Constans was the youngest son of Constantin I the Great. He was only a boy when his father accorded him the rank of Caesar (emperor-designate). With the death of Constantin I in 337, his three sons Constantin II, Constantius II and Constans adopted the title of Augustus and divided the empire amongst themselves.

In addition to the numismatic collection, there is also a specialist library which is universal in its chronological and geographical scope. It is a reference library only and is open to the public by appointment.

The Byzantine Empire was one of the most significant and powerful states in the Middle Ages. It emerged from the eastern part of the Roman Empire, which was split into two in AD 395. The modern name "Byzantine Empire" is derived from the ancient Greek city of Byzantium. The Byzantines, however, considered themselves Roman. Constantinople, now Istanbul, was the capital of their empire. Its namesake, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (306-337), refounded the city on the site of Byzantium.

The Macedonian king Alexander the Great is considered to this day to be a great general and conqueror. At the head of his army, he invaded the Persian Empire, the largest and most powerful of its time, which stretched from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to the Indian subcontinent.

Having ascended the throne aged just 28, the Prussian King Frederick II was one of the leading figures of his time. His contemporaries gave him the epithet "the Great" just several years into his reign on account of Prussia rising to become a major power under his rule.

The guineas were introduced in 1663 and remained the principal British gold coin up until 1816. They came into being in the aftermath of the English Civil War (1642–1649). During the war, England was declared a free commonwealth but the English Republic lasted less than 20 years.

In the Middle Ages, the Republic of Venice was a significant trading and naval power. Venice was the capital of a far-flung territory. The areas under the control of the lagoon city included a thin strip on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, parts of modern Greece, Crete and other islands in the Aegean.

Since November 2024
President of the Regional Office in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein

Director General / Special Representative of the Executive Board, Member of the Budget Committee of the ECB

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Banded demoiselle”, to be issed at 9 November 2023. It is the fifth coin issued as part of the “Wonderful world of insects” series, which will see a total of nine coins with partially coloured motifs issued from 2022 to 2024.

Links to the websites of the ESCB's central banks.

Aktuelle Vorträge, Fortbildungen, Ausstellungen und weitere Veranstaltungen der Hauptverwaltung in Baden-Württemberg

The Council of the European Union has appointed Claudia Buch as Chair of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) of the European Central Bank (ECB). “I would like to thank the Council of the European Union for my appointment as Chair of the Supervisory Board and for the trust placed in me.  It will be a great honour for me to take on this role at the European Central Bank, Ms Buch said. During her term of office, she will work to ensure a resilient European banking sector that serves the people of Europe.

Profile Thomas Goswin

Since 15 January 2025
President of the Regional Office in Bremen, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt

The German government has decided to mint a €2 collectors’ coin commemorating “Saxony-Anhalt”. It was issued on 26 January 2021.

Am 30. November hat Jens Ulbrich, Chefvolkswirt der Deutschen Bundesbank, in einer bundesweit übertragenen virtuellen Veranstaltung die neue geldpolitische Strategie des Eurosystems einem interessierten Publikum erläutert. Die Folien des Vortrages finden Sie hier.

The German government has decided to mint an €11 collectors’ coin entitled “UEFA European Football Championship 2024,” scheduled for issue on 8 May 2024. The coin features one of the world’s most popular major sporting events, the European Football Championship, which will be held in the Federal Republic of Germany in 2024, for the first time since Germany’s reunification.

Protecting the integrity and reputation of the Bundesbank requires constant, joint efforts in order to maintain public trust in the Bundesbank’s performance of its tasks over the long haul.

Director General Strategy and Innovation

The forms are available in PDF format.

With over 90,000 coins and around 260,000 banknotes from all over the world, the Bundesbank’s carefully selected numismatic collection is one of the most important of its kind worldwide.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has appointed Joachim Nagel President of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Mr Steinmeier presented the certificate of appointment to Mr Nagel, who holds a PhD in economics, at Schloss Bellevue on 7 January. The ceremony marking the change of office for the tenth President of the Bundesbank will take place on 11 January in Frankfurt and will be streamed live.

Interessierten Unternehmen bietet die Bundesbank auch unabhängig von der refinanzierungsbezogenen Bonitätsprüfung eine detaillierte Bilanzanalyse an.

The German government has decided to mint a €10 collectors’ coin entitled “Police”, to be issued on 25 April 2024.

Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)

The library’s vast collection comprises 235,000 media items as well as 2,500 periodicals and may be used by external visitors. The library also has online catalogues, free internet access and a book scanner.

The German government has decided to issue the next €2 commemorative coin in its "Federal States" series as of 2018 March 3rd, this time dedicated to the German federal state of Berlin (motif: Charlottenburg Palace).

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision was founded in 1974 and is the global standard-setting body for banking regulation. It comprises high-ranking representatives from national central banks and supervisory authorities.

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Insect kingdom”, which is scheduled for issue on 24th November 2022.

Hier können Sie sich über die einschlägigen Gesetzesgrundlagen sowie über die bisherige Arbeit der Schlichtungsstelle informieren. Außerdem steht das Merkblatt der Schlichtungsstelle als Download zur Verfügung.

The Bundesbank is responsible for the ongoing supervision of credit institutions in Germany. Through their on-site inspections, the Bundesbank's supervisors gain a deep insight into institutions' capital and liquidity adequacy.

The German government has decided to mint a €2 circulation coin commemorating the German federal state of “Saxony” (featuring Dresden's Zwinger Palace) to be issued on 5 February 2016.

Interessierten Unternehmen bietet die Bundesbank auch unabhängig von der refinanzierungsbezogenen Bonitätsprüfung eine detaillierte Bilanzanalyse an.

The media package for lower secondary school comprises four short films and accompanying resources to explain money management in a fun and engaging way.

A large number of international central banking courses will be held online in the first half of 2021. The spectrum of topics is broad, ranging from monetary policy, good governance, statistics and cash management through to banking supervision and financial stability.

The German government has decided to mint a €10 collectors’ coin entitled “Fire brigade”, to be issued at 11 May 2023.

Informationsveranstaltung im November 2024

As part of the “Federal States” series, the German government has decided to mint a €2 commemorative coin “Thuringia” (featuring Wartburg castle).

A new set of tables provides an overview of German economic development since 1948. For selected indicators, comparable data from other countries and groups of countries are also available.

Aus Anlass des 40jährigen Jubiläums der Einweihung des Dienstgebäudes in der Deichstraße hat die Bundesbank ihr Gebäude am Samstag, den 10. September 2022 der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.

On 30 January 2018, the German government issued a €2 commemorative collector’s coin “100th anniversary of the birth of Helmut Schmidt”.

From 30 January 2015, the German Federal government will issue a german €2 commemorative coins collector’s coin for Hesse with St. Pauls Church in Frankfurt. The mint condition coins can be purchased at all Bundesbank branches as they become available.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

Profile Karin Sagner-Kaiser

BaFin and Deutsche Bundesbank are putting their joint consultation paper “Machine Learning in Risk Models – Characteristics and Supervisory Priorities” out for consultation. It deals with the concrete use of machine learning (ML) in risk models of Pillars I and II of the regulatory framework for banks and insurers.