Auguste Ehard

Auguste Ehard(born 12 January 1906) is a German supercentenarian who is, at the age of, currently Germany's seventh oldest living person and the oldest one of Bavaria. She is currently unverified.

Biography
Ehard was born on 12 January 1906 in Trostberg as one of three daughters. At age 19 Ehard moved to Munich where she is still living. The trained bank clerk was married in 1939. The couple had one daughter called Franziska. In World War II her husband Franz was conscripted and got into Danish captivity. He appeared eight years later in 1947 – a moment that Ehard remembers quiet thankful.

She traces her longevity to being sportive for many decades. In her youth she played tennis and rowed. Until she was 70 she did alpine skiing, until she was 95 she enjoyed cross-country skiing and hiking. Being past 70 and widowed she also enjoyed traveling with her sister. When she was 99 she moved into a nursing home where she is still living being quiet alert although bad eyesight and hearing. With the help of an aid she is able to walk and participate on the nursing home’s all-day life. Until she was 107 she visited her daughter living in the same district on her own. One report on her 110th birthday mentions that Ehard nearly passed away 4 days before her birthday, but recovered within the same day.

Her relatives trace Ehards longevity to being sportive all her life but also to know exactly what she wants and what not. But also her parents lived to be 85, both of her sisters past 90.

With the passing of Margarete Dannheimer on 2 July 2015 she became Bavarias oldest inhabitant at age 109 years and 171 days.