Hesse-Nassau)	Berlin
4	Lina Zimmer	F	20 November 1892	4 August 2004	111 years, 282 days	Württemberg	Baden-Württemberg
5	Hermann Dörnemann	M	27 May 1893	2 March 2005	111 years, 279 days	Prussia (Rhine Province)	North Rhine-Westphalia
6	Magdalene Regener	F	5 March 1891	19 November 2002	111 years, 259 days	Prussia (Hesse-Nassau)	Lower Saxony
7	Elisabeth Heck	F	11 July 1893	3 February 2005	111 years, 207 days	Baden	Hesse
8	Paula Baumgärtner	F	16 August 1881	24 February 1993	111 years, 192 days	Prussia (Westphalia)	Baden-Württemberg
9	Frieda Borchert	F	5 January 1897	22 June 2008	111 years, 169 days	Prussia (Pomerania)	Berlin
10	Anna Stephan	F	25 March 1892	3 August 2003	111 years, 131 days	Bohemia	Bavaria
11	Elsa Tauser	F	10 July 1896	6 October 2007	111 years, 88 days	Hamburg	Schleswig-Holstein
12	Aloysia Tilscher	F	9 December 1893	8 November 2004	110 years, 335 days	Moravia	Bavaria
13	Frieda Schmidt	F	15 December 1899	6 November 2010	110 years, 326 days	Prussia (Brandenburg)	Brandenburg
14	Berta Zeisler	F	2 February 1900	1 December 2010	110 years, 302 days	Lorraine	Rhineland-Palatinate
	Gisela Metreweli	F	10 October 1893	31 July 2004	110 years, 295 days	Bavaria	Bavaria
15	Marie Stutz	F	22 October 1896	11 August 2007	110 years, 293 days	Hesse	Bavaria
16	Frieda Müller	F	18 October 1894	21 July 2005	110 years, 276 days	Prussia (Brandenburg)	Brandenburg
	Pauline Spyra	F	24 April 1886	11 January 1997	110 years, 262 days	Prussia (Silesia)	Bavaria
17	Frieda Tessmer	F	5 August 1897	28 March 2008	110 years, 236 days	Prussia (Brandenburg)	Berlin
18	Clothilde Rey	F	20 November 1892	9 July 2003	110 years, 231 days	Prussia (Rhine Province)	North Rhine-Westphalia
	Erna Scharfenberg	F	26 June 1894	26 January 2005	110 years, 214 days	Hamburg	Schleswig-Holstein
19	Mathilde Stoellger	F	21 April 1893	16 November 2003	110 years, 209 days	Prussia (Rhine Province)	North Rhine-Westphalia
20	Karolina Gröber	F	27 April 1901	21 November 2011	110 years, 208 days	Bavaria	Bavaria
21	Maria Corba	F	15 August 1878	8 March 1989	110 years, 205 days	Banat	North Rhine-Westphalia
22	Charlotte Bauch	F	12 October 1900	2 May 2011	110 years, 202 days	Saxony	Bavaria
23	Arno Wagner	M	4 June 1894	22 December 2004	110 years, 201 days	Saxony	Saxony
24	Elisabeth Schneider	F	19 August 1901	Living	&10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000200000000200 days	Prussia (Westphalia)	Lower Saxony
	Franziska Umrath	F	5 September 1885	18 February 1996	110 years, 166 days	Prussia (West Prussia)	Hamburg
25	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
26	Helene Heidbreder	F	19 May 1897	8 October 2007	110 years, 142 days	Prussia (Westphalia)	Lower Saxony
27	Emma Joisten	F	21 June 1898	8 November 2008	110 years, 140 days	Prussia (Hesse-Nassau)	North Rhine-Westphalia
28	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
30	Maria Schmitz	F	27 August 1886	22 October 1996	110 years, 56 days	Prussia (Rhine Province)	North Rhine-Westphalia
31	Franziska Maier	F	23 April 1898	20 May 2008	110 years, 27 days	Bohemia	Saxony-Anhalt
32	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^ Stephan was born in Bohemia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
c^ Tilscher was born in Moravia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
d^ Zeisler was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
e^ Corba was born in Izgar, which was then part of the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Romania.
f^ von Veh was born in a part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Russia.
g^ Rentel was born in Geldauschinken, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania.
h^ 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	Charlotte Benkner	F	16 November 1889	14 May 2004	114 years, 180 days	Saxony	United States
2	Adelheid Kirschbaum	F	29 September 1883	21 December 1996	113 years, 83 days	Prussia (Rhine Province)	United States
3	Rosa Rein	F	24 March 1897	14 February 2010	112 years, 327 days	Prussia (Silesia)	Switzerland
4	Marguerite Petit	F	3 July 1883	21 December 1995	112 years, 171 days	Lorraine	France
5	Berta Rosenberg	F	5 September 1896	28 January 2009	112 years, 145 days	Prussia (Hesse-Nassau)	United States
6	Helen Johnson	F	20 July 1896	17 April 2008	111 years, 272 days	Prussia (Berlin)	United States
7	Catherine Trompeter	F	26 March 1895	18 November 2006	111 years, 237 days	Alsace	France
8	Johanna Frank	F	15 September 1875	15 December 1986	111 years, 91 days	Hamburg	United States
9	Caroline Dott	F	5 February 1900	8 August 2010	110 years, 184 days	Alsace	France
	Else Hessberg	F	5 December 1892	12 April 2003	110 years, 128 days	Prussia (Hesse-Nassau)	United States
10	John Mauch	M	24 December 1888	7 March 1999	110 years, 73 days	Württemberg	United States
11	Giovanna Meyer-Zettel	F	6 December 1896	12 January 2007	110 years, 37 days	Alsace	Italy
	Wilhelmine Gnueg	F	12 March 1894	17 April 2004	110 years, 36 days	Prussia (Hesse-Nassau)	United States
12	Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede	F	29 May 1890	8 June 2000	110 years, 10 days	Prussia (Westphalia)	Switzerland

