Anton Adner

[2] Until the end of his life, Adner's modest[1] artisan activity consisted of building and selling his wooden creations.

[1] For a pastime, Anton Adner would also knit artisan socks, to supplement his income along with his wooden boxes.

[1] Then Adner was presented in 1814 at the Frauenkirche cathedral of Munich for Maundy Thursday, as the oldest man in Bavaria.

[3] A portrait, the Frauenturm (Lady's Tower), was engraved to commemorate the deed, but it was destroyed during a World War II bombing raid.

[1] In 1817, at the alleged age of 112, Anton Adner met Emperor Maximilian I who supported his medical care.