The first chainlike germanate, [Ge7O13(OH)(2)F-3](3-) .Cl-.2[Ni(dien)(2)](2+), has been solvothermally synthesized by using Ni(dien)(2)(2+) cations as the template and characterized by IR, SEM, TGA, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA), elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, respectively. This compound crystallized in the monoclinic space group P2/n with a = 8.8904(2) Angstrom, b = 17.4374(3) Angstrom, c = 13.2110(3) Angstrom, beta = 101.352(1)degrees, V = 2007.97(7) Angstrom(3), and Z = 2. Interestingly, the structure contains two types of chiral mer-[Ni(dien)(2)](2+) cations and two types of chiral chains, one left-handed and the other right-handed, which lead to a racemic compound. The orderly separation of achiral s-fac-[Ni(dien)(2)](2+) and chiral mer-[Ni(dien)(2)](2+) isomers was found in the structure. The structure is stabilized by N-H...O(F, Cl) hydrogen bonds.