Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

German material research institute
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Summary

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing is a higher federal authority[1]. It draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (higher federal authority category, ranking #7 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: public research and development in Germany[3]
  • Member of: Working Group of the German Federal Departmental Research Establishments[4], Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes[5], Informationsdienst Wissenschaft[6], German National Research Data Infrastructure[7]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin[8]
  • Country: Germany[9]
  • Instance of: federal public research facility in Germany[10], organization[11]
  • Headquarters location: Berlin[12]
  • Commons category: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung[13]
  • Has part(s): Q28739182[14]
  • Inception: 1871[15], 1954[16]
  • Parent organization or unit: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy[17]
  • Official website: https://www.bam.de/[18], https://www.bam.de/Navigation/DE/Home/home.html[19], https://www.bam.de/Navigation/EN/Home/home.html[20], http://www.bam.de[21]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Germany[22]
  • Employees: 1550[23]
  • Official name: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung[24]
  • Legal form: public-law institution[25]
  • Short name: BAM[26]
  • Budget: 182,626,000 euro[27]
  • Social media followers: 1911[28], 1203[29], 445[30], 454[31], 457[32]
  • P14811: 368[33]

Why It Matters

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . transparenzdatenbank.berlin.de. Retrieved . transparenzdatenbank.berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . dfn.de. Retrieved . dfn.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . nfdi.de. nfdi.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . EU Transparency Register. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bundeshaushalt.de. bundeshaushalt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . transparenzdatenbank.berlin.de. Retrieved . transparenzdatenbank.berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . service.bund.de. Retrieved . service.bund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . bundeshaushalt.de. bundeshaushalt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Kintsukuroi koi · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.bam.de/, https://www.bam.de/Navigation/DE/Home/home.html, https://www.bam.de/Navigation/EN/Home/home.html +2
    Instance of → higher federal authority, federal public research facility in Germany, organization
    Eu transparency register id → 933163493346-38
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q131907848 */"
  2. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14811 → 368
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'sr', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 5w ago · Samuelbrinkmann · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → higher federal authority, federal public research facility in Germany, organization
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: public university"
  4. 8w ago · ~2026-46178-13 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Logo Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung BAM., Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung logo.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: Logo Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung BAM.svg"
  5. 9w ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent organization or unit → Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
    Chairperson → Maximilian Pfender
    Field of work → public research and development in Germany
    Field of work → —
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q126956265 */"
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