diff --git a/mongodb/.gitignore b/mongodb/.gitignore
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+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea/modules.xml
+.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+.idea/compiler.xml
+.idea/libraries/
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Mac OS ###
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/mongodb/pom.xml b/mongodb/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>de.hsma</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>mongodb</name>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mongodb-driver-sync</artifactId>
+      <version>5.1.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.7</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+      <version>5.9.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/mongodb/src/main/java/org/example/QueryApp.java b/mongodb/src/main/java/org/example/QueryApp.java
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+package org.example;
+
+import org.bson.Document;
+import com.mongodb.client.MongoClient;
+import com.mongodb.client.MongoClients;
+import com.mongodb.client.MongoCollection;
+import com.mongodb.client.MongoDatabase;
+import static com.mongodb.client.model.Filters.eq;
+
+public class QueryApp {
+    public static void main( String[] args ) {
+        // Replace the placeholder with your MongoDB deployment's connection string
+        String uri = "mongodb://localhost:27017";
+        try (MongoClient mongoClient = MongoClients.create(uri)) {
+            MongoDatabase database = mongoClient.getDatabase("hs"); // TODO database
+            MongoCollection<Document> collection = database.getCollection("professoren"); // TODO collection
+            Document doc = collection.find(eq("Name", "Sokrates")).first();
+            if (doc != null) {
+                System.out.println(doc.toJson());
+            } else {
+                System.out.println("No matching documents found.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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