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+# Client feedback rollout: deployment readiness
+
+Verification date: 2026-07-31
+
+## Decision
+
+Tasks 1–17 are ready for a coordinated schema-changing deployment. Local code,
+CMS ownership, isolated database migrations, the full serial Vitest integration
+suite, the production webpack build, generated sitemaps, and public/draft
+behavior have been verified.
+
+The rollout is not yet complete in production. Production is still serving
+revision `740e302c58f8`, before Tasks 1–17, and the production-write gates listed
+below remain intentionally blocked. No production database, media, publication
+state, or deployment was changed during Task 18.
+
+## Commit sequence
+
+The clean root worktree and this verification worktree both started at
+`07e9458aaf2796f5f48a69302acd26914032b879`. The root `main` history contains
+exactly these 17 Task 1–17 commits after production revision `740e302c58f8`:
+
+| Task | Commit | Subject |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| 1 | `fec1bab2e521d38af9de3c7c3c315c0da91795e7` | `fix(cms): enforce public publication contract` |
+| 2 | `b18bbbe36ad395cb26011d6032e06f460ded3f2a` | `fix(cms): filter unpublished relationships` |
+| 3 | `8dc17c0fea9420b2854a074d3924d4341147f04b` | `fix(cms): remove unpublished content fallbacks` |
+| 4 | `ab47571139a177339a002ff62336a61f7a44d4c6` | `refactor(cms): remove obsolete page fields` |
+| 5 | `e3c47c4500150be0fb40caa6cb4ae2619f61789c` | `feat(cms): add network page video upload` |
+| 6 | `c2dc42f243e58c7cb81e2e23e2aa2e34110ca4fc` | `feat(cms): add press contact image` |
+| 7 | `ebecf66e6fcb8514d5206bfc80ad36f4c9939e4e` | `fix(participation): repair process timeline` |
+| 8 | `30efb4b36ee7c0187c0274f319679846287ae3cb` | `feat(network): add responsive sponsor hierarchy` |
+| 9 | `95037e99089837a64a4315f6d2a467e8e5be61f5` | `feat(cms): clarify sponsor ordering` |
+| 10 | `adda9ddbd07a7bb04947c349a2117dd31879d190` | `fix(home): slow sponsor ticker` |
+| 11 | `f465839af0e49fa5021272c0a85786a90a763589` | `fix(home): honor phase headline line breaks` |
+| 12 | `5b62abf8d4b205d8603f3a0d34393d47d30412e8` | `fix(home): rebalance application form split` |
+| 13 | `d7a720460f542fc6c34ad3bd46d2eb5be1e2be6e` | `docs(home): verify application panel color` |
+| 14 | `4bb265dac1b7862db1e468d63126a07e9eaa8aec` | `fix(participation): clarify eligibility hierarchy` |
+| 15 | `3c28f6ff9c53486b87c2d45ffb57e35bc5a025d7` | `fix(about): rebalance relevance section` |
+| 16 | `0a19abd0b080095748f1de28dfe829da62316e96` | `fix(about): align facts and caption` |
+| 17 | `07e9458aaf2796f5f48a69302acd26914032b879` | `fix(seo): correct sitemap routes` |
+
+Task 18 is the single commit containing this report and the regression-test
+cleanup described below. Its exact hash is recorded in the Task 18 handoff
+because a commit cannot embed its own hash.
+
+No Task 1–17 integration is missing, and no unrelated tracked changes were
+present at the start of Task 18.
+
+## Automated verification
+
+All database-backed checks used copies of the current local `content.db`. The
+source database SHA-256 was
+`fb7de5d9f1fcf3a7c27494efe7f3111cba4173bc986a38ea62c9cf6d5840425e` and was
+never migrated or otherwise mutated.
+
+### Integration tests
+
+- Focused publication, relationship, sitemap, CMS-field, media, responsive
+  section, timeline, sponsor, press, home, and about tests passed.
+- Complete serial suite against a freshly copied and migrated database:
+  **21 files, 92 tests, all passed**.
+- Serial command shape used to avoid SQLite parallel-write contention:
+
+  ```bash
+  DATABASE_URL=file:/absolute/path/to/isolated.db \
+  PAYLOAD_SECRET=task18-isolated-verification \
+  PAYLOAD_MIGRATING=true \
+  SITE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3100 \
+  ./node_modules/.bin/vitest run \
+    --config ./vitest.config.mts \
+    --maxWorkers=1 \
+    --no-file-parallelism \
+    --hookTimeout=30000
+  ```
+
+`PAYLOAD_MIGRATING=true` is required for tests against an explicitly migrated
+database so Payload does not also attempt its development schema-push path.
+
+### Task 18 regression fix
+
+`tests/int/publication-contract.int.spec.ts` created unique publication fixtures
+but deleted only their media record. A second run against the same isolated
+database therefore failed unique `slug` and `stableId` validation. Task 18 now
+deletes every created document before deleting the media record. The focused
+suite passed twice consecutively afterward, and the complete 92-test serial
+suite remained green.
+
+### Static and build checks
+
+- `./node_modules/.bin/tsc --noEmit --incremental false`: passed.
+- `payload generate:types`: passed; `src/payload-types.ts` was byte-for-byte
+  unchanged.
+- `git diff --check`: passed.
+- Task 18 changed-file Prettier check: passed.
+- Production webpack build against the migrated database:
+  `next build --webpack`: passed and generated all expected application,
+  Payload, preview, and sitemap routes.
+- Production-safe sitemap postbuild with
+  `NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=https://srv1.bayerischer-mittelstandspreis.de`:
+  passed. Generated `robots.txt` and `sitemap.xml` contain only the canonical
+  HTTPS origin.
+- Local generated and dynamic sitemap endpoints returned `200`; `/`, the
+  representative article, event, and winner URLs were present, no localhost or
+  placeholder origin was present, and the unpublished Task 18 fixture was
+  absent.
+
+## Migration verification
+
+Initial status on the copied current database was 5 recorded migrations and 18
+pending migrations. The isolated upgrade completed all pending migrations and
+ended with all 23 repository migrations recorded. `PRAGMA integrity_check`
+returned `ok`.
+
+Every migration introduced by Tasks 1–17 was additionally verified through its
+own copied-database down/up cycle, with integrity checks after both directions:
+
+- `20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks`
+- `20260731_160000_focused_payload_cleanup`
+- `20260731_170000_netzwerk_greeting_video`
+- `20260731_180000_press_contact_image`
+- `20260731_190000_responsive_sponsor_hierarchy`
+- `20260731_200000_home_phase_headline_line_break`
+
+All six targeted down/up cycles passed. The real `content.db` was never used as
+a migration target.
+
+## Browser verification
+
+The production build was served locally against the isolated migrated database
+and the copied local media directory. Anonymous and authenticated preview checks
+used separate browser state.
+
+### Route and viewport matrix
+
+The following routes were checked at approximately 1440, 1024, 768, and an
+exact 390 CSS pixels:
+
+- `/`
+- `/teilnahme`
+- `/der-bmp`
+- `/netzwerk`
+- `/presse`
+- `/presse/events/nominierten-auswahl-2026`
+- `/presse/blog/goldene-bavaria`
+- `/preistraeger/agrarquant-gmbh`
+
+All 32 combinations rendered their expected CMS-owned heading and substantive
+main content with zero broken images. There was no page-level horizontal
+overflow except for the pre-existing event-detail issue below.
+
+Specific checks also passed:
+
+- Homepage phase heading rendered the CMS newline as two lines.
+- Shared `#bewerben` section computed to `rgb(36, 54, 106)` (`#24366A`).
+- `/teilnahme` timeline advanced from `01 / 04` through `04 / 04`; all four
+  desktop/tablet steps were reachable, the 1024px section was 667px tall, and
+  the next-section gap was `0`. At 390px all four mobile headings rendered in
+  document order, controls were hidden, and the next-section gap was `0`.
+- Eligibility groups and the dates transition remained in the intended mobile
+  scan order.
+- `/der-bmp` relevance layout was split on desktop; all three facts were
+  centered and the image caption had a visible dark controlled background.
+- `/netzwerk` rendered tier bands with current counts 2 / 2 / 8 in authoritative
+  order. With no Netzwerk video selected, no video action rendered.
+- `/presse` rendered the safe `copy-only` contact layout with no contact image
+  selected.
+
+### Anonymous public versus authenticated preview
+
+An isolated draft press article was created with slug
+`task18-preview-fixture`.
+
+- Anonymous direct browsing returned the 404 page and exposed neither the
+  fixture title nor body.
+- After authenticating an isolated Payload user and entering through
+  `/next/preview`, the same path rendered the draft title.
+- Publication and relationship integration tests independently prove this
+  boundary for pages, winners, jury members, partners, events, and posts.
+
+## Read-only production smoke
+
+No production login or write was performed. Browser and HTTP checks produced:
+
+| Production route | Result |
+| --- | --- |
+| `/` | `200`, expected main content, no broken images |
+| `/teilnahme` | `200`, expected main content, no broken images |
+| `/der-bmp` | `200`, expected main content, no broken images |
+| `/netzwerk` | `200`, expected main content, no broken images |
+| `/presse` | `200`, expected main content, no broken images |
+| `/presse/blog/goldene-bavaria` | `200`, expected article detail |
+| `/presse/events/nominierten-auswahl-2026` | `404` before rollout |
+| `/preistraeger/agrarquant-gmbh` | `404` before rollout |
+| `/sitemap.xml` | `200` |
+| `/pages-sitemap.xml` | `200` |
+| `/posts-sitemap.xml` | `200` |
+| `/robots.txt` | `200` |
+
+The read-only VPS status script confirmed deployed revision `740e302c58f8`,
+which is exactly the parent of Task 1. Further container/status output requires
+interactive server `sudo` and was not attempted.
+
+The current production sitemap is therefore expectedly stale: it still emits
+`/startseite`, emits three `/posts/<slug>` URLs that each return `404`, and has
+no event or winner detail entries. The corrected local sitemap cannot be judged
+live until the verified commit sequence is deployed.
+
+## Known tooling and pre-existing limitations
+
+- Repo-wide ESLint does not reach file evaluation because the current flat
+  configuration throws `Cannot redefine plugin "@typescript-eslint"`.
+- A rollout-wide Prettier audit reports 41 already-committed Task 1–17 files as
+  nonconforming. Task 18's changed files pass Prettier; bulk reformatting was
+  intentionally excluded from this release-verification commit.
+- The installed global pnpm is `11.9.0`, while this repo requires pnpm `^9` or
+  `^10`. `pnpm vps:status` is blocked by the engine check; invoking the
+  read-only script directly reached production and confirmed the revision.
+- The in-app browser enforces a 480px minimum CSS viewport. The exact 390px
+  matrix was completed through the installed Chrome browser surface instead.
+- In-app navigation to local XML endpoints was blocked by the browser client;
+  read-only HTTP checks verified all four sitemap/robots endpoints instead.
+- The representative event detail overflows horizontally at exactly 768px:
+  the pre-existing `EventDetail.tsx` layout combines 80px side padding, a 64px
+  gap, and a fixed 400px sidebar. Tasks 1–17 did not change this component, so
+  Task 18 did not expand scope to redesign it. The same route has no overflow
+  at 390, 1024, or 1440px.
+
+## Required production procedure and blocked gates
+
+These actions are intentionally not performed by Task 18. They require explicit
+production-write coordination and a supported pnpm `^9` or `^10` runtime.
+
+1. Obtain explicit production-write authorization and identify the exact commit
+   to deploy.
+2. Create the documented server-side SQLite backup:
+
+   ```bash
+   pnpm vps:backup-db
+   ```
+
+3. Deploy the committed schema-changing rollout with migrations enabled:
+
+   ```bash
+   RUN_MIGRATIONS=1 pnpm deploy:vps
+   ```
+
+   Per `docs/vps-deployment.md`, this mode also creates a pre-migration database
+   copy before `pnpm payload migrate` runs in the one-off app container.
+
+4. Confirm the deployed revision, container health, database/media state, and
+   logs:
+
+   ```bash
+   pnpm vps:status
+   ```
+
+5. Obtain the client-supplied Netzwerk video, upload/select it through Payload
+   on the Netzwerk page, and verify that changing it does not affect the
+   homepage video. No video asset was supplied in this task.
+6. Obtain the approved press-contact image, upload/select it with useful alt
+   text through Payload on the Presse page, and verify the two-column desktop
+   and stacked mobile layouts. No image asset was supplied in this task.
+7. Identify approved disposable production records before testing Unpublish and
+   Republish. Record IDs and `_status`, verify anonymous list/detail removal,
+   verify authenticated preview visibility, republish, and confirm restoration.
+   No disposable record was approved in this task.
+8. Re-run the production route, sitemap, robots, media, responsive, and
+   publication smoke matrix after deployment. In particular, every URL emitted
+   by the corrected sitemap must return `200`.
+
+Blocked gates at handoff are therefore: client Netzwerk video, client press
+image, approved production unpublish record(s), supported deployment tooling,
+interactive server privileges where required, and explicit production-write
+authorization.
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+# Client feedback implementation task list
+
+This plan translates the client feedback from `Feedback.xlsx` into implementation tasks for the current Payload CMS and Next.js codebase.
+
+## Confirmed decisions
+
+- Unpublishing any draft-enabled CMS document must remove it from the anonymous public frontend.
+- Authenticated draft/live preview may continue to show unpublished content intentionally.
+- The CMS cleanup is focused: remove obsolete or non-rendered controls, keep page-specific content on its page, and keep content shared by multiple pages in Globals.
+- `/netzwerk` receives its own CMS video upload instead of reusing the homepage video.
+- Images and videos introduced by this work must be selectable through Payload's Media collection.
+- Sponsor hierarchy needs a responsive design checkpoint before implementation.
+
+## Definition of done
+
+- An anonymous visitor cannot see an unpublished page, winner, jury member, partner, event, or press article in a list, relationship-driven section, direct detail route, sitemap, or fallback UI.
+- An editor can still preview drafts through Payload preview/live preview.
+- Payload exposes only controls that affect the current frontend or an explicitly retained global contract.
+- New press and Netzwerk media can be selected and replaced in Payload without developer assistance.
+- All visual feedback is verified at desktop, tablet, and mobile widths.
+- Every schema change has a committed migration tested against a copy of the current SQLite database.
+
+## Recommended implementation order
+
+### 1. Establish the publication contract
+
+This is the highest-priority work because later CMS cleanup must not hide the underlying visibility problem.
+
+- [ ] Reproduce unpublishing from the Payload admin for every draft-enabled collection:
+  - [ ] `pages`
+  - [ ] `preistraeger`
+  - [ ] `jury-mitglieder`
+  - [ ] `partners`
+  - [ ] `events`
+  - [ ] `posts`
+- [ ] For every reproduction, record:
+  - [ ] the document ID and `_status` before and after clicking **Unpublish**
+  - [ ] whether the admin request actually saves `_status = draft`
+  - [ ] behavior in an anonymous/private browser session
+  - [ ] behavior in Payload preview or a browser carrying a draft-mode cookie
+  - [ ] behavior on the collection/list page and direct detail URL
+- [ ] Confirm that the reported problem is not only draft preview doing what it is designed to do.
+- [ ] Add a table-driven integration test that queries each collection as an anonymous public request and proves that only `_status = published` documents are returned.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] Directly unpublishing a document changes its stored `_status` to `draft`.
+- [ ] Anonymous Local API reads enforce access control with `overrideAccess: false` and `draft: false`.
+- [ ] Draft preview is the only frontend context allowed to request unpublished documents.
+
+### 2. Fix public route hydration and relationship resolution
+
+The public route currently loads the primary document plus supporting collections in `src/app/(frontend)/[[...slug]]/page.tsx`. Make the public/draft boundary explicit rather than relying on implicit parameter combinations.
+
+- [ ] Split public and preview query options into a small, testable helper:
+  - [ ] public: `draft: false`, `overrideAccess: false`
+  - [ ] preview: drafts enabled only when Next draft mode is active
+- [ ] Apply the same contract to:
+  - [ ] the route document
+  - [ ] support pages
+  - [ ] winners
+  - [ ] events
+  - [ ] press articles
+  - [ ] partners
+  - [ ] jury members
+- [ ] Ensure relationship-populated objects cannot bypass the filtered public collection.
+- [ ] Update `resolveCmsRelationship(...)` and/or the consuming selection helpers so a relationship ID missing from the published collection resolves to nothing, never to the embedded relationship object.
+- [ ] Keep the existing jury page selection authoritative, but silently omit selected jury members that are unpublished.
+- [ ] Add regression tests for:
+  - [ ] unpublished jury member selected on `/netzwerk`
+  - [ ] unpublished winner selected on the homepage or `/der-bmp`
+  - [ ] unpublished partner previously present in the homepage ticker
+  - [ ] unpublished event previously present on `/presse`
+  - [ ] unpublished press article previously present on `/presse`
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] Unpublishing one related item removes only that item and preserves the remaining published selection order.
+- [ ] Republishing the item restores it without requiring a page document edit.
+
+### 3. Remove collection fallbacks that resurrect unpublished content
+
+Fallbacks for a missing image or missing optional field may remain. Entire fallback records must not replace intentionally empty CMS collections.
+
+- [ ] Change `/presse` so an empty published `events` collection renders an intentional empty state or no event rows instead of `pressIndex.events.fallbackItems`.
+- [ ] Change `/presse` so an empty published `posts` collection renders an intentional empty state or no news cards instead of `pressIndex.news.fallbackItems`.
+- [ ] Remove the event and news fallback-record arrays from `pressIndexFields.ts` after the collection-backed render path is authoritative.
+- [ ] Remove their preload/seed plumbing from `preload-press-index-page-cms.ts` and fresh-database setup.
+- [ ] Audit winner, jury, and partner surfaces for the same pattern.
+- [ ] Preserve only presentation fallbacks that cannot make a removed CMS record reappear, such as a placeholder image on an otherwise published document.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] Unpublishing the final event, article, or related record produces an honest empty state.
+- [ ] No demo/default record appears merely because the CMS collection became empty.
+
+### 4. Complete the focused Payload CMS cleanup
+
+Create a field-to-renderer inventory before deleting schema. Every retained field must have a current frontend consumer or a documented global purpose.
+
+#### Startseite
+
+- [ ] Keep the page-specific hero, winners, quick check, intro, testimonials, benefits, and homepage video controls.
+- [ ] Remove the hidden legacy `home.application` group now owned by the `application-form` Global.
+- [ ] Remove the hidden legacy `home.form` group now owned by the `application-form` Global.
+
+#### Teilnahme
+
+- [ ] Keep hero, process, eligibility, application paths, dates, and awards.
+- [ ] Remove the hidden legacy `participation.applicationForm` group.
+- [ ] Remove the hidden legacy `participation.form` group.
+
+#### Der BMP
+
+- [ ] Remove the hidden legacy `about.highlights` group because the rendered winners section reuses the homepage source of truth.
+
+#### Presse
+
+- [ ] Remove obsolete press-kit controls that no longer render:
+  - [ ] `kitLabel`
+  - [ ] `kitMeta`
+  - [ ] `kitFile`
+  - [ ] `kitUrl`
+  - [ ] `kitDownloadName`
+- [ ] Remove the complete non-rendered `pressIndex.accreditation` group.
+- [ ] Remove the fallback-record arrays covered by Task 3.
+- [ ] Keep the rendered section headings, descriptions, status labels, missing-image controls, and press-contact copy.
+
+#### Netzwerk
+
+- [ ] Remove confirmed non-rendered fields after the field-to-renderer audit, including current candidates:
+  - [ ] `jury.note`
+  - [ ] `partners.premiumLabel`
+  - [ ] `partners.defaultLogoColor`
+  - [ ] sponsoring membership-footnote fields
+- [ ] Do not remove partner tier labels, partner modal copy, jury selection, or sponsoring form copy that still renders.
+
+#### Global ownership
+
