Mr. Hellmuth Gawron - of Brühl (Baden), Baden-Württemberg, Germany - celebrated yesterday his 107th birthday.

He was born on 29 November 1917  and is currently the 6th oldest known living German man.

https://www.schwetzinger-zeitung.de/orte/bruehl_artikel,-bruehl-der-bruehler-hellmuth-gawron-wird-107-jahre-alt-_arid,2265808.html

Happy 107th Birthday, Mr. Gawron !  

Top 10 Oldest Living Men in Germany (as of 30th November 2024)
Today's update (Mr. Gawron turned 107)

1. Karl Haidle (Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 2 September 1915), 109 y.o.
2. Bruno Kant (Eichenzell, Hesse) (b. 26 February 1916 in Poland), 108 y.o.
3. Gotthilf Widmaier (Rathenow, Brandenburg) (b. 9 February 1917), 107 y.o
4. Johann Hofmann (Rehau, Bavaria) (b. 19 September 1917), 107 y.o.
5. Heinrich Ehrenberg (Klixbüll, Schleswig-Holstein) (b. 2 October 1917), 107 y.o.
6. Hellmuth Gawron (Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 29 November 1917), 107 y.o.
7. Hans-Georg Jakisch (Königslutter am Elm, Lower Saxony) (b. 14 April 1918), 106 y.o.
8. Erich Lautenschläger (Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 22 June 1918), 106 y.o.
9. Helmut Kleine-Beek (Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria) (b. June 1918), 106 y.o.
10. Johann Weninger (Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 18 August 1918 in AUT), 106 y.o.

Top 10 Oldest Living Men in Germany (as of 10th February 2025)
Today's update (Mr. Widmaier turned 108; RIP Mr. Hofmann)

1. Karl Haidle (Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 2 September 1915), 109 y.o.
2. Bruno Kant (Eichenzell, Hesse) (b. 26 February 1916 in Poland), 108 y.o.
3. Gotthilf Widmaier (Rathenow, Brandenburg) (b. 9 February 1917), 108 y.o
4. Heinrich Ehrenberg (Klixbüll, Schleswig-Holstein) (b. 2 October 1917), 107 y.o.
5. Hellmuth Gawron (Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 29 November 1917), 107 y.o.
6. Hans-Georg Jakisch (Königslutter am Elm, Lower Saxony) (b. 14 April 1918), 106 y.o.
7. Erich Lautenschläger (Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 22 June 1918), 106 y.o.
8. Helmut Kleine-Beek (Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria) (b. June 1918), 106 y.o.
9. Johann Weninger (Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 18 August 1918 in AUT), 106 y.o.
10. Bernhard Lucke (Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 23 December 1918), 106 y.o. 

Just nine living German men who were already born at the time of the German Empire!

Top 10 Oldest Living Men in Germany (as of 26th February 2025)
Today's update (Mr. Kant turned 109)

1. Karl Haidle (Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 2 September 1915), 109 y.o.
2. Bruno Kant (Eichenzell, Hesse) (b. 26 February 1916 in Poland), 109 y.o.
3. Gotthilf Widmaier (Rathenow, Brandenburg) (b. 9 February 1917), 108 y.o
4. Heinrich Ehrenberg (Klixbüll, Schleswig-Holstein) (b. 2 October 1917), 107 y.o.
5. Hellmuth Gawron (Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 29 November 1917), 107 y.o.
6. Hans-Georg Jakisch (Königslutter am Elm, Lower Saxony) (b. 14 April 1918), 106 y.o.
7. Erich Lautenschläger (Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 22 June 1918), 106 y.o.
8. Helmut Kleine-Beek (Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria) (b. June 1918), 106 y.o.
9. Johann Weninger (Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 18 August 1918 in AUT), 106 y.o.
10. Bernhard Lucke (Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 23 December 1918), 106 y.o.

Johann Hofmann entered the list on 2 Jan 2024, Bavaria since that list had only one representative on the list and now has one again
North Rhine-Westphalia has 3 names here again, first time since 4 Oct 2023
since 11 Jun 2024 there were no 3 108+ on the list
since 30 Dec 2022 there were no 2 109+ here

Question about Bruno Kant: He had a sister who died just one day before her 100th birthday, right? What was her name and her lifespan? (I also know that he had two other, centenarian siblings.)

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Question about Bruno Kant: He had a sister who died just one day before her 100th birthday, right? What was her name and her lifespan? (I also know that he had two other, centenarian siblings.)

This sister have possibly been born 1917 (the year between Pastor Bruno Kant (*1916) and Hans Kant (*1918),

or 1915 the year after Elisabeth Schwarzkopf née Kant (*1914) btw. an other year before. 

Pastor Kant answered a question in the Interview 'katholisch.de' (July 2018):

'...my brother recently turned 100 years old. An other sister passed away one day shy of her 100th birthday. That was bitter.'

No name nor any date ist mentioned. 

Top 10 Oldest Living Men in Germany (as of 16th April 2025)
Today's update (Mr. Jakisch turned 107 https://www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/niedersachsen/helmstedt/article408773791/aeltester-einwohner-in-koenigslutter-feiert-seinen-107-geburtstag.html )

1. Karl Haidle (Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 2 September 1915), 109 y.o.
2. Bruno Kant (Eichenzell, Hesse) (b. 26 February 1916 in Poland), 109 y.o.
3. Gotthilf Widmaier (Rathenow, Brandenburg) (b. 9 February 1917), 108 y.o
4. Heinrich Ehrenberg (Klixbüll, Schleswig-Holstein) (b. 2 October 1917), 107 y.o.
5. Hellmuth Gawron (Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 29 November 1917), 107 y.o.
6. Hans-Georg Jakisch (Königslutter am Elm, Lower Saxony) (b. 14 April 1918), 107 y.o.
7. Erich Lautenschläger (Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 22 June 1918), 106 y.o.
8. Helmut Kleine-Beek (Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria) (b. June 1918), 106 y.o.
9. Johann Weninger (Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 18 August 1918 in AUT), 106 y.o.
10. Bernhard Lucke (Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 23 December 1918), 106 y.o.

The interesting thing is that without World War II, it's possible that Germany's top 10 oldest living men would have been all or almost all 107+ year-olds.

Happy 107th birthday to Mr. Jakisch! 🙂

As of 30 Nov 2024 there were no 6 107+ in the list

Top 10 Oldest Living Men in Germany (as of 30th July 2025)
Today's update (Mr. Lautenschläger and Mr. Kleine-Beek turned 107)

1. Karl Haidle (Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 2 September 1915), 109 y.o.
2. Bruno Kant (Eichenzell, Hesse) (b. 26 February 1916 in Poland), 109 y.o.
3. Gotthilf Widmaier (Rathenow, Brandenburg) (b. 9 February 1917), 108 y.o
4. Heinrich Ehrenberg (Klixbüll, Schleswig-Holstein) (b. 2 October 1917), 107 y.o.
5. Hellmuth Gawron (Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Baden-Württemberg) (b. 29 November 1917), 107 y.o.
6. Hans-Georg Jakisch (Königslutter am Elm, Lower Saxony) (b. 14 April 1918), 107 y.o.
7. Erich Lautenschläger (Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 22 June 1918), 107 y.o.
8. Helmut Kleine-Beek (Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria) (b. June 1918), 107 y.o.
9. Johann Weninger (Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 18 August 1918 in AUT), 106 y.o.
10. Bernhard Lucke (Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia) (b. 23 December 1918), 106 y.o.