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| Author | Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Media type | Print; online |
| Preceded by | Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie |
| Website | deutsche-biographie.de |
Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB;literallyNew German Biography) is abiographicalreference work. It is the successor to theAllgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB, Universal German Biography).[1] 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 inGerman by the Historical Commission at theBavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and printed byDuncker & Humblot inBerlin. The index and full-text articles of the first 26 volumes are freely available online via the websiteGerman Biography (Deutsche Biographie) and theBiographical Portal.
NDB is a comprehensive reference work, similar toDictionary 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, andÖsterreichisches 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.[needs update]
An NDB article usually containsgenealogical information such as date and place of birth, date and place of death, tomb, parents, grandparents, marriages, divorces, number of children, alternate andbirth names,academic degrees, acurriculum vitae in whole sentences, a valuation of the subject's political, economic, social, scientific, technical or artistic achievements, abibliography 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 theBavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek), the Historical Commission at theBavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften), theAustrian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) the FoundationHistorical Dictionary of Switzerland, andSlovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts also makes available data ofAllgemeine 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),Slovenska Biografija [sl],Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank (RPPB),Sächsische Biografie (Saxon Biography), andOesterreichisches Musiklexikon (OeML).