+- [ ] Keep shared application content in **Formulare > Bewerbungsformular**.
+- [ ] Keep phase state in the **Application Phase** Global.
+- [ ] Keep phase-dependent newsletter content in the **Newsletter-Formular** Global.
+- [ ] Keep Header, Footer, and site-wide settings in their existing Website Globals.
+- [ ] Do not create a generic “Sections” content type unless a second real consumer justifies it.
+
+#### Schema completion
+
+- [ ] Generate a narrow migration that removes the obsolete live-table and version-table columns/child tables.
+- [ ] Update `payload-types.ts`.
+- [ ] Update preload, seed, and fresh-database scripts.
+- [ ] Validate migration upgrade and rollback on a copied SQLite database.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] The Payload admin contains no hidden legacy groups or controls with no current frontend effect.
+- [ ] Shared content is edited once in a Global and is not duplicated on individual pages.
+- [ ] Page editors contain only page-specific content plus standard page metadata/SEO controls.
+
+### 5. Give `/netzwerk` its own Ilse Aigner video
+
+- [ ] Add a video upload field under the Netzwerk patronage/greeting section.
+- [ ] Filter the upload relationship to video MIME types.
+- [ ] Add page-specific video button label, title, description, and close-label fields if those strings need to differ from the homepage.
+- [ ] Replace the `HomeVideoCms`/homepage lookup in `Netzwerk.tsx` with the Netzwerk page fields.
+- [ ] Keep the existing homepage video and modal completely independent.
+- [ ] Update preload/fresh-database code without copying the existing homepage media relationship into the new field unless the client explicitly wants a temporary placeholder.
+- [ ] Let the client upload and select the supplied Netzwerk video after deployment.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] Changing the homepage video does not change `/netzwerk`.
+- [ ] Changing the Netzwerk video does not change the homepage.
+- [ ] Empty Netzwerk video selection hides the video action cleanly.
+
+### 6. Add the CMS-controlled press-contact image
+
+- [ ] Add `contactImage` and `contactImageAlt` to the rendered Presse contact/material section.
+- [ ] Use a Payload upload relationship filtered to image MIME types.
+- [ ] Restore the desktop contact section to a two-column composition with copy on the left and the selected image on the right.
+- [ ] Stack image and copy in a deliberate order on mobile.
+- [ ] Define a safe empty-image layout so the section still works before the client selects an asset.
+- [ ] Update the preload script and migration.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] The client can select, replace, or clear the image in Payload.
+- [ ] No code edit is required to change the press image.
+
+### 7. Repair the `/teilnahme` “Schritt für Schritt” timeline
+
+The current desktop implementation uses a `300vh` scroll container and produces overlapping/off-screen cards.
+
+- [ ] Replace the current per-card transform calculation with a single deterministic horizontal-track transform, or replace scroll-jacking with an explicit horizontal carousel/stepper.
+- [ ] Ensure steps 1–4 are all reachable at normal wheel/trackpad speed.
+- [ ] Remove the unused vertical space after the final step.
+- [ ] Make the progress indicator derive from actual scroll/active-step state instead of fixed copy.
+- [ ] Preserve the existing stacked mobile presentation unless testing finds a separate defect.
+- [ ] Respect `prefers-reduced-motion` by providing a non-scroll-jacked interaction.
+- [ ] Add a browser regression test that proves every step becomes visible and the next section follows without a large blank gap.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] Steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 can each be read in full.
+- [ ] Cards never overlap at supported desktop/tablet widths.
+- [ ] The eligibility section begins promptly after the timeline finishes.
+
+### 8. Design and approve a responsive sponsor hierarchy
+
+Recommended direction: preserve a hierarchy through tier bands and decreasing visual weight rather than forcing lower tiers into empty higher-tier slots. Mixing tiers within one row weakens the pyramid and produces inconsistent card widths.
+
+#### Proposed responsive behavior
+
+- [ ] Desktop (`>= 1200px`):
+  - [ ] Tier 1: up to 2 large cards per centered row
+  - [ ] Tier 2: up to 3 medium cards per centered row
+  - [ ] Tier 3: up to 4 compact cards per centered row
+  - [ ] Center incomplete rows rather than filling them with a different tier
+- [ ] Tablet (`768–1199px`):
+  - [ ] Tier 1: 2 columns
+  - [ ] Tier 2: 2 columns
+  - [ ] Tier 3: 3 columns where space allows, otherwise 2
+- [ ] Mobile (`< 768px`):
+  - [ ] one clearly labeled section per tier
+  - [ ] Tier 1 rendered as full-width feature cards
+  - [ ] Tier 2 rendered as medium full-width cards
+  - [ ] Tier 3 rendered as compact cards, using two columns only when logos remain readable
+- [ ] Use card size, logo area, spacing, and tier heading—not color alone—to communicate rank accessibly.
+- [ ] Keep `partner.tier` and `partner.sortOrder` as the CMS source of truth.
+
+Approval gate:
+
+- [ ] Produce desktop, tablet, and mobile mockups using the current partner counts.
+- [ ] Review the hierarchy with the client before implementing the final grid.
+- [ ] After approval, implement the chosen breakpoints without changing the partner data model unless the mockup reveals a real need.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] Hierarchy is immediately understandable at all three breakpoint classes.
+- [ ] Adding or removing a partner does not create broken gaps or stretch a card unpredictably.
+- [ ] Logo aspect ratios remain intact.
+
+### 9. Make sponsor ordering explicit and manageable
+
+- [ ] Confirm that `sortOrder` remains authoritative within each tier.
+- [ ] Show `tier`, `sortOrder`, publication status, and active state in useful Partners admin columns.
+- [ ] Add validation preventing unsupported tier values outside 1–3.
+- [ ] Document the current order for client review:
+  1. RSM Ebner Stolz
+  2. WWK
+  3. Radio Gong 96.3
+  4. münchen.tv
+  5. METZLER
+  6. Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner
+  7. Fristads
+  8. New Edge
+  9. Moodtalk
+  10. Deutsche Bank
+  11. Bionorica
+  12. Primus
+- [ ] Treat an order change as a CMS content operation, not a frontend code change.
+
+### 10. Slow the homepage sponsor ticker
+
+- [ ] Replace the fixed `22s` duration with a slower content-aware duration or an agreed slower fixed baseline.
+- [ ] Keep perceived speed stable as the number of logos changes.
+- [ ] Pause or substantially reduce motion on hover/focus and respect `prefers-reduced-motion`.
+- [ ] Verify that duplicating the track still produces a seamless loop.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] The ticker feels calm enough to read individual logos.
+- [ ] No jump is visible at the loop boundary.
+
+### 11. Correct the homepage phase-heading line break
+
+- [ ] Confirm the client copy belongs to the homepage status/phase module.
+- [ ] Make phase headlines honor explicit CMS newlines.
+- [ ] Store/render the target split as:
+
+  ```text
+  Ein weiteres
+  erfolgreiches Jahr
+  ```
+
+- [ ] Preserve responsive wrapping when translated or edited copy is longer.
+- [ ] Do not hard-code this one sentence in the component.
+
+### 12. Adjust the homepage bottom application/newsletter split
+
+- [ ] Widen the blue left panel on the homepage so the boundary with the gold form panel feels more balanced.
+- [ ] Scope the ratio change through the existing `source="homepage"` prop unless the client separately approves the same change on `/teilnahme`.
+- [ ] Recheck text measure, benefit rows, form width, and the image area after changing the ratio.
+- [ ] Verify both open-application and newsletter phase variants.
+
+### 13. Verify the shared application/newsletter background color
+
+The current component already uses dark blue `#24366A` instead of black.
+
+- [ ] Compare the deployed site with the current source.
+- [ ] If production is still black, deploy the existing dark-blue implementation or identify the production content/style override.
+- [ ] Make no additional palette change if production already matches the requested dark blue.
+
+Verification record (2026-07-31): The canonical production deployment at
+`https://srv1.bayerischer-mittelstandspreis.de` was checked read-only on `/` and
+`/teilnahme`. Both routes were serving the newsletter variant, and the rendered
+`#bewerben` section computed to `rgb(36, 54, 106)` (`#24366A`), with no black or
+content/style override. The shared source owner is
+`src/spa/components/forms/ApplicationFormSection.tsx`; its unconditional outer
+section background applies to both the application-open and newsletter variants.
+No palette or deployment change was needed.
+
+### 14. Improve `/teilnahme` eligibility hierarchy
+
+- [ ] Keep the existing content and CTAs.
+- [ ] Introduce clearer grouping within the white eligibility area through restrained section tinting, dividers, spacing, or row containers.
+- [ ] Avoid turning every criterion into an unrelated floating card.
+- [ ] Make the visual transition into “Wichtige Termine” clear without redesigning the rest of the page.
+- [ ] Verify mobile scan order and contrast.
+
+### 15. Adjust `/der-bmp` “Relevanz & Zielsetzung”
+
+- [ ] Increase the desktop share of the left image so more of it is visible.
+- [ ] Shift the right-hand copy farther into the viewport and give it a centered content measure within its panel.
+- [ ] Tune the image `object-position` rather than cropping important subjects.
+- [ ] Keep mobile image-first ordering and readable padding.
+
+### 16. Correct `/der-bmp` “Was ist der Preis?” facts and caption
+
+- [ ] Center the three key facts within the text panel instead of anchoring each value to the left edge.
+- [ ] Keep separators and equal visual weight across all three facts.
+- [ ] Improve the image-caption legibility with a controlled background/overlay or by moving it into a dedicated caption area.
+- [ ] Verify long CMS labels do not collide.
+
+### 17. Fix sitemap route generation
+
+Sitemap support already exists, but current output needs correction.
+
+- [ ] Generate the homepage URL as `/` when the page slug is either `home` or `startseite`, or prefer the stored `spaPath` directly.
+- [ ] Generate press article URLs under `/presse/blog/<slug>` instead of `/posts/<slug>`.
+- [ ] Add event detail URLs under `/presse/events/<slug>`.
+- [ ] Add winner detail URLs under `/preistraeger/<slug>`.
+- [ ] Keep unpublished documents out by using public access and `_status = published`.
+- [ ] Ensure generated sitemap and robots URLs use the production base URL during deployment, never committed localhost/example URLs.
+- [ ] Add route-level tests for root, page, event, article, and winner entries.
+
+Acceptance criteria:
+
+- [ ] Every sitemap URL returns `200` on production.
+- [ ] Unpublished entries disappear from the sitemap immediately or after the documented cache/revalidation window.
+
+### 18. Regression, migration, and deployment verification
+
+- [ ] Run focused unit/integration tests for publication filtering, relationship resolution, and sitemap paths.
+- [ ] Run TypeScript without incremental cache.
+- [ ] Run the relevant Vitest suite.
+- [ ] Build against a migrated copy of `content.db`.
+- [ ] Visually verify at approximately `1440px`, `1024px`, `768px`, and `390px` widths.
+- [ ] Test anonymous public browsing separately from authenticated draft preview.
+- [ ] Back up the production SQLite database.
+- [ ] Deploy the schema-changing commit with explicit migrations enabled.
+- [ ] Upload/select the client-supplied Netzwerk video and the selected press image in production Payload.
+- [ ] Smoke-test all affected routes after deployment:
+  - [ ] `/`
+  - [ ] `/teilnahme`
+  - [ ] `/der-bmp`
+  - [ ] `/netzwerk`
+  - [ ] `/presse`
+  - [ ] representative event/article/winner detail routes
+  - [ ] sitemap and robots endpoints
+- [ ] Perform a production unpublish/republish smoke test using disposable or approved test records.
+
+## Feedback traceability
+
+| Workbook feedback | Planned work |
+| --- | --- |
+| CMS unpublish button does not work | Tasks 1–3 and 18 |
+| `/teilnahme` steps 2–4 do not open; excess space | Task 7 |
+| Separate Ilse Aigner video from homepage | Task 5 |
+| Remove press-kit CMS controls | Task 4 |
+| Keep Pages focused and shared content in Globals | Task 4 |
+| Remove accreditation form copy | Task 4 |
+| Shared 2027-interest section should be dark blue | Task 13; current source already appears compliant |
+| `/der-bmp` relevance text/image alignment | Task 15 |
+| Partner tier hierarchy and responsive layout | Tasks 8–9 |
+| Add image beside press contact | Task 6 |
+| Add/fix sitemap in code | Task 17 |
+| Sponsor ticker feels too fast | Task 10 |
+| Homepage success heading line break | Task 11 |
+| Homepage bottom blue panel should be wider | Task 12 |
+| Participation eligibility area lacks structure | Task 14 |
+| `/der-bmp` facts and caption are misaligned/hard to read | Task 16 |
+| Confirm sponsor order | Task 9 |
+| “Aktuelles” looks good | No change required |
--- a/docs/payload-field-inventory.md
+++ b/docs/payload-field-inventory.md
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Payload field-to-consumer inventory
+
+This inventory records the frontend or platform owner for every retained `Pages` field group and relevant Global. Nested scalar, upload, relationship, and array fields belong to the consumer named for their parent group unless an exception is listed.
+
+## Shared `Pages` fields
+
+| Field path | Consumer or contract |
+| --- | --- |
+| `title`, `slug`, `spaPath`, `publishedAt`, `_status` | Route lookup, preview URLs, publication access, sitemap generation, and generic-page headings in `src/app/(frontend)/[[...slug]]/page.tsx`, the sitemap routes, and `src/spa/pages/CmsGenericPage.tsx`. |
+| `hero`, `layout` | Non-SPA pages through `src/heros/RenderHero.tsx`, `src/blocks/RenderBlocks.tsx`, and `src/spa/pages/CmsGenericPage.tsx`. |
+| `meta.*` | `@payloadcms/plugin-seo`, route metadata generation, and generic-page title fallback. |
+
+## Page-specific fields
+
+| Page field path | Retained consumer |
+| --- | --- |
+| `home.hero.*` | `src/spa/pages/Home.tsx`; partner relationship records remain authoritative and the names array is presentation fallback only. |
+| `home.winners.*` | `src/spa/components/HomeWinnersSection.tsx` and `src/spa/homeWinnerSelection.ts`; also reused by `/der-bmp`. |
+| `home.quickCheck.*`, `home.intro.*`, `home.benefits.*` | `src/spa/pages/Home.tsx`. |
+| `home.testimonials.*` | `src/spa/pages/Home.tsx` through `src/spa/components/TestimonialsSection.tsx`. |
+| `home.videoModal.*` | Homepage video action and modal in `src/spa/pages/Home.tsx`. |
+| `participation.hero.*`, `participation.eligibility.*`, `participation.applicationWays.*`, `participation.datesBanner.*` | `src/spa/pages/Participation.tsx`. |
+| `participation.process.*` | `src/spa/pages/Participation.tsx` through `src/spa/components/WegZurAuszeichnungSection.tsx`. |
+| `participation.awardsGrid.*` | `src/spa/pages/Participation.tsx` through `src/spa/components/AwardsGridSection.tsx`. |
+| `about.hero.*`, `about.prize.*`, `about.mittelstand.*`, `about.history.*`, `about.goals.*`, `about.values.*`, `about.cta.*` | `src/spa/pages/About.tsx`. |
+| `about.testimonials.*` | `src/spa/pages/About.tsx` through `src/spa/components/TestimonialsSection.tsx`. |
+| `contact.*` | `src/spa/pages/Contact.tsx` and `src/spa/components/forms/KontaktForm.tsx`. |
+| `datenschutz.*`, `impressum.*` | `src/spa/components/legal/LegalPage.tsx` via the respective route component. |
+| `formUpload.*` | `src/spa/pages/FormularUpload.tsx`. |
+| `mitgliedWerden.*` | `src/spa/pages/MitgliedWerden.tsx` and `src/spa/components/membership/MembershipWizard.tsx`. |
+| `preistraegerIndex.*` | `src/spa/pages/Preistraeger.tsx`; winner records remain collection-owned. |
+| `pressIndex.hero.*`, `pressIndex.events.*`, `pressIndex.news.*`, `pressIndex.downloads.*` | `src/spa/pages/Press.tsx`; event/article records remain collection-owned, while missing-field labels and images are presentation fallbacks only. `pressIndex.downloads.contactImage` and `contactImageAlt` own the optional Presse contact visual; an empty relationship renders the same copy in a compact copy-only layout without a static image fallback. |
+| `netzwerk.hero.*`, `netzwerk.patronage.*`, `netzwerk.juryIntro.*`, `netzwerk.expertise.*`, `netzwerk.sponsoring.*` | `src/spa/pages/Netzwerk.tsx`. The page-owned `netzwerk.patronage.greetingVideo` Media relationship and its adjacent button/modal copy control only the Ilse Aigner greeting on `/netzwerk`; they never inherit `home.videoModal.*`. |
+| `netzwerk.jury.{eyebrow,heading,description,chairBadge,members}` | Jury heading and authoritative rendered relationship selection in `src/spa/pages/Netzwerk.tsx`. |
+| `netzwerk.partners.{eyebrow,heading,description,detailLabel,tiers[].{label,note},modal}` | All visible sponsor-section editorial copy, including each rendered tier heading/note and the shared card CTA, in `src/spa/pages/Netzwerk.tsx`; partner names, descriptions, links, logos, tier assignment, and ordering remain Partner collection-owned. Counts are derived and are not separately editable. |
+| `netzwerk.sponsoringForm.*` | The two visible form steps, validation, success state, and footer copy in `src/spa/components/forms/SponsoringForm.tsx`. |
+
+## Partner collection administration
+
+The Partners list defaults to `name`, `tier`, `sortOrder`, `_status`, `active`, `showOnHomepage`, and `updatedAt`, so editors can review presentation order and visibility without opening every record. `tier` accepts only the numeric values 1, 2, and 3. Within each tier, lower `sortOrder` values render first; tiers remain separate presentation bands.
+
+The current published local CMS data was verified on 2026-07-31 in this client-review order:
+
+| Review order | Partner | Tier | `sortOrder` |
+| ---: | --- | ---: | ---: |
+| 1 | RSM Ebner Stolz | 1 | 1 |
+| 2 | WWK | 1 | 2 |
+| 3 | Radio Gong 96.3 | 2 | 3 |
+| 4 | münchen.tv | 2 | 4 |
+| 5 | METZLER | 3 | 5 |
+| 6 | Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner | 3 | 6 |
+| 7 | Fristads | 3 | 7 |
+| 8 | New Edge | 3 | 8 |
+| 9 | Moodtalk | 3 | 9 |
+| 10 | Deutsche Bank | 3 | 10 |
+| 11 | Bionorica | 3 | 11 |
+| 12 | Primus | 3 | 12 |
+
+Future sponsor order changes are CMS content operations: edit the relevant Partner records' `tier` and `sortOrder` values. They do not require frontend code changes.
+
+## Global ownership
+
+| Global | Consumer or contract |
+| --- | --- |
+| `application-form` | Single source for the application section and form on both `/` and `/teilnahme`, hydrated by the frontend route and consumed by `ApplicationFormSection` / `BewerbungsForm`. |
+| `application-phase` | Shared phase state and phase-specific site copy used by Home, shared layout CTAs, the application/newsletter form switch, and sponsoring submissions. |
+| `newsletter-form` | Evaluation/completed newsletter variants shared by `/` and `/teilnahme`. |
+| `header`, `footer` | Site-wide navigation, branding, links, social entries, and footer partner marks rendered by `src/spa/components/layout/Layout.tsx`. |
+| `site-settings` | Shared skyline, Preisträger placeholder, and generic-page fallback copy. |
+
+## Task 4 removals
+
+The audit found no frontend, metadata, SEO, seed-only contract, or explicit Global purpose for these fields: `home.application`, `home.form`, `participation.applicationForm`, `participation.form`, the hidden participation CTA controls (`eligibility.secondaryCta`, `eligibility.nudgeCta`, `applicationWays.recommendedLabel`, `applicationWays.fallbackCta`, `applicationWays.ways[].featured`, and `applicationWays.ways[].cta`), `about.highlights`, the five `pressIndex.downloads.kit*` controls, `pressIndex.accreditation`, the old event/news CTA labels, `netzwerk.jury.note`, `netzwerk.partners.premiumLabel`, `netzwerk.partners.defaultLogoColor`, the four non-rendered `netzwerk.sponsoring` footnote/form-eyebrow controls, and the obsolete sponsoring package step (`packages`, `step1Eyebrow`, `step1Heading`, `requiredPackageError`). They are intentionally absent from the retained inventory.
--- a/next-sitemap.config.cjs
+++ b/next-sitemap.config.cjs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-const SITE_URL =
-  process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL ||
-  process.env.VERCEL_PROJECT_PRODUCTION_URL ||
-  'https://example.com'
+const { getSitemapBaseURL } = require('./src/utilities/sitemapBaseURL.cjs')
+
+const SITE_URL = getSitemapBaseURL({ ...process.env, NODE_ENV: 'production' })

