diff --git a/backend/database.py b/backend/database.py
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+++ b/backend/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, declarative_base
+
+DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///videos/youtubeapp.db"
+
+engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False})
+SessionLocal = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+
+def create_tables():
+    Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+
+
+def get_db():
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        yield db
+    finally:
+        db.close()
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index c593ad8..9d1d085 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+
+from database import create_tables
+from routes.videos import router as videos_router
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=["*"],
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+app.include_router(videos_router)
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+def startup():
+    create_tables()
+
 
 @app.get("/")
 def root():
diff --git a/backend/models.py b/backend/models.py
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+++ b/backend/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from sqlalchemy import Column, DateTime, Integer, String
+
+from database import Base
+
+
+class Video(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "videos"
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
+    title = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    youtuber = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    thumbnail_url = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    youtube_url = Column(String, nullable=False, unique=True)
+    file_path = Column(String, nullable=True)
+    created_at = Column(DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 96172c4..feec010 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 fastapi
 uvicorn
 yt-dlp
+sqlalchemy
+aiosqlite
+python-multipart
diff --git a/backend/routes/__init__.py b/backend/routes/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/routes/videos.py b/backend/routes/videos.py
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+++ b/backend/routes/videos.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import threading
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
+from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, StreamingResponse
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from database import get_db
+from schemas import VideoCreate, VideoResponse
+from services import video_service
+from services.download_service import download_video
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/videos", tags=["videos"])
+
+
+@router.post("", response_model=VideoResponse)
+def create_video(video_data: VideoCreate, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    video = video_service.create_video(db, video_data)
+    return VideoResponse.from_model(video)
+
+
+@router.get("", response_model=list[VideoResponse])
+def get_all_videos(db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    videos = video_service.get_all_videos(db)
+    return [VideoResponse.from_model(v) for v in videos]
+
+
+@router.get("/downloaded", response_model=list[VideoResponse])
+def get_downloaded_videos(db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    videos = video_service.get_downloaded_videos(db)
+    return [VideoResponse.from_model(v) for v in videos]
+
+
+@router.post("/{video_id}/download")
+def trigger_download(video_id: int, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    video = video_service.get_video(db, video_id)
+    if not video:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Video nicht gefunden")
+    if video.file_path:
+        return {"status": "already_downloaded"}
+
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=download_video, args=(video.id, video.youtube_url))
+    thread.start()
+    return {"status": "download_started"}
+
+
+@router.get("/{video_id}/stream")
+def stream_video(video_id: int, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    video = video_service.get_video(db, video_id)
+    if not video:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Video nicht gefunden")
+
+    if not video.file_path:
+        download_video(video.id, video.youtube_url)
+        db.refresh(video)
+
+    path = Path(video.file_path)
+    if not path.exists():
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Videodatei nicht gefunden")
+
+    def iter_file():
+        with open(path, "rb") as f:
+            while chunk := f.read(1024 * 1024):
+                yield chunk
+
+    return StreamingResponse(iter_file(), media_type="video/mp4")
+
+
+@router.get("/{video_id}/file")
+def download_file(video_id: int, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
+    video = video_service.get_video(db, video_id)
+    if not video:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Video nicht gefunden")
+    if not video.file_path:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Video noch nicht heruntergeladen")
+
+    path = Path(video.file_path)
+    if not path.exists():
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Videodatei nicht gefunden")
+
+    return FileResponse(path, media_type="video/mp4", filename=f"{video.title}.mp4")
diff --git a/backend/schemas.py b/backend/schemas.py
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+++ b/backend/schemas.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class VideoCreate(BaseModel):
+    title: str
+    youtuber: str
+    thumbnail_url: str
+    youtube_url: str
+
+
+class VideoResponse(BaseModel):
+    id: int
+    title: str
+    youtuber: str
+    thumbnail_url: str
+    youtube_url: str
+    is_downloaded: bool
+    created_at: datetime
+
+    class Config:
+        from_attributes = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_model(cls, video):
+        return cls(
+            id=video.id,
+            title=video.title,
+            youtuber=video.youtuber,
+            thumbnail_url=video.thumbnail_url,
+            youtube_url=video.youtube_url,
+            is_downloaded=video.file_path is not None,
+            created_at=video.created_at,
+        )
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diff --git a/backend/services/download_service.py b/backend/services/download_service.py
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+++ b/backend/services/download_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import subprocess
+
+from database import SessionLocal
+from services.video_service import get_video, update_file_path
+
+VIDEOS_DIR = "/videos"
+
+
+def download_video(video_id: int, youtube_url: str):
+    output_path = f"{VIDEOS_DIR}/{video_id}.mp4"
+
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "yt-dlp",
+            "-f", "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]",
+            "-o", output_path,
+            "--merge-output-format", "mp4",
+            youtube_url,
+        ],
+        check=True,
+    )
+
+    db = SessionLocal()
+    try:
+        update_file_path(db, video_id, output_path)
+    finally:
+        db.close()
diff --git a/backend/services/video_service.py b/backend/services/video_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc421b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/services/video_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from models import Video
+from schemas import VideoCreate
+
+
+def create_video(db: Session, video_data: VideoCreate) -> Video:
+    video = Video(**video_data.model_dump())
+    db.add(video)
+    db.commit()
+    db.refresh(video)
+    return video
+
+
+def get_all_videos(db: Session) -> list[Video]:
+    return db.query(Video).order_by(Video.created_at.desc()).all()
+
+
+def get_downloaded_videos(db: Session) -> list[Video]:
+    return db.query(Video).filter(Video.file_path.isnot(None)).order_by(Video.created_at.desc()).all()
+
+
+def get_video(db: Session, video_id: int) -> Video | None:
+    return db.query(Video).filter(Video.id == video_id).first()
+
+
+def update_file_path(db: Session, video_id: int, path: str):
+    video = get_video(db, video_id)
+    if video:
+        video.file_path = path
+        db.commit()