German Hockey Federation

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German Hockey Federation
Deutscher Hockey-Bund

Sport	Field Hockey
Jurisdiction	German
Membership	66,145[1]
Abbreviation	DHB
Founded	1909 (1909)
Affiliation	FIH
Regional affiliation	Europe (EHF)
Headquarters	Am Hockeypark 1, 41179, Mönchengladbach
President	Henning Fastrich
Official website
hockey.de

The German Hockey Federation (German: Deutscher Hockey-Bund or DHB) is the national governing body for field (and indoor) hockey in Germany. It was founded in 1909 in Bonn. It is situated in Mönchengladbach and had 66,145 members on 1 January 2006.^[1] The body is built by the club which are organised in subdivisions on the level of the Bundesländer. The association itself is member of the DOSB (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund), the EHF and the FIH. It is responsible for the German national hockey teams and is the administrator of the Men's Bundesliga and Women's Bundesliga