 /** @type {import('next-sitemap').IConfig} */
 module.exports = {
  siteUrl: SITE_URL,
  generateRobotsTxt: true,
-  exclude: ['/posts-sitemap.xml', '/pages-sitemap.xml', '/*', '/posts/*'],
+  exclude: ['/posts-sitemap.xml', '/pages-sitemap.xml', '/*'],
  robotsTxtOptions: {
    policies: [
      {
--- a/scripts/vps-backup-db.sh
+++ b/scripts/vps-backup-db.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ APP_DOMAIN="${APP_DOMAIN:-srv1.bayerischer-mittelstandspreis.de}"
 SSH_TARGET="$SSH_USER@$VPS_HOST"
 COMPOSE_FILE="$APP_ROOT/current/deploy/vps/docker-compose.yml"

-ssh -i "$SSH_KEY" -p "$VPS_PORT" "$SSH_TARGET" "
+ssh -t -i "$SSH_KEY" -p "$VPS_PORT" "$SSH_TARGET" "
  set -e
  backup_dir='$APP_ROOT/backups'
  backup_file=\"\$backup_dir/content-\$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).db\"
--- a/src/ApplicationPhase/config.ts
+++ b/src/ApplicationPhase/config.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const phaseFields: Field[] = [
  text('tag', 'Badge'),
  { name: 'pulse', label: 'Show pulse dot', type: 'checkbox', defaultValue: true },
  text('phase', 'Phase label'),
-  text('headline', 'Headline'),
+  textarea('headline', 'Headline'),
  textarea('body', 'Body copy'),
  { name: 'cta', label: 'Primary CTA', type: 'group', fields: linkGroup() },
  text('accent', 'Accent color'),
--- a/src/app/(frontend)/(sitemaps)/pages-sitemap.xml/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/(frontend)/(sitemaps)/pages-sitemap.xml/route.ts
@@ -3,28 +3,22 @@ import { getPayload } from 'payload'
 import config from '@payload-config'
 import { unstable_cache } from 'next/cache'

