Charlotte Kretschmann

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Charlotte Kretschmann
Born
Charlotte Kretschmann

(1909-12-03)3 December 1909
Breslau, Province of Silesia, German Empire
Died (aged 114 years, 268 days)
Kirchheim unter Teck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Known for
Spouse
Werner Kretschmann
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(m. 1936; died 1996)​
Children1

Charlotte Kretschmann (3 December 1909 – 27 August 2024) was a German supercentenarian and is Germany's oldest-ever person.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Kretschmann was born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia, on 3 December 1909.[5]

At the age of 27, Kretschmann met her husband Werner (c. 1936).[6] Later that year they married and in 1937 had a daughter.[7]

During World War II, her husband was drafted into the army and sent to the front line in France.[5] Kretschmann remained in their hometown, but was forced to flee in 1944 with their daughter to Stuttgart,[5] where, at the war's end, the three of them settled.[3][7] Kretschmann's husband died in 1996, and her daughter died in 2019.[5][6]

Kretschmann lived alone until 2014 when she suffered a brain haemorrhage.[1] While this health scare prompted her to move into a nursing home in Kirchheim unter Teck, she was noted by doctors for her relatively remarkable health given her age.[6][8] She became the oldest living person in Germany at the age of 112, and her age was verified by the Gerontology Research Group in August 2023.[5]

Kretschmann died in Kirchheim unter Teck on 27 August 2024, at the age of 114 years and 268 days.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "'I still have a lot to see': Meet the oldest living German at 113-years [sic] old". The Local. 23 April 2023. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Keck, Christine (27 January 2023). "(S+) Charlotte Kretschmann ist 113 Jahre alt: »Ans Sterben denke ich nicht, ich habe ja noch Zeit«". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 Salaysay, Lennard Ashley (5 December 2023). "Charlotte Kretschmann, Germany's Oldest Person, Turned 114". LongeviQuest. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Charlotte Kretschmann, Germany's Longevity Record Holder, Validated at 114". LongeviQuest. 22 December 2023. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Charlotte Kretschmann". Gerontology Research Group. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Mihai, Eva-Marie and Kaa, Tatjana (25 April 2023). "Mit 113 Jahren die älteste Deutsche: "Ich würde alles genauso machen"". Bild (in German). Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 Südwestrundfunk (26 April 2016). "Charlotte Kretschmann lebte schon, als noch der Kaiser regierte". YouTube (Video) (in German). Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kirchheimerin feiert ihren 112. Geburtstag – Kirchheim". Der Teckbote (in German). 12 June 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Älteste Deutsche im Alter von 114 Jahren gestorben". Spiegel. 28 August 2024. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.