Lower Austria mourns: oldest citizen Margarete Tröstl died

Lower Austria mourns: oldest citizen Margarete Tröstl died

Margarete Tröstl, the oldest living person in Lower Austria, fell asleep peacefully on Friday morning in the Schrems nursing and care center. The news about her death comes just five and a half weeks before her 114th birthday on February 26th. According to the Lower Austrian State Health Agency (LGA), comfort was not only the eldest person in Austria, but was also listed as the oldest living person in the entire German -speaking area, as wikipedia She was born on February 26, 1911 in Gmünd and spent a youth that was strongly shaped by the First World War.

Her life story is impressive: after graduation, she worked as a travel assistant for many years and then worked for a long time at the Henkel Group. Tröstl married a carpenter and lived in Vienna until her retirement before returning to her home in the Waldviertel. At the age of 103, she moved to the nursing center in Schrems. Her last years were characterized by visits to her son Horst and her niece Margarete Falkner. As the LGA announced, her humor was one of the many facets that made it lovable. Tröstl often expressed the desire for hearty roast pork on the birthday and showed her faith with the words "The Lord looks at mi".

a life full of memories

Fommen experienced numerous significant events in their long lifetime, including several trips abroad and the return to their homeland. Her parents and family traditions played a major role in her life, and she always amazed people with her independence retained into old age. Her father achieved a respectable age of 104 years, which reinforced the family concept of longevity. Margarete Tröstl's life story is estimated as part of the history of Austria and will remain unforgettable. She became a Supercentenarian in 2021 and was last 113 years and 326 days old, as reported.