Maria Brandes was an Austro-Hungarian-born German supercentenarian whose age has been validated by LongeviQuest.
BIOGRAPHY
Maria Brandes was born in Trnava, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) on 11 August 1902. She moved Vienna, Austria at the age 8 and she met the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
She worked in the administrative office of the Burgtheater and, after getting married, moved to Germany. At the age of 76, she remained active, working as a department store detective in Munich. She ended up spending her final years in a nursing home.
Maria Brandes passed away on 6 February 2013, at the age of 110 years, 179 days.
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RECOGNITION
Her age was verified by Georg Fürholzer, and validated by LongeviQuest on 11 November 2025.
ATTRIBUTION
* “110. Geburtstag: “Sind so stolz auf unsere Tante Mitzi”” – Krone, 1 September 2012
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