DARIAH Germany started in 2011 as one of the first partners in the DARIAH-EU network. DARIAH-DE supports digitally based research in the arts and humanities. The services of DARIAH-DE adress both technical infrastructure (storage, software, tools and services), teaching (seminars, workshops), research (access to and development of DH methods and practices), and the sustainable, standardised handling of and access to research data. DARIAH-DE is the german national contribution to the European research infrastructure "DARIAH-EU - Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities" within the framework of ESFRI - European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures.