German Handball Association

German Handball Association
Founded	October 1, 1949
Type	Handball Federation
Location	Dortmund, Germany;
Area served	Germany
Website	www.dhb.de

The German Handball Association (German: Deutscher Handballbund) (DHB) is the national Handball association in Germany. DHB organizes team handball within Germany and represents German handball internationally. The Association has been a member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1950, and also of the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1991 just after the unification of the country. The DHB headquarters are based in Dortmund.

Presidents

Period	Head President
1949–1955	Willi Daume
1955–1966	Ernst Feick
1966–1972	Otto Seeber
1972–1989	Bernhard Thiele
1989–1993	Hans-Jürgen Hinrichs
1993–1998	Bernd Steinhauser
1998–2013	Ulrich Strombach
2013–	Bernhard Bauer