+import { getPublicPublishedQueryOptions } from '@/utilities/publicationQuery'
+import { createSitemapEntry, pageSitemapPath, type SitemapEntry } from '@/utilities/sitemapRoutes'
+
 const getPagesSitemap = unstable_cache(
  async () => {
    const payload = await getPayload({ config })
-    const SITE_URL =
-      process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL ||
-      process.env.VERCEL_PROJECT_PRODUCTION_URL ||
-      'https://example.com'

    const results = await payload.find({
      collection: 'pages',
-      overrideAccess: false,
-      draft: false,
+      ...getPublicPublishedQueryOptions(),
      depth: 0,
      limit: 1000,
      pagination: false,
-      where: {
-        _status: {
-          equals: 'published',
-        },
-      },
      select: {
        slug: true,
+        spaPath: true,
        updatedAt: true,
      },
    })
@@ -32,15 +26,8 @@ const getPagesSitemap = unstable_cache(
    const dateFallback = new Date().toISOString()

    const sitemap = results.docs
-      ? results.docs
-          .filter((page) => Boolean(page?.slug))
-          .map((page) => {
-            return {
-              loc: page?.slug === 'home' ? `${SITE_URL}/` : `${SITE_URL}/${page?.slug}`,
-              lastmod: page.updatedAt || dateFallback,
-            }
-          })
-      : []
+      .map((page) => createSitemapEntry(page, pageSitemapPath(page), dateFallback))
+      .filter((entry): entry is SitemapEntry => Boolean(entry))

    return sitemap
  },
--- a/src/app/(frontend)/(sitemaps)/posts-sitemap.xml/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/(frontend)/(sitemaps)/posts-sitemap.xml/route.ts
@@ -3,44 +3,55 @@ import { getPayload } from 'payload'
 import config from '@payload-config'
 import { unstable_cache } from 'next/cache'

+import { getPublicPublishedQueryOptions } from '@/utilities/publicationQuery'
+import { createSitemapEntry, detailSitemapPath, type SitemapEntry } from '@/utilities/sitemapRoutes'
+
+const sitemapCollections = [
+  { collection: 'posts', prefix: '/presse/blog' },
+  { collection: 'events', prefix: '/presse/events' },
+  { collection: 'preistraeger', prefix: '/preistraeger' },
+] as const
+
 const getPostsSitemap = unstable_cache(
  async () => {
    const payload = await getPayload({ config })
-    const SITE_URL =
-      process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL ||
-      process.env.VERCEL_PROJECT_PRODUCTION_URL ||
-      'https://example.com'

-    const results = await payload.find({
-      collection: 'posts',
-      overrideAccess: false,
-      draft: false,
+    const results = await Promise.all(
+      sitemapCollections.map(({ collection }) =>
+        payload.find({
+          collection,
+          ...getPublicPublishedQueryOptions(),
          depth: 0,
          limit: 1000,
          pagination: false,
-      where: {
-        _status: {
-          equals: 'published',
-        },
-      },
          select: {
            slug: true,
+            spaPath: true,
            updatedAt: true,
          },
-    })
+        }),
+      ),
+    )

    const dateFallback = new Date().toISOString()

-    const sitemap = results.docs
-      ? results.docs
-          .filter((post) => Boolean(post?.slug))
-          .map((post) => ({
-            loc: `${SITE_URL}/posts/${post?.slug}`,
-            lastmod: post.updatedAt || dateFallback,
-          }))
-      : []
+    return results.flatMap((result, index) => {
+      const { prefix } = sitemapCollections[index]

-    return sitemap
+      return result.docs.reduce<SitemapEntry[]>((entries, document) => {
+        const entry = createSitemapEntry(
+          document,
+          detailSitemapPath(document, prefix),
+          dateFallback,
+        )
+
+        if (entry) {
+          entries.push(entry)
+        }
+
+        return entries
+      }, [])
+    })
  },
  ['posts-sitemap'],
  {
--- a/src/app/(frontend)/[[...slug]]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(frontend)/[[...slug]]/page.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { normalizeFooterData, normalizeHeaderData } from '@/spa/cmsNavigation'
 import type { CmsRouteCollection, CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
 import { normalizeNewsletterFormData, type SpaNewsletterFormData } from '@/spa/newsletterForm'
 import { normalizeSiteSettings, type SpaSiteSettingsData } from '@/spa/siteSettings'
+import { getPublicationQueryOptions } from '@/utilities/publicationQuery'

 export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic'

