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02/03/2026 6:16 pm
Erfurt's oldest resident has died. The Augusta-Viktoria-Stift announced that architect Käthe Menzel-Jordan passed away on March 1st at the venerable age of 109 years and 5 months. She was an honorary citizen of the state capital Erfurt and, as a building expert, left numerous traces in the old town.
Born in Erfurt as the daughter of a building contractor She was born on 7 September, into the family of a prominent Erfurt building contractor. She studied architecture in Dresden and survived the bombing of the city during World War II because she happened to be outside the city limits. Her dissertation was destroyed in the attack. Afterward, she dedicated herself to emergency stabilization work in Weimar, where, among other things, she secured Goethe's house on orders. She furthered her knowledge through additional studies in Dresden. Redesign of the Augustinian Monastery As a freelance architect with consistently excellent connections to the construction workers, she redesigned, among other things, the Augustinian Monastery in Erfurt, numerous houses on the Krämerbrücke (Merchants' Bridge), the Hohe Lilie (High Lily) on Cathedral Square, Molsdorf Castle, and the Predigerkirche (Preacher's Church) and St. Michael's Church.
At the time of her death, she was the 9th known OLP in Germany.
https://the110club.com/kaethe-menzel-jordan-1916-2026-t33343.html#p40215897
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
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02/03/2026 6:32 pm
Ruhe in Frieden, Frau Menzel-Jordan.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
03/03/2026 3:11 am
Rest in peace Ms Menzel-Jordan.
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28/04/2026 4:03 pm
Käthe Menzel-Jordan (September 7, 1916 – March 1, 2026)
She was the oldest living notable architect, a title now held by Chinese architect Wu Liangyong (born May 7, 1922).