Новая немецкая биография

German biographical reference work

Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB; literally New German Biography) is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 27 volumes published thus far cover more than 23,000 individuals and families who lived in the German language area (Sprachraum). NDB is published in German by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and printed by Duncker & Humblot in Berlin. The index and full text articles of the first 26 volumes are freely available online via the website German Biography (Deutsche Biographie) and the Biographical Portal.

NDB is a comprehensive reference work, similar to Dictionary of National Biography, Dictionary of American Biography, American National Biography, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Dictionary of Australian Biography, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Diccionario Biográfico Español, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, and Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815 1950 (ÖBL) (Austrian Biographical Dictionary 1815–1950). Its first volume, alphabetically covering names from "Aachen" to "Behaim", was published in 1953. As of 2016, the most recent volume is the 27th, covering names from "Vockerodt" to "Wettiner", which was published in February 2020. So far, more than 23,000 biographies of individuals and families, who lived in the German language area, have been published. Some 600 further articles will be added in one further volume, with completion expected in 2024. An NDB article usually contains genealogical information such as date and place of birth, date and place of death, tomb, parents, grandparents, marriages, divorces, number of children, alternate and birth names, academic degrees, a curriculum vitae in whole sentences, a valuation of the subject's political, economic, social, scientific, technical or artistic achievements, a bibliography and references to portraits. Only deceased persons with a close relation to the German language area are recorded. Each article is signed by its author.

An index cataloguing all articles and the full text of articles in the first 26 volumes, covering names from "Aachen" to "Vocke", is freely available online. The index is also part of the Biographie Portal (Biographical Portal). This cooperative project of the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek), the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) the Foundation Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, and Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts also makes available data of Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815 1950 (ÖBL) (Austrian Biographical Dictionary 1815–1950), Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse / Dizionario Storico della Svizzera (HLS / DHS / DSS), sl, Rheinland Pfälzische Personendatenbank (RPPB), Sächsische Biografie (Saxon Biography), and Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon (OeML).

Aachen – Behaim. 1953, reprint 1971
Behaim – Bürkel. 1955, reprint 1971
Bürklein – Ditmar. 1957, reprint 1971
Dittel – Falck. 1959, reprint 1971
Falck Fyner (voran: Faistenberger). 1961, reprint 1971
Gaál – Grasmann. 1964, reprint 1971
Grassauer – Hartmann. 1966
Hartmann – Heske. 1969
Heß – Hüttig. 1972
Hufeland – Kaffsack. 1974
Kafka – Kleinfercher. 1977
Kleinhans – Kreling. 1980
Krell – Laven. 1982
Laverrenz Locher Freuler. 1985
Locherer Maltza(h)n. 1987
Maly – Melanchthon. 1990
Melander – Moller. 1994
Moller – Nausea. 1997
Nauwach – Pagel. 1999
Pagenstecher – Püterich. 2001
Pütter – Rohlfs. Mit ADB & NDB Gesamtregister auf CD ROM. 2003
Rohmer – Schinkel. Mit ADB & NDB Gesamtregister auf CD ROM, second edition. 2005
Schinzel Schwarz. Mit ADB & NDB Gesamtregister auf CD ROM, third edition. 2007
Schwarz – Stader. Mit ADB & NDB Gesamtregister auf CD ROM, fourth edition. 2010
Stadion Tecklenborg. 2013
Tecklenburg Vocke. 2016
Vockerodt Wettiner. 2020

Neue deutsche Biographie / herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin : Duncker & Humblot, since 1953. .