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Berlin's Oldest Resident, Gertrud Oertel, Turns 111

District leaders visited to congratulate her, noting she celebrated in good health.

Overview

  • Bezirksbürgermeister Oliver Igel and district councillor Carolin Weingart visited on November 11 to offer personal congratulations, the Treptow-Köpenick district office said.
  • Born in 1914 in Seddin and raised in nearby Michendorf, she later moved to Berlin to work for the railway and adopted a child as a single woman from a children’s home.
  • She currently lives in a seniors’ shared flat in Niederschöneweide with a cat, according to local reporting.
  • Local outlets citing B.Z. report she worked as a chambermaid and in wartime hospital service, later held an administrative role with the Reichsbahn, and has been retired for about 50 years.
  • Tagesspiegel cites federal demographic data showing that in 2024 Berlin had 5,470 women and 1,540 men aged 95 or older, with an average city age of 42.8 years.