i^ Petit was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
j^ Trompeter was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
k^ Dott was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
l^ 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 borders

      Deceased (Verified)       Living (Verified)       Pending       Age disputed       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	Frieda Schmidt	F	15 December 1899	6 November 2010	110 years, 326 days
Bremen
Hamburg	Johanna Frank	F	15 September 1875	15 December 1986	111 years, 91 days
Hesse	Berta Rosenberg	F	5 September 1896	28 January 2009	112 years, 145 days
Lower Saxony	Magdalene Regener	F	5 March 1891	19 November 2002	111 years, 259 days
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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	Erna Henningsen	F	24 May 1889	27 February 2000	110 years, 279 days
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Germany since 1989

      Deceased (Verified)       Living (Verified)       Pending       Age disputed       Unverified

From	To	Name	Sex	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	State of death
?	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 (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000117000000117 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 (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000275000000275 days)	Ottilie Aleith	F	108 – 109	13 February 1885 – 26 January 1995 109 years, 347 days	Thuringia
26 January 1995	3 July 1996 (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000159000000159 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 (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000127000000127 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	23 March 1999 (77 days)	Wilhelm Schorner	M	109 – 110	3 February 1889 – 23 March 1999 110 years, 54 days	Bavaria
23 March 1999	9 February 2002 (&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000323000000323 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 (&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000002500000025 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 (&100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000007600000076 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 (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000314000000314 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	Present (106 days)	Elisabeth Schneider	F	110*	born 19 August 1901 age &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000200000000200 days	Living in Lower Saxony

People

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.^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by Mathilda Müller	Germany's oldest recognized living person 7 January 1959 – 19 September 1962	Succeeded by Margarethe Zinndorf
Preceded by Wilhelmus Kostering	Oldest recognized person born in Europe 9 December 1960 – 19 September 1962	Succeeded by Lovisa Svensson

Johanna Frank

Johanna Frank (15 September 1875 – 24 November 1986) was a German American supercentenarian. She was born in Hamburg and died in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Preceded by Agnes Gerrath

Oldest recognized person born in Germany 5 July 1983 – 24 November 1986

Succeeded by Gertrud Schmalohr

Maria Corba

Maria Corba (15 August 1878 – 8 March 1989) was a supercentenarian and Germany's oldest person. She was born in Izgar (Banat, at his time Hungary, today Romania, Caraş-Severin County) and died in Düsseldorf.

