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German National Library

central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany
Organization national_library Q27302

Facts

29 properties

Identity

Instance of
national library, archival library[15]
Official website
www.dnb.de, www.dnb.de[25][26]
Short name
DNB[37]
Native label
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, German National Library[35][36]
Official name
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek[33]

Status and dates

Inception
1912, 1946, 1912[22][23][24]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1912-01-01 · 1946 · 1912 BnF data 1991 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗GND (DNB) 2006-06-29 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Headquarters location
Frankfurt, Leipzig[17][18]
Country
Germany[14]

Financials

Employees
+640[28]

People

Director / manager
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, Elisabeth Niggemann, Frank Scholze[27]

Relations

Child organization or unit
German National Library Frankfurt, German National Library Leipzig, German Music Archive[19][20][21]
Member of
ORCID, Inc., Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes, IASA-Ländergruppe Deutschland/Schweiz, World Wide Web Consortium, German Commission for UNESCO, Kalliope, German National Research Data Infrastructure, International GLAM Labs Community, Conference of European National Librarians, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, International Internet Preservation Consortium, German Library Association[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Owner of
Catalog of the German National Library[38]
More facts +16
Budget
+52400000
Collection or exhibition size
+30862381, +49687783[31][32]
IPv6 routing prefix
2001:638:1912::/48
Language used
German
Main regulatory text
Law regarding the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
Operating area
Germany[40]
P14541
4c22Ey
P14815
deutsche-nationalbibliothek
P14900
de-002592
Permanent duplicated item
Wikidata item
Position held by head of the organization
director general[39]
Related Wikidata property
P1292[34]
Social media followers
6.0k (1.1k–8.7k, n=11)
Topic has template
Template:DNB-IDN[30]
Visitors per year
+180283[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en The German National Library en German National Library in Leipzig en Deutsche Nationalbibliothek en dnb.de en The German National Library in Leipzig en German National Library en Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek en DNB ar مكتبة ألمانيا الوطنية ar المكتبة الوطنية الألمانية ar مكتبة ألمانيا cs Německá národní knihovna cs Národní knihovna Německa cs DNB cs Deutsche Nationalbibliothek da Tysklands nationalbibliotek de DDB de dnb.de de DNB de Die Deutsche Bibliothek
🔖 Identifiers · 76
ROR ID
01n7gem85
ISNI
0000000122905087, 0000000088400279
VIAF cluster ID
148328332
Library of Congress authority ID
no2006067330
GND ID
10140798-1
GRID ID
grid.424174.0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Eingang Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig.jpg ↗
AGORHA UUID
77070074-cf80-4032-89af-799e0b37c0ae
API endpoint URL
services.dnb.de, services.dnb.de, services.dnb.de
BIBSYS ID
9005769
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12206999m
Bing entity ID
b53dcda1-7225-fefc-1f42-9a39a48ffb1d
Show all 76 identifiers +64
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
deutsche-nationalbibliothek
CANTIC ID
981058529700006706
DBS ID
AG292
DDB institution ID
2Q37XY5KXJNJE5MV6SWP3UKKZ6RSBLK5
DDB item ID
2Q37XY5KXJNJE5MV6SWP3UKKZ6RSBLK5
De Agostini ID
Deutsche+Nationalbibliothek
Described at URL
viaf.org, orcid.org
Dewey Decimal Classification
027.5
Domain name
dnb.de
EU Transparency Register ID
227784612834-18
Email address
mailto:info-f@dnb.de
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
198327
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
80868
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Die-Deutsche-Bibliothek, place/German-National-Library
Europeana entity
organization/1301
FAST ID
1647412
Facebook username
DeutscheNationalbibliothek
FactGrid item ID
Erich Schröger
FragDenStaat public body ID
344
Freebase ID
/m/07ccbd
GeoNames ID
11395638
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
deutsche-bucherei
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0022256
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Deutsche_Nationalbibliothek
ISIL
DE-101
IdRef ID
03189108X
Instagram username
deutschenationalbibliothek
IxTheo authority ID
514366265
Japan Search name ID
ドイツ国立図書館
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
10140798-1
Libraries Australia ID
43802949
LinkedIn company or organization ID
deutsche-nationalbibliothek
Mastodon address
DNB_Aktuelles@openbiblio.social
NFDI4Culture ID
E1886
NL CR AUT ID
kn20070218001, kn20010710464
NLA Trove people ID
1459545
NSK (VIAF) ID
000468149
NSK ID
981005791306709366
NUKAT ID
n2007032641
National Library of Greece ID
91054
National Library of Israel ID (old)
004954181
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007388217205171
National Library of Latvia ID
000022324
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810566383105606
National Library of Portugal ID
283309
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX270408
Official wiki URL
wiki.dnb.de
Online catalog URL
portal.dnb.de
Open Library ID
OL8685740A
Open Library publisher ID
Deutsche_Nationalbibliothek
Open Library subject ID
deutsche_nationalbibliothek
PyPI project
isbnlib-dnb
Quora topic ID
Deutsche-Nationalbibliothek
RERO ID (legacy)
A018423445
RILM ID
331414
ROAR ID
24279
Ringgold ID
27726
Scilit organization ID
16367
Topic's main category
Category:Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058529700006706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11566519
Vatican Library VcBA ID
494/60836
X (Twitter) username
DNB_Aktuelles
Yale LUX ID
group/7a974bd7-66aa-4321-b107-3f5a619558c2
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🔗 Connections
Member of 4
World Wide Web Consortium, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, International Internet Preservation Consortium, Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes
Director / manager 2
Elisabeth Niggemann, Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
Employees / affiliates 2
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, Maximilian Kähler
Headquarters location 2
Frankfurt, Leipzig
Instance of 2
national library, bibliographic database
← Described by source 2
Nikolaus Lenau, Thurzo family
← Parent organization or unit 2
German Music Archive, ISSN National Centre for Germany
Belongs to 1
International Internet Preservation Consortium
Child organization or unit 1
German Music Archive
Country 1
Germany
Founded entities 1
Integrated Authority File
Language used 1
German
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Operating area 1
Germany
Participated in 1
The European Library
Topic has template 1
Template:DNB-IDN
Topic's main category 1
Category:Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Works by author 1
Integrated Authority File
← Archives at 1
BIF – Blätter Idealer Frauenfreundschaft
← Artist files at 1
Hans Olde
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
← Director / manager 1
Elisabeth Niggemann
← Has works in the collection 1
Maxim Alexandrovich Lazarev
← Lingua Libre ID 1
Ho
← Maintained by 1
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
← Operator 1
Integrated Authority File
← Template has topic 1
Template:DNB-IDN
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Summary