@@ -43,8 +44,7 @@ async function findRouteDoc(payload: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getPayload>>, pat
  const result = await payload.find({
    collection: target.collection,
    depth: 1,
-    draft,
-    overrideAccess: draft,
+    ...getPublicationQueryOptions(draft),
    limit: 1,
    pagination: false,
    where: {
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ async function findList(payload: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getPayload>>, collect
  const result = await payload.find({
    collection,
    depth: 1,
-    draft,
-    overrideAccess: draft,
+    ...getPublicationQueryOptions(draft),
    limit: 300,
    pagination: false,
    ...(collection === 'partners' || collection === 'jury-mitglieder' ? { sort: 'sortOrder' } : {}),
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ async function findSupportPages(payload: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getPayload>>,
  const result = await payload.find({
    collection: 'pages',
    depth: 1,
-    draft,
-    overrideAccess: draft,
+    ...getPublicationQueryOptions(draft),
    limit: 10,
    pagination: false,
    where: {
--- a/src/collections/Events.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Events.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { eventDetailContent } from '@/spa/eventDetailContent'
 import { generatePreviewPath } from '@/utilities/generatePreviewPath'
 import { slugField } from 'payload'

+import { revalidateEvent, revalidateEventDelete } from './Events/hooks/revalidateEvent'
+
 import {
  MetaDescriptionField,
  MetaTitleField,
@@ -273,6 +275,8 @@ export const Events: CollectionConfig = {
    slugField(),
  ],
  hooks: {
+    afterChange: [revalidateEvent],
+    afterDelete: [revalidateEventDelete],
    beforeChange: [populatePublishedAt],
  },
  versions: {
--- a/src/collections/Events/hooks/revalidateEvent.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Events/hooks/revalidateEvent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import type { CollectionAfterChangeHook, CollectionAfterDeleteHook } from 'payload'
+
+import { revalidatePath, revalidateTag } from 'next/cache'
+
+import type { Event } from '../../../payload-types'
+
+const eventPath = (doc: Pick<Event, 'slug' | 'spaPath'>) =>
+  doc.spaPath || `/presse/events/${doc.slug}`
+
+export const revalidateEvent: CollectionAfterChangeHook<Event> = ({
+  doc,
+  previousDoc,
+  req: { payload, context },
+}) => {
+  if (!context.disableRevalidate) {
+    if (doc._status === 'published') {
+      const path = eventPath(doc)
+
+      payload.logger.info(`Revalidating event at path: ${path}`)
+      revalidatePath(path)
+      revalidateTag('posts-sitemap', 'max')
+    }
+
+    if (previousDoc?._status === 'published' && doc._status !== 'published') {
+      const oldPath = eventPath(previousDoc)
+
+      payload.logger.info(`Revalidating old event at path: ${oldPath}`)
+      revalidatePath(oldPath)
+      revalidateTag('posts-sitemap', 'max')
+    }
+  }
+
+  return doc
+}
+
+export const revalidateEventDelete: CollectionAfterDeleteHook<Event> = ({
+  doc,
+  req: { context },
+}) => {
+  if (!context.disableRevalidate) {
+    revalidatePath(eventPath(doc))
+    revalidateTag('posts-sitemap', 'max')
+  }
+
+  return doc
+}
--- a/src/collections/Pages/aboutFields.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Pages/aboutFields.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export const aboutFields: Field[] = [
            defaultValue: aboutContent.prize.facts,
            fields: statFields,
          },
-          text('imageLabel', 'Desktop image label', aboutContent.prize.imageLabel),
+          text('imageLabel', 'Image caption', aboutContent.prize.imageLabel),
        ],
      },
      {
@@ -123,52 +123,9 @@ export const aboutFields: Field[] = [
          },
        ],
      },
-      {
-        name: 'highlights',
-        label: '04 · Preisträger highlights',
-        type: 'group',
-        admin: {
-          ...sectionAdmin('Legacy data retained for compatibility. The rendered section now reuses the homepage Preisträger card grid.'),
-          hidden: true,
-        },
-        fields: [
-          uploadField('fallbackImage', 'Fallback winner image', `Current frontend fallback image: /images/${aboutContent.highlights.fallbackImageFilename}`),
-          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', aboutContent.highlights.eyebrow),
-          textarea('heading', 'Heading', aboutContent.highlights.heading),
-          ctaGroup('cta', 'CTA', aboutContent.highlights.cta.label, aboutContent.highlights.cta.url),
-          text('hoverLabel', 'Card hover label', aboutContent.highlights.hoverLabel),
-          {
-            name: 'fallbackWinner',
-            label: 'Fallback winner text',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: [
-              text('name', 'Name fallback', aboutContent.highlights.fallbackWinner.name),
-              text('category', 'Category fallback', aboutContent.highlights.fallbackWinner.category),
-              text('awardType', 'Award type fallback', aboutContent.highlights.fallbackWinner.awardType),
-            ],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'year',
-            label: 'Fallback winner year',
-            type: 'number',
-            defaultValue: aboutContent.highlights.year,
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'selectedWinners',
-            label: 'Selected winners',
-            type: 'relationship',
-            relationTo: 'preistraeger',
-            hasMany: true,
-            maxRows: 8,
-            admin: {
-              description: 'Choose up to 8 Preisträger to show. If empty, the frontend falls back to winners from the selected year.',
-            },
-          },
-        ],
-      },
      {
        name: 'testimonials',
-        label: '05 · Testimonials',
+        label: '04 · Testimonials',
        type: 'group',
        admin: sectionAdmin('Testimonial heading and slides. Upload images when available, or keep the migrated URL fallback.'),
        fields: [
@@ -199,7 +156,7 @@ export const aboutFields: Field[] = [
      },
      {
        name: 'history',
-        label: '06 · Geschichte & Meilensteine',
+        label: '05 · Geschichte & Meilensteine',
        type: 'group',
        admin: sectionAdmin('Navy timeline section.'),
        fields: [
@@ -219,7 +176,7 @@ export const aboutFields: Field[] = [
      },
      {
        name: 'goals',
-        label: '07 · Zielsetzung',
+        label: '06 · Zielsetzung',
        type: 'group',
        admin: sectionAdmin('Cream values list next to the history timeline.'),
        fields: [
@@ -237,7 +194,7 @@ export const aboutFields: Field[] = [
      },
      {
        name: 'values',
-        label: '08 · Vorteile & Werte',
+        label: '07 · Vorteile & Werte',
        type: 'group',
        admin: sectionAdmin('Cream editorial rows before the final CTA.'),
        fields: [
@@ -256,7 +213,7 @@ export const aboutFields: Field[] = [
      },
      {
        name: 'cta',
-        label: '09 · Final CTA',
+        label: '08 · Final CTA',
        type: 'group',
        admin: sectionAdmin('Bottom navy CTA section.'),
        fields: [
--- a/src/collections/Pages/homeFields.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Pages/homeFields.ts
@@ -33,33 +33,6 @@ const sectionAdmin = (description: string) => ({
  initCollapsed: true,
 })

-const iconOptions = [
-  { label: 'Alert circle', value: 'alertCircle' },
-  { label: 'Arrow right', value: 'arrowRight' },
-  { label: 'Building', value: 'building2' },
-  { label: 'Check', value: 'check' },
-  { label: 'Check circle', value: 'checkCircle2' },
-  { label: 'File text', value: 'fileText' },
-  { label: 'Map pin', value: 'mapPin' },
-  { label: 'Search', value: 'search' },
-  { label: 'Send', value: 'send' },
-  { label: 'Star', value: 'star' },
-  { label: 'Trending up', value: 'trendingUp' },
-  { label: 'Trophy', value: 'trophy' },
-  { label: 'User', value: 'user' },
-  { label: 'User check', value: 'userCheck' },
-  { label: 'User plus', value: 'userPlus' },
-  { label: 'Users', value: 'users' },
-]
-
-const iconField = (defaultValue = 'star'): Field => ({
-  name: 'icon',
-  label: 'Icon',
-  type: 'select',
-  defaultValue,
-  options: iconOptions,
-})
-
 export const homeFields: Field[] = [
  {
    name: 'home',
@@ -219,144 +192,9 @@ export const homeFields: Field[] = [
          },
        ],
      },
-      {
-        name: 'application',
-        label: '07 · Application form section',
-        type: 'group',
-        admin: { ...sectionAdmin('Legacy page-level form section. The frontend now uses Formulare > Bewerbungsformular.'), hidden: true },
-        fields: [
-          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', homeContent.application.eyebrow),
-          textarea('heading', 'Heading', homeContent.application.heading),
-          textarea('body', 'Body copy', homeContent.application.body),
-          { name: 'benefits', label: 'Benefit rows', type: 'array', defaultValue: homeContent.application.benefits, fields: [text('num', 'Number'), text('label', 'Label'), text('desc', 'Description')] },
-          uploadField('awardImage', 'Award image', `Current frontend image: /images/${homeContent.application.awardImageFilename}`),
-          text('awardImageAlt', 'Award image alt text', homeContent.application.awardImageAlt),
-          text('awardCaption', 'Award image caption', homeContent.application.awardCaption),
-          text('formEyebrow', 'Form eyebrow', homeContent.application.formEyebrow),
-          text('formTitle', 'Form title', homeContent.application.formTitle),
-          text('footnote', 'Footnote normal text', homeContent.application.footnote),
-          text('footnoteStrong', 'Footnote highlighted text', homeContent.application.footnoteStrong),
-        ],
-      },
-      {
-        name: 'form',
-        label: '08 · Embedded application form copy and logic labels',
-        type: 'group',
-        admin: { ...sectionAdmin('Legacy page-level form fields. The frontend now uses Formulare > Bewerbungsformular.'), hidden: true },
-        fields: [
-          text('stepCompleteLabel', 'Completed step label', homeContent.form.stepCompleteLabel),
-          text('backLabel', 'Back button label', homeContent.form.backLabel),
-          text('nextLabel', 'Next button label', homeContent.form.nextLabel),
-          text('submitLabel', 'Submit button label', homeContent.form.submitLabel),
-          text('yesLabel', 'Yes option label', homeContent.form.yesLabel),
-          text('noLabel', 'No option label', homeContent.form.noLabel),
-          text('requiredSuffix', 'Required field suffix', homeContent.form.requiredSuffix),
-          {
-            name: 'validation',
-            label: 'Validation messages',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: [
-              text('choose', 'Choose message', homeContent.form.validation.choose),
-              text('required', 'Required message', homeContent.form.validation.required),
-              text('invalidEmail', 'Invalid email message', homeContent.form.validation.invalidEmail),
-            ],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'typeStep',
-            label: 'Step 1 · Submission type',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: [
-              text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', homeContent.form.typeStep.eyebrow),
-              text('heading', 'Heading', homeContent.form.typeStep.heading),
-              text('selfTitle', 'Self-application title', homeContent.form.typeStep.selfTitle),
-              textarea('selfDesc', 'Self-application description', homeContent.form.typeStep.selfDesc),
-              text('nominationTitle', 'Nomination title', homeContent.form.typeStep.nominationTitle),
-              textarea('nominationDesc', 'Nomination description', homeContent.form.typeStep.nominationDesc),
-            ],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'selfSteps',
-            label: 'Self-application step labels',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'home_self_steps',
-            defaultValue: homeContent.form.selfSteps,
-            fields: [text('label', 'Label'), iconField('trophy')],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'nominationSteps',
-            label: 'Nomination step labels',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'home_nom_steps',
-            defaultValue: homeContent.form.nominationSteps,
-            fields: [text('label', 'Label'), iconField('trophy')],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'employeeOptions',
-            label: 'Employee options',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'home_emp_opts',
-            defaultValue: homeContent.form.employeeOptions,
-            fields: [text('value', 'Value'), text('label', 'Label')],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'eligibility',
-            label: 'Self-application eligibility step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: [
-              text('allowedEmployeeValues', 'Allowed employee option values, comma-separated', homeContent.form.eligibility.allowedEmployeeValues),
-              text('requiredBayernValue', 'Required Bavaria answer value', homeContent.form.eligibility.requiredBayernValue),
-              text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', homeContent.form.eligibility.eyebrow),
-              text('heading', 'Heading', homeContent.form.eligibility.heading),
-              text('employeesLabel', 'Employees field label', homeContent.form.eligibility.employeesLabel),
-              text('bayernLabel', 'Bavaria field label', homeContent.form.eligibility.bayernLabel),
-              text('ownerLabel', 'Owner field label', homeContent.form.eligibility.ownerLabel),
-              text('ineligibleHeading', 'Ineligible heading', homeContent.form.eligibility.ineligibleHeading),
-              textarea('ineligibleBody', 'Ineligible body', homeContent.form.eligibility.ineligibleBody),
-              text('ineligibleContactPrefix', 'Ineligible contact prefix', homeContent.form.eligibility.ineligibleContactPrefix),
-              text('ineligibleContactEmail', 'Ineligible contact email', homeContent.form.eligibility.ineligibleContactEmail),
-            ],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'selfContact',
-            label: 'Self-application contact step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(homeContent.form.selfContact).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'selfSummary',
-            label: 'Self-application summary step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(homeContent.form.selfSummary).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'nominationCompany',
-            label: 'Nomination company step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(homeContent.form.nominationCompany).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'nominationContact',
-            label: 'Nomination contact step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(homeContent.form.nominationContact).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'nominationSummary',
-            label: 'Nomination summary step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(homeContent.form.nominationSummary).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'success',
-            label: 'Success state copy',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(homeContent.form.success).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-        ],
-      },
      {
        name: 'videoModal',
-        label: '10 · Video modal',
+        label: '07 · Video modal',
        type: 'group',
        admin: sectionAdmin('Video and fallback copy shown when the hero video button is clicked.'),
        fields: [
--- a/src/collections/Pages/hooks/revalidatePage.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Pages/hooks/revalidatePage.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export const revalidatePage: CollectionAfterChangeHook<Page> = ({
 }) => {
  if (!context.disableRevalidate) {
    if (doc._status === 'published') {
-      const path = doc.slug === 'home' ? '/' : `/${doc.slug}`
+      const path =
+        doc.spaPath || (doc.slug === 'home' || doc.slug === 'startseite' ? '/' : `/${doc.slug}`)

