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24/02/2026 2:23 pm
Ms. Gerda Metze - of Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany - sadly passed away on 23 February 2026, aged 110 y.o.
She was born on 12 July 1915 in Augustusburg, Saxony.
The former teacher was the 5th oldest known living Supercentenarian in Germany and the oldest living Thuringian.
Rest in peace, Ms. Metze.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
24/02/2026 3:09 pm
Ruhe in Frieden, Frau Metze.
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
25/02/2026 9:19 am
Rest in peace Ms Metze.
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25/02/2026 10:49 am
https://longeviquest.com/2026/02/german-woman-gerda-metze-dies-at-110/
German Woman Gerda Metze Dies at 110
Gerda Metze, a resident of Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany, passed away on 23 February, at the age of 110 years, 226 days.
Gerda Metze was born in Augustusburg, Saxony, Germany, on 12 July 1915. She had four siblings: Heinz, Gottfried, Anita, and Wolfgang. Her father died of a heart attack at the age of just 45, when she was only 15. Her mother, however, lived to be 101. By the age of six, she already knew she wanted to become a teacher. Inspired by her father, she often helped him grade papers as a young girl.
She began her career as a kindergarten teacher and later taught at the “Friedrich Engels” Polytechnic High School, now known as the Karolinum. In 1952, she moved to Altenburg. She had two children. Her son, Dieter, passed away in late December 2021 at the age of 83.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