Preceded by Gertrud Schmalohr

Germany's oldest recognized living person 1 December 1987 – 8 March 1989

Succeeded by Elfriede Libbert

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. Katharina Braun was the last German living in Germany born before the foundation of the German Empire in 1871 and oldest of the persons not born in the German Confederation.^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by Margarethe Sauer	Oldest recognized person in Germany 14 January 1977 – 5 February 1979	Succeeded by Elvira Gabriele Sadde
Preceded by Marie-Virginie Duhem	Europe's oldest recognized living person 5 April 1978 – 5 February 1979	Succeeded by Frederique 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 by Minna Splittgerber	Oldest recognized person born in Germany 19 May 1991 – 24 February 1993	Succeeded by Marguerite Petit
	Germany's oldest recognized living person 19 May 1991 – 24 February 1993	Succeeded by Gertrud Pannwitz

Karolina Krüger

Karolina Krüger (17 February 1885 – 3 July 1996) was a German supercentenarian and the oldest living person in Germany. She was born in Zurlauben (since 1888 part of Trier) and died in Münster

Preceded by Ottilie Aleith

Germany's oldest recognized living person 26 January 1996 – 3 July 1996

Succeeded by Pauline Spyra

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.

Preceded by Marguerite Petit

Oldest recognized person born in Germany 24 February 1993 – 21 December 1996

Succeeded by Pauline Spyra

Pauline Spyra

Pauline Spyra (24 April 1886 – 11 January 1997) was a German supercentenarian and the oldest living person in Germany. She was born in Windeck and died in Raisting.

Preceded by Adelheid Kirschbaum	Oldest recognized person born in Germany 21 December 1996 – 11 January 1997	Succeeded by Wilhelm Lehnen
Preceded by Karolina Krüger	Germany's oldest recognized living person 3 July 1996 – 11 January 1997	Succeeded by Wilhelm Lehnen

Wilhelm Schorner

Wilhelm Schorner (3 February 1889 – 29 March 1999) was a German supercentenarian and the oldest person in Germany. He was born and lived in Hirschau but died in Sulzbach-Rosenberg.

Preceded by John Mauch

Oldest recognized person born in Germany 7 March 1999 – 29 March 1999

Succeeded by Maria Laqua

Meta Berndt

Meta Berndt (9 November 1889 – 28 December 2001) was a German supercentenarian. She was born in Kawcze (at this time Kaffzig in the prussian province of Pomerania (German Empire), today Poland) and died in Düsseldorf.

Maria Laqua

Maria Laqua (12 February 1889 – 9 February 2002) was a German supercentenarian and is the oldest person ever to die in Germany, but not the oldest to be born there, since Charlotte Benkner (16 November 1889 – 14 May 2004) and Adelheid Kirschbaum (29 September 1883 – 21 December 1996) were also born there. Both Benkner and Kirschbaum died in the United States. The record for the oldest person who died in Germany before Maria Laqua was Paula Marie Baumgärtner. Laqua was born in Odenkirchen and died in Bad Hönningen.

Preceded by Marie Stegmann	Germany's oldest recognized living person 5 January 1999 – 29 March 1999	Succeeded by Maria Laqua
Preceded by Wilhelm Schorner	Germany's oldest recognized living person 29 March 1999 – 9 February 2002	Succeeded by Magdalene Regener

Bertha Lindemann

Bertha Lindemann (11 March 1891 – 29 May 2002) was a German supercentenarian. She was born and died in Wolfenbüttel.

