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Charlotte Kretschmann (3 December 1909 – 27 August 2024) was a German supercentenarian who was Germany's oldest-ever resident.




Biography


Kretschmann was born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia, on 3 December 1909. In addition to her parents and older brother she also had grandparents who lived on a farm in Pomerania.
In her childhood she did gymnastics, and, as she remarked later, "got everything she wanted from her parents". Kretschmann also said in an interview that she wanted to do what her older brother "was allowed to do" (namely sports). She thus ran 800 metres as a "discipline" which earned her a gold pin from the sports authorities.
At the age of 27, Kretschmann met her husband Werner during a dance at a sporting event (c. 1936). Later that year they married and in 1937 had a daughter named Siegried.
During World War II, her husband was drafted into the army and sent to the front line in France. While Kretschmann stayed behind in their hometown she was forced to flee in 1944 with her daughter to Stuttgart. The Red Cross "facilitated the couple's reunion" after the war ended and the family of three settled there. Kretschmann's husband died in 1996, and her daughter Siegried died in 2019.
Kretschmann lived alone until 2014 when she experienced a brain haemorrhage. 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. Kretschmann had an Instagram account where she kept a photo diary of her life. She eventually became the oldest living person in Germany at the age of 112, and her age was verified by the Gerontology Research Group on 23 August 2023.
Kretschmann died in Kirchheim unter Teck on 27 August 2024, at the age of 114 years and 268 days.




See also


List of the verified oldest people
List of German supercentenarians
List of European countries by life expectancy




References






External links


Charlotte Kretschmann on Instagram

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