      payload.logger.info(`Revalidating page at path: ${path}`)

@@ -21,7 +22,11 @@ export const revalidatePage: CollectionAfterChangeHook<Page> = ({

    // If the page was previously published, we need to revalidate the old path
    if (previousDoc?._status === 'published' && doc._status !== 'published') {
-      const oldPath = previousDoc.slug === 'home' ? '/' : `/${previousDoc.slug}`
+      const oldPath =
+        previousDoc.spaPath ||
+        (previousDoc.slug === 'home' || previousDoc.slug === 'startseite'
+          ? '/'
+          : `/${previousDoc.slug}`)

      payload.logger.info(`Revalidating old page at path: ${oldPath}`)

@@ -34,7 +39,8 @@ export const revalidatePage: CollectionAfterChangeHook<Page> = ({

 export const revalidateDelete: CollectionAfterDeleteHook<Page> = ({ doc, req: { context } }) => {
  if (!context.disableRevalidate) {
-    const path = doc?.slug === 'home' ? '/' : `/${doc?.slug}`
+    const path =
+      doc?.spaPath || (doc?.slug === 'home' || doc?.slug === 'startseite' ? '/' : `/${doc?.slug}`)
    revalidatePath(path)
    revalidateTag('pages-sitemap', 'max')
  }
--- a/src/collections/Pages/netzwerkFields.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Pages/netzwerkFields.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ const personFields: Field[] = [
 const rowFields: Field[] = [text('num', 'Number'), text('label', 'Label'), textarea('body', 'Body')]

 const benefitFields: Field[] = [text('num', 'Number'), text('label', 'Label'), text('sub', 'Subline')]
-const packageFields: Field[] = [text('value', 'Value'), text('title', 'Title'), textarea('desc', 'Description')]
 const formStepFields: Field[] = [text('label', 'Label')]

 export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
@@ -101,6 +100,24 @@ export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
          text('greetingTitleLine2', 'Greeting title line 2', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingTitleLine2),
          textarea('greetingQuote', 'Greeting quote', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingQuote),
          text('greetingAttribution', 'Greeting attribution', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingAttribution),
+          {
+            name: 'greetingVideo',
+            type: 'upload',
+            relationTo: 'media',
+            label: 'Greeting video',
+            filterOptions: {
+              mimeType: {
+                contains: 'video',
+              },
+            },
+            admin: {
+              description: 'Choose the Ilse Aigner greeting video. If empty, the video action is hidden.',
+            },
+          },
+          text('greetingVideoButtonLabel', 'Video button label', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoButtonLabel),
+          text('greetingVideoTitle', 'Video title', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoTitle),
+          text('greetingVideoDescription', 'Video description', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoDescription),
+          text('greetingVideoCloseLabel', 'Video close button label', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoCloseLabel),
        ],
      },
      {
@@ -134,13 +151,12 @@ export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
        name: 'jury',
        label: '04 · Jury members',
        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Jury section heading, chair badge, members, and note.'),
+        admin: sectionAdmin('Jury section heading, chair badge, and rendered member selection.'),
        fields: [
          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', netzwerkContent.jury.eyebrow),
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', netzwerkContent.jury.heading),
          textarea('description', 'Description', netzwerkContent.jury.description),
          text('chairBadge', 'Chair badge', netzwerkContent.jury.chairBadge),
-          textarea('note', 'Note', netzwerkContent.jury.note),
          {
            name: 'members',
            label: 'Members',
@@ -183,14 +199,15 @@ export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', netzwerkContent.partners.heading),
          textarea('description', 'Description', netzwerkContent.partners.description),
          text('detailLabel', 'Detail label', netzwerkContent.partners.detailLabel),
-          text('premiumLabel', 'Premium label', netzwerkContent.partners.premiumLabel),
-          text('defaultLogoColor', 'Default logo color', netzwerkContent.partners.defaultLogoColor),
          {
            name: 'tiers',
-            label: 'Tiers',
+            label: 'Tier headings and supporting copy',
            type: 'array',
            dbName: 'network_tiers',
            defaultValue: netzwerkContent.partners.tiers,
+            admin: {
+              description: 'One copy row per sponsor tier. Partner membership and order come from each Partner record.',
+            },
            fields: [numberField('tier', 'Tier'), text('label', 'Label'), text('note', 'Note')],
          },
          {
@@ -214,7 +231,7 @@ export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
        name: 'sponsoring',
        label: '07 · Sponsoring section',
        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Sponsoring pitch, image, benefits, form eyebrow, and membership footnote.'),
+        admin: sectionAdmin('Sponsoring pitch, image, benefits, and form eyebrow.'),
        fields: [
          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', netzwerkContent.sponsoring.eyebrow),
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', netzwerkContent.sponsoring.heading),
@@ -222,10 +239,6 @@ export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
          uploadField('image', 'Form panel image', `Current frontend image: /images/${netzwerkContent.sponsoring.imageFilename}`),
          text('imageAlt', 'Image alt text', netzwerkContent.sponsoring.imageAlt),
          text('imageLabel', 'Image label', netzwerkContent.sponsoring.imageLabel),
-          text('formEyebrow', 'Form eyebrow', netzwerkContent.sponsoring.formEyebrow),
-          text('footnotePrefix', 'Footnote prefix', netzwerkContent.sponsoring.footnotePrefix),
-          text('footnoteLabel', 'Footnote link label', netzwerkContent.sponsoring.footnoteLabel),
-          text('footnoteUrl', 'Footnote link URL', netzwerkContent.sponsoring.footnoteUrl),
          {
            name: 'benefits',
            label: 'Benefits',
@@ -240,7 +253,7 @@ export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
        name: 'sponsoringForm',
        label: '08 · Sponsoring form',
        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Wizard labels, package options, validation messages, success copy, and footer note.'),
+        admin: sectionAdmin('Two-step wizard labels, field copy, validation messages, success copy, and footer note.'),
        fields: [
          {
            name: 'steps',
@@ -248,26 +261,18 @@ export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
            type: 'array',
            dbName: 'network_form_steps',
            defaultValue: netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.steps,
+            minRows: 2,
+            maxRows: 2,
            fields: formStepFields,
          },
-          {
-            name: 'packages',
-            label: 'Package options',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'network_form_pkgs',
-            defaultValue: netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.packages,
-            fields: packageFields,
-          },
-          text('step1Eyebrow', 'Step 1 eyebrow', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step1Eyebrow),
-          text('step1Heading', 'Step 1 heading', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step1Heading),
-          text('step2Eyebrow', 'Step 2 eyebrow', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step2Eyebrow),
-          text('step2Heading', 'Step 2 heading', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step2Heading),
+          text('step2Eyebrow', 'Step 1 eyebrow', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step2Eyebrow),
+          text('step2Heading', 'Step 1 heading', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step2Heading),
          text('companyLabel', 'Company label', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.companyLabel),
          text('companyPlaceholder', 'Company placeholder', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.companyPlaceholder),
          text('industryLabel', 'Industry label', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.industryLabel),
          text('industryPlaceholder', 'Industry placeholder', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.industryPlaceholder),
-          text('step3Eyebrow', 'Step 3 eyebrow', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step3Eyebrow),
-          text('step3Heading', 'Step 3 heading', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step3Heading),
+          text('step3Eyebrow', 'Step 2 eyebrow', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step3Eyebrow),
+          text('step3Heading', 'Step 2 heading', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.step3Heading),
          text('contactLabel', 'Contact label', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.contactLabel),
          text('contactPlaceholder', 'Contact placeholder', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.contactPlaceholder),
          text('emailLabel', 'Email label', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.emailLabel),
@@ -275,7 +280,6 @@ export const netzwerkFields: Field[] = [
          text('backLabel', 'Back label', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.backLabel),
          text('nextLabel', 'Next label', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.nextLabel),
          text('submitLabel', 'Submit label', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.submitLabel),
-          text('requiredPackageError', 'Required package error', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.requiredPackageError),
          text('requiredFieldError', 'Required field error', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.requiredFieldError),
          text('invalidEmailError', 'Invalid email error', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.invalidEmailError),
          text('doneLabel', 'Done step label', netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.doneLabel),
--- a/src/collections/Pages/participationFields.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Pages/participationFields.ts
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ const textarea = (name: string, label: string, defaultValue?: string): Field =>
  defaultValue,
 })

