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German Handball Association

national handball association of Germany
Organization Handball Federation Q451091

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
handball federation
Official website
www.dhb.de[14]
Short name
DHB[18]
Legal form
Registered association (eingetragener Verein)[17]
Official name
Deutscher Handballbund e.V.[16]

Status and dates

Inception
October 1, 1949[11]
Replaces
German Handball Association[15]

Location

Headquarters location
Dortmund[7]
Country
Germany[6]
Location of formation
Mülheim an der Ruhr[13]
Street address
Willi-Daume-Haus, Strobelallee 56, 44139 Dortmund

People

Chairperson
Willi Daume (1949–1955), Ernst Feick (1955–1966), Hans-Jürgen Hinrichs (1989–1993), Bernd Steinhauser (1993–1998), Ulrich Strombach (1998–2013), Bernhard Bauer (2013–2015), Andreas Michelmann (2015–present), Otto Seeber (1966–1972), Bernhard Thiele (1972–1989)[9]

Relations

Child organization or unit
Handball-Verband Brandenburg[8]
Has part(s)
Handball-Verband Brandenburg[10]
Member of
International Handball Federation (1950–present), European Handball Federation (1991–present), German Olympic Sports Confederation, Deutscher Sportbund[2][3][4][5]
Owner of
Germany women's national handball team, Germany men's national handball team, Germany women's national beach handball team, Germany national beach handball team[19]
More facts +9
Website
www.dhb.de
Headquarters
Dortmund
Has parts
Handball-Verband Brandenburg
Member count
748889.0, 754958.0
Operating area
Germany
Position held by head of the organization
Wikidata item
Social media followers
21k (13k–50k, n=8)
Sport
handball[12]
Subsidiary
Handball-Verband Brandenburg
🏷️ Also known as
en German Handball Federation en German Handball Association en DHB da Deutscher Handballbund da DHB da Tysklands håndboldforbund de DHB de Deutscher Handballbund e.V. de Deutscher Handball-Bund de Deutscher Handball Bund fr DHB fr Fédération allemande de handball he התאחדות הכדוריד הגרמנית ja ドイツ・ハンドボール連盟 nl Deutscher Handballbund nl Duitse Handbalfederatie pt Federação Alemã de Handebol ru Ассоциация гандбола Германии ru Немецкая ассоциация гандбола sv DHB
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
267006354
GND ID
42781-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Willi-Daume Haus.jpg ↗
EU VAT number
DE124911817
European Unique Identifier
DER2402.VR1761
Facebook username
handball.dhb
Freebase ID
/m/075zj05
Impressum URL
www.dhb.de
Instagram username
dhb_teams
Privacy policy URL
www.dhb.de
Record number (Germany)
1761
WhatsApp channel ID
0029Vad2q50FnSz4VC0Asd3u
Show all 14 identifiers +2
X (Twitter) username
DHB_Teams
YouTube handle
DHBde

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🔗 Connections
← Organizer 18
Handball-Bundesliga, DHB-Pokal, German Handball League (Women), 2016–17 Handball-Bundesliga, DHB-Supercup, 2012–13 Handball-Bundesliga, 2013–14 Handball-Bundesliga, 2014–15 Handball-Bundesliga +10 more
Member of 3
International Handball Federation, European Handball Federation, German Olympic Sports Confederation
Owned entities 2
Germany men's national handball team, Germany women's national handball team
Owner of 2
Germany men's national handball team, Germany women's national handball team
Chairperson 1
Willi Daume
Country 1
Germany
Headquarters location 1
Dortmund
Legal form 1
Registered association (eingetragener Verein)
Location of formation 1
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Operating area 1
Germany
Sport 1
handball
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Summary

German Handball Association is a handball federation[1].

Related Entities

Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . dosb.de. dosb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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