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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.
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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
