DENIC

The cooperative that runs .de, the country code domain of Germany and one of the largest ccTLDs (glossary)ccTLD country code top-level domain A top-level domain for a country or territory, usually two letters long. Full definition of ccTLD in the world. It is based in Frankfurt and its members are companies that register .de names for customers. It also offers data escrow (glossary)data escrow Backup copies of registration data held by an independent agent in case a registry or registrar fails. Full definition of data escrow services.