German National Library is a national library[1].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to it include Integrated Authority File[41], an authority file[42], in Germany[43], founded in 2012[44].

Related Entities

Germany Leipzig Maximilian Kähler Nikolaus Lenau Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . isil.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . dfn.de. Retrieved . dfn.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . unesco.de. Retrieved . unesco.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . isil.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. Retrieved . isil.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . nfdi.de. Retrieved . nfdi.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . glamlabs.io. Retrieved . glamlabs.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . cenl.org. Retrieved . cenl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [11] ↑ . cdn.ifla.org. Retrieved . cdn.ifla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [12] ↑ . netpreserve.org. Retrieved . netpreserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . dnb.de. Retrieved . dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . dnb.de. Retrieved . dnb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . isil.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. Retrieved . isil.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . service.bund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · WikiHelper232 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.dnb.de/, https://www.dnb.de/EN/
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://www.dnb.de/EN/"
  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy
    P14900 → de-002592
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57574|batch #57574]]: Import EHRI IDs"
  3. 6w ago · Gymnicus · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+4212'}, {'amount': '+5499'}, {'amount': '+1111'} +8
    Instance of → national library, archival library
    Inception → +1912-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1946-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1912-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54976|batch #54976]]"
  4. 10w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ROAR ID → 24279
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ ROAR ID: 24279, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/312797849|AUS Repository (#312797849)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8326|Registry of Open A"
  5. 10w ago · Printstream · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → ORCID, Inc., Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes, IASA-Ländergruppe Deutschland/Schweiz +9
    P14815 → deutsche-nationalbibliothek
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49835|batch #49835]]: add dbv member property"
  6. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4c22Ey
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 19w ago · Awinkler3 · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Europeana entity → organization/1301
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Europeana entity: organization/1301, add a few europana orga ids ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/73617a2b3ed|details]])"
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