Rosalia Hasenkampf

Rosalia Hasenkampf (14 October 1889 – 10 July 2002) was a German-Russian supercentenarian and possibly the oldest person in Germany for a bit in 2002 but is not validated yet (only a birth certification of baptism entry is missing). It is not clear if her birth date is given in Gregorian calendar or Julian calendar. She was born in Glarus (Russian region of Saratow) with German ancestry and died in Senden.^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by Maria Laqua

Germany's oldest recognized living person 9 February 2002 – 10 July 2002

Succeeded by Magdalene Regener

Magdalene Regener

Magdalene Regener (5 March 1891 – 19 November 2002) was a German supercentenarian. She was born and died in Rinteln.

Preceded by Maria Laqua

Germany's oldest recognized living person 9 February 2002 – 19 November 2002

Succeeded by Anna Stephan

Anna Stephan

Anna Stephan (25 March 1892 – 3 August 2003) was a German supercentenarian and the oldest living person in Germany from 19 November 2002, the death of 111-year-old Magdalene Regener, until Stephan's death aged 111. She was succeeded in that title by Lina Zimmer. She was born in Altensee, Bohemia and died in Neumarkt.

Preceded by Magdalene Regener

Germany's oldest recognized living person 19 November 2002 – 3 August 2003

Succeeded by Lina Zimmer

Elisabeth Heck

Elisabeth Heck (11 July 1893 – 3 February 2005) was a German supercentenarian. She was born in Eppingen and died in Falkenstein (part of Königstein im Taunus).

Preceded by Lina Zimmer

Germany's oldest recognized living person 28 August 2004 – 3 February 2005

Succeeded by Frieda Müller

Frieda Müller

Frieda Müller (18 October 1894 – 21 July 2005) was a German supercentenarian. She was the oldest living person in Germany at the time of her death. She was born and died in Potsdam.

Preceded by Hermann Dörnemann

Germany's oldest recognized living person 2 March 2005 – 21 July 2005

Succeeded by Irmgard von Stephani

Helen Johnson

Helen Johnson (20 July 1896 – 17 April 2008) was a German-American supercentenarian and the oldest living person born in Germany. She was born in Berlin and died in Portland, Oregon.

Preceded by Elsa Tauser

Oldest recognized person born in Germany 6 October 2007 – 17 April 2008

Succeeded by Berta Rosenberg

Frieda Borchert

Frieda Borchert (5 January 1897 – 22 June 2008) was a supercentenarian and Germany's oldest person. She was born in Gutsch (Pomerania, at this time German Empire, today Poland) and died in Berlin.^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by Elsa Tauser

Germany's oldest recognized person 6 October 2007 – 22 June 2008

Succeeded by Emma Joisten

Emma Joisten

Emma Joisten (21 June 1898 – 8 November 2008) was a supercentenarian and Germany's oldest person. She was born in Kassel and died in Duisburg.^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by Frieda Borchert

Germany's oldest recognized living person 22 June 2008 – 8 November 2008

Succeeded by Elisabeth Schilling

Frieda Schmidt

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 by Rosa Rein	Oldest recognized person born in Germany 14 February 2010 - 6 November 2010	Succeeded by Berta Zeisler
Preceded by Elisabeth Schilling	Germany's oldest recognized living person 27 December 2008 – 6 November 2010	Succeeded by Berta Zeisler

Berta Zeisler

Berta Zeisler (2 February 1900 – 1 December 2010) was a German supercentenarian. She was born in Metz (German Empire, now France), married in Stettin (German Empire, now Poland) and lived in Wachenheim an der Weinstraße.

Preceded by Frieda Schmidt

Germany's oldest recognized living person 6 November 2010 - 1 December 2010

Succeeded by Charlotte Bauch

Charlotte Bauch

Charlotte Bauch (12 October 1900 – 2 May 2011) was a German supercentenarian. She was born in Saxony and died in Bavaria.

Preceded by Berta Zeisler

Germany's oldest recognized living person 1 December 2010 - 2 May 2011

Succeeded by Karolina Gröber