Direct neutrino mass measurements in the KATRIN experiment

The absolute neutrino mass scale plays an important role in cosmology, particle physics and astrophysics. The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment aims at a direct and model-independent determination of the neutrino mass with 0.2 eV (90\% C.L.) sensitivity via ultrahigh precision measurements of the kinematics of tritium beta decay. It combines an ultra-luminous molecular windowless tritium source with a high resolution MAC-E-filter based spectrometer. After many years of construction and commissioning runs, KATRIN has started long-term scans of the tritium spectrum close to the endpoint. This talk will give an overview of the experiment and its current status, as well as a summary of recent results.