Supercentenarian Profile

Karl Haidle

Born:

1915-09-02

Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg

Germany

Died:

2025-11-01

Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg,

Germany

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Karl Haidle was a German supercentenarian who was the nation’s oldest living man at the time of his death.

BIOGRAPHY

Karl Haidle was born in Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 2 September 1915.

Several of his brothers lost their lives in World War II. Even in his later years, Haidle was able to recount his career and the harrowing experiences he endured during the war in vivid detail. He trained as a mechanic, was drafted into the Reich Labor Service and later into the army, served in Austria as a mountain infantryman, and traveled across Europe as a dispatch driver. In 1944, he was taken prisoner by Yugoslav forces, and for three years his family had no idea where he was.

Eventually, he returned home, where he worked alongside his father on the farm and in the vineyard. In 1955, he married his wife Frieda and later took over his in-laws’ larger business.

Even at the age of 100, he was still making his way through the vineyards. By the time he was 104, he had four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Haidle passed away on 1 November 2025 in Kernen im Remstal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 110 years, 60 days.