-const checkbox = (name: string, label: string, defaultValue = false): Field => ({
-  name,
-  type: 'checkbox',
-  label,
-  defaultValue,
-})
-
 const sectionAdmin = (description: string) => ({
  description,
  initCollapsed: true,
@@ -133,7 +126,6 @@ export const participationFields: Field[] = [
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', participationContent.eligibility.heading),
          textarea('description', 'Intro paragraph', participationContent.eligibility.description),
          ctaGroup('primaryCta', 'Primary CTA', participationContent.eligibility.primaryCta.label, participationContent.eligibility.primaryCta.url),
-          ctaGroup('secondaryCta', 'Secondary CTA', participationContent.eligibility.secondaryCta.label, participationContent.eligibility.secondaryCta.url),
          {
            name: 'criteria',
            label: 'Eligibility rows',
@@ -151,7 +143,6 @@ export const participationFields: Field[] = [
            fields: [text('title', 'Title'), textarea('body', 'Body'), iconField('building2')],
          },
          text('nudgeText', 'Bottom nudge text', participationContent.eligibility.nudgeText),
-          ctaGroup('nudgeCta', 'Bottom CTA', participationContent.eligibility.nudgeCta.label, participationContent.eligibility.nudgeCta.url),
        ],
      },
      {
@@ -163,13 +154,6 @@ export const participationFields: Field[] = [
          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', participationContent.applicationWays.eyebrow),
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', participationContent.applicationWays.heading),
          textarea('description', 'Intro paragraph', participationContent.applicationWays.description),
-          text('recommendedLabel', 'Featured card label', participationContent.applicationWays.recommendedLabel),
-          ctaGroup(
-            'fallbackCta',
-            'Fallback CTA for path cards',
-            participationContent.applicationWays.fallbackCta.label,
-            participationContent.applicationWays.fallbackCta.url,
-          ),
          {
            name: 'institutions',
            label: 'Proposal institutions',
@@ -189,7 +173,6 @@ export const participationFields: Field[] = [
              textarea('title', 'Title'),
              textarea('desc', 'Description'),
              iconField('send', 'ico'),
-              checkbox('featured', 'Featured card'),
              {
                name: 'listType',
                label: 'Detail list type',
@@ -208,7 +191,6 @@ export const participationFields: Field[] = [
                dbName: 'way_facts',
                fields: factFields,
              },
-              ctaGroup('cta', 'CTA', participationContent.applicationWays.fallbackCta.label, participationContent.applicationWays.fallbackCta.url),
            ],
          },
        ],
@@ -268,149 +250,6 @@ export const participationFields: Field[] = [
          },
        ],
      },
-      {
-        name: 'applicationForm',
-        label: '07 · Application form wrapper',
-        type: 'group',
-        admin: { ...sectionAdmin('Legacy page-level form section. The frontend now uses Formulare > Bewerbungsformular.'), hidden: true },
-        fields: [
-          uploadField('image', 'Form image', `Current frontend image: /images/${participationContent.applicationForm.imageFilename}`),
-          text('imageAlt', 'Image alt text', participationContent.applicationForm.imageAlt),
-          text('imageCaption', 'Image caption', participationContent.applicationForm.imageCaption),
-          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', participationContent.applicationForm.eyebrow),
-          textarea('heading', 'Heading', participationContent.applicationForm.heading),
-          textarea('description', 'Body copy', participationContent.applicationForm.description),
-          {
-            name: 'facts',
-            label: 'Fact rows',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'form_facts',
-            defaultValue: participationContent.applicationForm.facts,
-            fields: [text('num', 'Number'), text('label', 'Label'), textarea('desc', 'Description')],
-          },
-          text('formEyebrow', 'Form eyebrow', participationContent.applicationForm.formEyebrow),
-          text('formTitle', 'Form title', participationContent.applicationForm.formTitle),
-          ctaGroup('uploadCta', 'Top upload CTA', participationContent.applicationForm.uploadCta.label, participationContent.applicationForm.uploadCta.url),
-          textarea('uploadPrompt', 'Bottom upload prompt', participationContent.applicationForm.uploadPrompt),
-          ctaGroup('uploadFooterCta', 'Bottom upload CTA', participationContent.applicationForm.uploadFooterCta.label, participationContent.applicationForm.uploadFooterCta.url),
-        ],
-      },
-      {
-        name: 'form',
-        label: '08 · Application form copy and logic labels',
-        type: 'group',
-        admin: { ...sectionAdmin('Legacy page-level form fields. The frontend now uses Formulare > Bewerbungsformular.'), hidden: true },
-        fields: [
-          text('stepCompleteLabel', 'Completed step label', participationContent.form.stepCompleteLabel),
-          text('backLabel', 'Back button label', participationContent.form.backLabel),
-          text('nextLabel', 'Next button label', participationContent.form.nextLabel),
-          text('submitLabel', 'Submit button label', participationContent.form.submitLabel),
-          text('yesLabel', 'Yes option label', participationContent.form.yesLabel),
-          text('noLabel', 'No option label', participationContent.form.noLabel),
-          text('requiredSuffix', 'Required field suffix', participationContent.form.requiredSuffix),
-          {
-            name: 'validation',
-            label: 'Validation messages',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: [
-              text('choose', 'Choose message', participationContent.form.validation.choose),
-              text('required', 'Required message', participationContent.form.validation.required),
-              text('invalidEmail', 'Invalid email message', participationContent.form.validation.invalidEmail),
-            ],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'typeStep',
-            label: 'Step 1 · Submission type',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: [
-              text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', participationContent.form.typeStep.eyebrow),
-              text('heading', 'Heading', participationContent.form.typeStep.heading),
-              text('selfTitle', 'Self-application title', participationContent.form.typeStep.selfTitle),
-              textarea('selfDesc', 'Self-application description', participationContent.form.typeStep.selfDesc),
-              text('nominationTitle', 'Nomination title', participationContent.form.typeStep.nominationTitle),
-              textarea('nominationDesc', 'Nomination description', participationContent.form.typeStep.nominationDesc),
-            ],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'selfSteps',
-            label: 'Self-application step labels',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'self_steps',
-            defaultValue: participationContent.form.selfSteps,
-            fields: [text('label', 'Label'), iconField('trophy')],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'nominationSteps',
-            label: 'Nomination step labels',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'nom_steps',
-            defaultValue: participationContent.form.nominationSteps,
-            fields: [text('label', 'Label'), iconField('trophy')],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'employeeOptions',
-            label: 'Employee options',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'emp_opts',
-            defaultValue: participationContent.form.employeeOptions,
-            fields: [text('value', 'Value'), text('label', 'Label')],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'eligibility',
-            label: 'Self-application eligibility step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: [
-              text('allowedEmployeeValues', 'Allowed employee option values, comma-separated', participationContent.form.eligibility.allowedEmployeeValues),
-              text('requiredBayernValue', 'Required Bavaria answer value', participationContent.form.eligibility.requiredBayernValue),
-              text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', participationContent.form.eligibility.eyebrow),
-              text('heading', 'Heading', participationContent.form.eligibility.heading),
-              text('employeesLabel', 'Employees field label', participationContent.form.eligibility.employeesLabel),
-              text('bayernLabel', 'Bavaria field label', participationContent.form.eligibility.bayernLabel),
-              text('ownerLabel', 'Owner field label', participationContent.form.eligibility.ownerLabel),
-              text('ineligibleHeading', 'Ineligible heading', participationContent.form.eligibility.ineligibleHeading),
-              textarea('ineligibleBody', 'Ineligible body', participationContent.form.eligibility.ineligibleBody),
-              text('ineligibleContactPrefix', 'Ineligible contact prefix', participationContent.form.eligibility.ineligibleContactPrefix),
-              text('ineligibleContactEmail', 'Ineligible contact email', participationContent.form.eligibility.ineligibleContactEmail),
-            ],
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'selfContact',
-            label: 'Self-application contact step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(participationContent.form.selfContact).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'selfSummary',
-            label: 'Self-application summary step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(participationContent.form.selfSummary).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'nominationCompany',
-            label: 'Nomination company step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(participationContent.form.nominationCompany).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'nominationContact',
-            label: 'Nomination contact step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(participationContent.form.nominationContact).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'nominationSummary',
-            label: 'Nomination summary step',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(participationContent.form.nominationSummary).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-          {
-            name: 'success',
-            label: 'Success state copy',
-            type: 'group',
-            fields: Object.entries(participationContent.form.success).map(([name, value]) => text(name, name, value)),
-          },
-        ],
-      },
    ],
  },
 ]
--- a/src/collections/Pages/pressIndexFields.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Pages/pressIndexFields.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ import type { Field } from 'payload'

 import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent'

-const uploadField = (name: string, label: string, description?: string): Field => ({
+const uploadField = (name: string, label: string, description?: string, imageOnly = false): Field => ({
  name,
  type: 'upload',
  relationTo: 'media',
  label,
+  ...(imageOnly
+    ? {
+        filterOptions: {
+          mimeType: {
+            contains: 'image',
+          },
+        },
+      }
+    : {}),
  admin: description ? { description } : undefined,
 })

@@ -29,32 +38,11 @@ const sectionAdmin = (description: string) => ({
  initCollapsed: true,
 })

-const eventFields: Field[] = [
-  text('title', 'Title'),
-  text('date', 'Date'),
-  text('location', 'Location'),
-  text('cat', 'Category'),
-  text('status', 'Status'),
-  uploadField('image', 'Image'),
-  text('img', 'Image URL or path'),
-  textarea('desc', 'Description'),
-  text('slug', 'Route'),
-]
-
 const statusLabelFields: Field[] = [
  text('value', 'Raw status value'),
  text('label', 'Display label'),
 ]

-const newsFields: Field[] = [
-  text('title', 'Title'),
-  textarea('excerpt', 'Excerpt'),
-  text('cat', 'Category'),
-  uploadField('image', 'Image'),
-  text('img', 'Image URL or path'),
-  text('slug', 'Route'),
-]
-
 export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
  {
    name: 'pressIndex',
@@ -62,7 +50,7 @@ export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
    type: 'group',
    admin: {
      description:
-        'Edit the Presse listing page chrome. Event and news records are managed through Events and Presse collections; fallback cards remain editable here.',
+        'Edit the Presse listing page chrome. Event and news records are managed through Events and Presse collections.',
    },
    fields: [
      {
@@ -82,12 +70,11 @@ export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
        name: 'events',
        label: '02 · Events section',
        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Section header, labels, and fallback event rows.'),
+        admin: sectionAdmin('Section header, labels, and missing-field presentation fallbacks.'),
        fields: [
          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', pressIndexContent.events.eyebrow),
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', pressIndexContent.events.heading),
          textarea('description', 'Description', pressIndexContent.events.description),
-          text('detailLabel', 'Detail link label', pressIndexContent.events.detailLabel),
          text('defaultStatusLabel', 'Missing status fallback label', pressIndexContent.events.defaultStatusLabel),
          text('openStatusLabel', 'Open status label', pressIndexContent.events.openStatusLabel),
          text('missingTitleLabel', 'Missing event title label', pressIndexContent.events.missingTitleLabel),
@@ -102,73 +89,41 @@ export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
            defaultValue: pressIndexContent.events.statusLabels,
            fields: statusLabelFields,
          },
-          {
-            name: 'fallbackItems',
-            label: 'Fallback event rows',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'press_events_fb',
-            defaultValue: pressIndexContent.events.fallbackItems,
-            fields: eventFields,
-          },
        ],
      },
      {
        name: 'news',
        label: '03 · Newsroom section',
        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Section header, read-more label, and fallback news cards.'),
+        admin: sectionAdmin('Section header, read-more label, and missing-field presentation fallbacks.'),
        fields: [
          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', pressIndexContent.news.eyebrow),
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', pressIndexContent.news.heading),
          textarea('description', 'Description', pressIndexContent.news.description),
-          text('readMoreLabel', 'Read more label', pressIndexContent.news.readMoreLabel),
          text('missingTitleLabel', 'Missing news title label', pressIndexContent.news.missingTitleLabel),
          text('missingCategoryLabel', 'Missing news category label', pressIndexContent.news.missingCategoryLabel),
          uploadField('collectionFallbackImage', 'Missing news image fallback', `Current frontend image: /images/${pressIndexContent.news.collectionFallbackImageFilename}`),
-          {
-            name: 'fallbackItems',
-            label: 'Fallback news cards',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'press_news_fb',
-            defaultValue: pressIndexContent.news.fallbackItems,
-            fields: newsFields,
-          },
        ],
      },
      {
        name: 'downloads',
        label: '04 · Press material and contact',
        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Download button and press contact block.'),
+        admin: sectionAdmin('Press material introduction and contact block.'),
        fields: [
          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', pressIndexContent.downloads.eyebrow),
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', pressIndexContent.downloads.heading),
          textarea('description', 'Description', pressIndexContent.downloads.description),
-          text('kitLabel', 'Kit label', pressIndexContent.downloads.kitLabel),
-          text('kitMeta', 'Kit metadata', pressIndexContent.downloads.kitMeta),
-          uploadField('kitFile', 'Press kit file', `Current frontend file: ${pressIndexContent.downloads.kitUrl}`),
-          text('kitUrl', 'Kit URL', pressIndexContent.downloads.kitUrl),
-          text('kitDownloadName', 'Kit download filename', pressIndexContent.downloads.kitDownloadName),
          text('contactEyebrow', 'Contact eyebrow', pressIndexContent.downloads.contactEyebrow),
          text('contactName', 'Contact name', pressIndexContent.downloads.contactName),
          textarea('contactLines', 'Contact lines', pressIndexContent.downloads.contactLines),
-        ],
-      },
-      {
-        name: 'accreditation',
-        label: '05 · Accreditation form copy',
-        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Labels and success state for the press accreditation form.'),
-        fields: [
-          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', pressIndexContent.accreditation.eyebrow),
-          textarea('heading', 'Heading', pressIndexContent.accreditation.heading),
-          textarea('description', 'Description', pressIndexContent.accreditation.description),
-          text('mediumLabel', 'Medium label', pressIndexContent.accreditation.mediumLabel),
-          text('nameLabel', 'Name label', pressIndexContent.accreditation.nameLabel),
-          text('emailLabel', 'Email label', pressIndexContent.accreditation.emailLabel),
-          text('submitLabel', 'Submit label', pressIndexContent.accreditation.submitLabel),
-          text('successHeading', 'Success heading', pressIndexContent.accreditation.successHeading),
-          textarea('successMessage', 'Success message', pressIndexContent.accreditation.successMessage),
+          uploadField(
+            'contactImage',
+            'Contact image',
+            'Optional image shown beside the press contact. Clear the selection to use the copy-only layout.',
+            true,
+          ),
+          text('contactImageAlt', 'Contact image alt text', pressIndexContent.downloads.contactImageAlt),
        ],
      },
    ],
--- a/src/collections/Partners.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Partners.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
+import type { CollectionConfig, NumberFieldSingleValidation } from 'payload'

