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Search results indicate that the user is asking about Hagen G., the last missing person from the 2021 Ahr Valley floods.

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Despite extensive search efforts that concluded in September 2021, and the subsequent discovery of other flood victims, Hagen G. has not been found, though his wallet was located in Altenahr.

The Ahr Valley in Germany experienced its deadliest flood in recent history in July 2021, resulting in 190 fatalities across Germany, with 134 occurring in the Ahr Valley alone. Among the hundreds initially reported missing, Hagen G., a 60-year-old early retiree, is the last person whose whereabouts remain unknown.

Hagen G. was visiting a friend in Altenahr, Rhineland-Palatinate, when heavy rains caused the Ahr River and its tributaries to swell dramatically between July 14 and 15, 2021. Despite radio warnings, he reportedly left his friend’s home, believing he would be safe. He had planned to spend his retirement as a permanent camper at the Sahrtal campsite near Kreuzberg, a district of Altenahr, in a caravan located near the normally shallow Sahrbach, which flows into the Ahr. During the flood, the Sahrbach swelled to over five meters, sweeping away people, buildings, and caravans. Three campers at Sahrtal died, and Hagen G. disappeared in the torrent.

While active searches for Hagen G. concluded on September 2, 2021, police in Koblenz continue to list him as officially missing and are conducting a Europe-wide search. His wallet was found in Altenahr and returned to his daughter, who had filed the missing person report. The police stated there is no indication that he could still be alive. Other victims of the flood were gradually found in the months and years following the disaster, including one woman whose body was discovered in Rotterdam, where the Rhine flows into the North Sea, and Franky Neufeld, whose remains were found more than two years later near the Ahr estuary

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