Geminal bis-and tristriazoles belong to a rare and mainly overlooked class of organic compounds with interesting properties. This review summarizes the methods for their preparation. Moreover, applications of these compounds are described, ranging from ring extensions to their use as reactive intermediates for the efficient construction of heterocycles. 1 Introduction 2 Bistriazoles 2.1 Bistriazoles (Tetrahedral Carbon) 2.2 Bistriazoles (Trigonal Carbon) 3 Tristriazoles 4 Conclusion and Prospectives Key words bistriazoles, tristriazoles, benzotriazoles, cycloadditions, heterocycles Stefan F. Kirsch (left) received his undergraduate education at Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany) and obtained a Diploma degree in 2000. After his Ph.D. thesis at Technische Universität München (Germany) with T. Bach (2000-2003), he moved as a Feodor Lynen postdoctoral fellow with L. E. Overman to the University of California at Irvine (USA). In 2005, he returned to Technische Universität München where he started his independent academic career as a 'Juniorprofessor'. In 2011, he accepted an offer as chaired full professor in organic chemistry at Bergische Universität Wuppertal (Germany). His work focuses on the development of new transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions, hypervalent iodine compounds, and their applications in total synthesis. Hellmuth Erhardt (right) studied chemistry in Nuremberg (Germany) where he received his M.Sc. in 2013. Afterwards, he joined Stefan F. Kirsch at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal for his Ph.D. studies where he currently works on the synthesis and exploration of novel reactivity of polyazides.