Margarete Dannheimer

Margarete Dannheimer (28 January 1904 – 2 July 2015) was a German supercentenarian who had been the oldest living person in Germany from the death of Charlotte Klamroth on 16 May 2015 until her death on 2 July 2015.

The former receptionist was born in Östheim as one of five siblings. In 1930 she married her husband Karl who died at age 94 in 1997. In 1943, the family moved to Neuendettelsau, where she is still living. With her husband she owned a radio shop. At the age of 109 she moved into a nursing home where she was sharing an apartment with her daughter. As wished she received a radio by Horst Seehofer, minister president of Bavaria. Mrs. Dannheimer daughter traced her longevity to eating a lot of vegetables like red cabbage, beans, cauliflower, kohlrabi and savoy cabbage instead of enjoying fat.