German Federal Bank

central bank of Germany (1957-)
Organization central_bank Q162222
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Summary

German Federal Bank is a central bank[1]. It draws 2,288 Wikipedia views per month (central bank category, ranking #21 of 202).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Arbeitskreis Steuerschätzung[3], Network for Greening the Financial System[4], Initiative Finanzstandort Deutschland[5], RIPE Network Coordination Centre[6]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Frankfurt[7]
  • Country: Germany[8]
  • Instance of: Oberste Bundesbehörde[9]
  • Currency: euro[10]
  • Main regulatory text: Bundesbankgesetz[11]
  • Headquarters location: Deutsche Bundesbank Headquarters[12], Frankfurt[13]
  • Part of: European System of Central Banks[14]
  • Commons category: Deutsche Bundesbank[15]
  • Industry: financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding[16], public sector[17]
  • Chairperson: Joachim Nagel[18]
  • Has part(s): Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank[19]
  • Inception: August 1, 1957[20], 1957[21]
  • Official website: https://www.bundesbank.de/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:German Federal Bank[23]
  • Employees: 10,970[24], 14,800[25]
  • Phone number: +49-69-9566-0[26]
  • Replaces: Bank deutscher Länder[27], Landeszentralbank[28]
  • Short name: BBk[29]
  • Different from: Deutsche Bank[30]
  • Position held by head of the organization: President of the Bundesbank[31]
  • Board member: Johannes Tüngeler[32], Burkhard Balz[33]
  • IPv6 routing prefix: 2001:920:1915::/48[34]

Why It Matters

German Federal Bank has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . gesetze-im-internet.de. gesetze-im-internet.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . bundesbank.de. Retrieved . bundesbank.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . ngfs.net. Retrieved . ngfs.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . heise.de. Retrieved . heise.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . ripe.net. Retrieved . ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . bundesbank.de. Retrieved . bundesbank.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . bundesbank.de. Retrieved . bundesbank.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . service.bund.de. Retrieved . service.bund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Buggia · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Treccani id → deutsche-bundesbank
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'e
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Treccani id: deutsche-bundesbank"
  2. 7w ago · Nw520 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Board member → Bernhard Benning, Otmar Emminger, Thilo Sarrazin +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Board member: Andreas Dombret"
  3. 11w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters → —
    Replaces → Bank deutscher Länder, Landeszentralbank
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Frankfurt
    Country → —
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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