List of German supercentenarians

As of January 2015[update], 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.

[1] The oldest known German alive is Ilse Meingast, born on 14 March 1912, aged 112 years, 357 days.

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.

She lived for 35 years in a retirement home in Bad Hönningen, Rhineland-Palatinate and died in her sleep.

Laqua was in need of care, bedridden and inaccessible during her last years, although she occasionally had a flash and spoke.

Her record age was officially surpassed by Josefine Ollmann on 9 November 2021, who was validated by the GRG on 15 February 2023.

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,[97] but Emiliano Mercado del Toro from Puerto Rico was later confirmed to be almost two years older.

She was still in good health, and listed reasons for her longevity including: reading a lot, having lively contact with other people, sometimes enjoying a cigarette and a glass of wine, and never getting married.

[102][103][104] Frieda Szwillus (née Hennig; 30 March 1902 – 21 September 2014[105]) was Germany's oldest living person from April 2014 until her death five months later, aged 112 years, 175 days.

Gerneth lived in Havelberg in Saxony-Anhalt for over forty years, and continued to do so on his own, with family members caring for his household.

[6][111] According to a statement by his granddaughter on his 113th birthday, he still had a lucid mind, watching football, solving crosswords, and doing mental arithmetic.