 import { authenticated } from '@/access/authenticated'
 import { authenticatedOrPublished } from '@/access/authenticatedOrPublished'
 import { populatePublishedAt } from '@/hooks/populatePublishedAt'
+import { sponsorTierNumbers } from '@/spa/sponsorHierarchy'
+
+export const validatePartnerTier: NumberFieldSingleValidation = (value) =>
+  typeof value === 'number' && sponsorTierNumbers.some((tier) => tier === value)
+    ? true
+    : 'Tier must be one of 1, 2, or 3.'

 export const Partners: CollectionConfig = {
  slug: 'partners',
@@ -17,7 +23,15 @@ export const Partners: CollectionConfig = {
    update: authenticated,
  },
  admin: {
-    defaultColumns: ['name', 'tier', 'sortOrder', 'active', 'showOnHomepage', 'updatedAt'],
+    defaultColumns: [
+      'name',
+      'tier',
+      'sortOrder',
+      '_status',
+      'active',
+      'showOnHomepage',
+      'updatedAt',
+    ],
    group: 'Inhalte',
    useAsTitle: 'name',
  },
@@ -40,14 +54,21 @@ export const Partners: CollectionConfig = {
      name: 'tier',
      type: 'number',
      defaultValue: 3,
+      min: 1,
+      max: 3,
      required: true,
+      validate: validatePartnerTier,
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Only tiers 1, 2, and 3 are supported.',
+        step: 1,
+      },
    },
    {
      name: 'sortOrder',
      type: 'number',
      defaultValue: 100,
      admin: {
-        description: 'Lower numbers appear earlier on partner surfaces.',
+        description: 'Lower numbers appear earlier within the selected tier on partner surfaces.',
      },
    },
    {
@@ -68,7 +89,8 @@ export const Partners: CollectionConfig = {
      relationTo: 'media',
      required: true,
      admin: {
-        description: 'Partner logo displayed on partner cards, the detail modal, and the homepage ticker.',
+        description:
+          'Partner logo displayed on partner cards, the detail modal, and the homepage ticker.',
      },
    },
    {
--- a/src/collections/Posts/hooks/revalidatePost.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Posts/hooks/revalidatePost.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const revalidatePost: CollectionAfterChangeHook<Post> = ({
 }) => {
  if (!context.disableRevalidate) {
    if (doc._status === 'published') {
-      const path = doc.spaPath || `/posts/${doc.slug}`
+      const path = doc.spaPath || `/presse/blog/${doc.slug}`

      payload.logger.info(`Revalidating post at path: ${path}`)

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const revalidatePost: CollectionAfterChangeHook<Post> = ({

    // If the post was previously published, we need to revalidate the old path
    if (previousDoc._status === 'published' && doc._status !== 'published') {
-      const oldPath = previousDoc.spaPath || `/posts/${previousDoc.slug}`
+      const oldPath = previousDoc.spaPath || `/presse/blog/${previousDoc.slug}`

      payload.logger.info(`Revalidating old post at path: ${oldPath}`)

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const revalidatePost: CollectionAfterChangeHook<Post> = ({

 export const revalidateDelete: CollectionAfterDeleteHook<Post> = ({ doc, req: { context } }) => {
  if (!context.disableRevalidate) {
-    const path = doc?.spaPath || `/posts/${doc?.slug}`
+    const path = doc?.spaPath || `/presse/blog/${doc?.slug}`

    revalidatePath(path)
    revalidateTag('posts-sitemap', 'max')
--- a/src/collections/Preistraeger.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Preistraeger.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import { preistraegerDetailContent } from '@/spa/preistraegerDetailContent'
 import { generatePreviewPath } from '@/utilities/generatePreviewPath'
 import { slugField } from 'payload'

+import {
+  revalidatePreistraeger,
+  revalidatePreistraegerDelete,
+} from './Preistraeger/hooks/revalidatePreistraeger'
+
 import {
  MetaDescriptionField,
  MetaTitleField,
@@ -372,6 +377,8 @@ export const Preistraeger: CollectionConfig = {
    slugField(),
  ],
  hooks: {
+    afterChange: [revalidatePreistraeger],
+    afterDelete: [revalidatePreistraegerDelete],
    beforeChange: [populatePublishedAt],
  },
  versions: {
--- a/src/collections/Preistraeger/hooks/revalidatePreistraeger.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Preistraeger/hooks/revalidatePreistraeger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import type { CollectionAfterChangeHook, CollectionAfterDeleteHook } from 'payload'
+
+import { revalidatePath, revalidateTag } from 'next/cache'
+
+import type { Preistraeger } from '../../../payload-types'
+
+const preistraegerPath = (doc: Pick<Preistraeger, 'slug' | 'spaPath'>) =>
+  doc.spaPath || `/preistraeger/${doc.slug}`
+
+export const revalidatePreistraeger: CollectionAfterChangeHook<Preistraeger> = ({
+  doc,
+  previousDoc,
+  req: { payload, context },
+}) => {
+  if (!context.disableRevalidate) {
+    if (doc._status === 'published') {
+      const path = preistraegerPath(doc)
+
+      payload.logger.info(`Revalidating Preisträger at path: ${path}`)
+      revalidatePath(path)
+      revalidateTag('posts-sitemap', 'max')
+    }
+
+    if (previousDoc?._status === 'published' && doc._status !== 'published') {
+      const oldPath = preistraegerPath(previousDoc)
+
+      payload.logger.info(`Revalidating old Preisträger at path: ${oldPath}`)
+      revalidatePath(oldPath)
+      revalidateTag('posts-sitemap', 'max')
+    }
+  }
+
+  return doc
+}
+
+export const revalidatePreistraegerDelete: CollectionAfterDeleteHook<Preistraeger> = ({
+  doc,
+  req: { context },
+}) => {
+  if (!context.disableRevalidate) {
+    revalidatePath(preistraegerPath(doc))
+    revalidateTag('posts-sitemap', 'max')
+  }
+
+  return doc
+}
--- a/src/migrations/20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import { type MigrateDownArgs, type MigrateUpArgs, sql } from '@payloadcms/db-sqlite'
+
+type MigrationDB = MigrateUpArgs['db']
+
+const ident = (value: string) => `\`${value.replace(/`/g, '``')}\``
+const literal = (value: string) => `'${value.replace(/'/g, "''")}'`
+
+const fallbackTables = [
+  'press_events_fb',
+  '_press_events_fb_v',
+  'press_news_fb',
+  '_press_news_fb_v',
+] as const
+
+async function tableExists(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  const rows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ${literal(tableName)}`),
+  )) as Array<{ name: string }>
+
+  return rows.length > 0
+}
+
+async function createIndex(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string, suffix: string, columnName: string) {
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${ident(`${tableName}_${suffix}_idx`)} ON ${ident(tableName)} (${ident(columnName)});`,
+    ),
+  )
+}
+
+async function createLiveFallbackTable(
+  db: MigrationDB,
+  tableName: 'press_events_fb' | 'press_news_fb',
+  itemColumns: string,
+) {
+  if (await tableExists(db, tableName)) return
+
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(`
+    CREATE TABLE ${ident(tableName)} (
+      ${ident('_order')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('_parent_id')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('id')} text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+      ${itemColumns},
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('image_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident('media')}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null,
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('_parent_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident('pages')}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE cascade
+    );
+  `),
+  )
+
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'order', '_order')
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'parent_id', '_parent_id')
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'image', 'image_id')
+}
+
+async function createVersionFallbackTable(
+  db: MigrationDB,
+  tableName: '_press_events_fb_v' | '_press_news_fb_v',
+  itemColumns: string,
+) {
+  if (await tableExists(db, tableName)) return
+
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(`
+    CREATE TABLE ${ident(tableName)} (
+      ${ident('_order')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('_parent_id')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('id')} integer PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+      ${itemColumns},
+      ${ident('_uuid')} text,
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('image_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident('media')}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null,
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('_parent_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident('_pages_v')}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE cascade
+    );
+  `),
+  )
+
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'order', '_order')
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'parent_id', '_parent_id')
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'image', 'image_id')
+}
+
+const eventColumns = [
+  `${ident('title')} text`,
+  `${ident('date')} text`,
+  `${ident('location')} text`,
+  `${ident('cat')} text`,
+  `${ident('status')} text`,
+  `${ident('image_id')} integer`,
+  `${ident('img')} text`,
+  `${ident('desc')} text`,
+  `${ident('slug')} text`,
+].join(',\n      ')
+
+const newsColumns = [
+  `${ident('title')} text`,
+  `${ident('excerpt')} text`,
+  `${ident('cat')} text`,
+  `${ident('image_id')} integer`,
+  `${ident('img')} text`,
+  `${ident('slug')} text`,
+].join(',\n      ')
+
+export async function up({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateUpArgs): Promise<void> {
+  for (const tableName of fallbackTables) {
+    await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${ident(tableName)};`))
+  }
+}
+
+export async function down({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateDownArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await createLiveFallbackTable(db, 'press_events_fb', eventColumns)
+  await createVersionFallbackTable(db, '_press_events_fb_v', eventColumns)
+  await createLiveFallbackTable(db, 'press_news_fb', newsColumns)
+  await createVersionFallbackTable(db, '_press_news_fb_v', newsColumns)
+}
--- a/src/migrations/20260731_160000_focused_payload_cleanup.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/20260731_160000_focused_payload_cleanup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+import { type MigrateDownArgs, type MigrateUpArgs, sql } from '@payloadcms/db-sqlite'
+
+import { homeContent } from '@/spa/homeContent'
+
+type MigrationDB = MigrateUpArgs['db']
+
+const ident = (value: string) => `\`${value.replace(/`/g, '``')}\``
+const literal = (value: string) => `'${value.replace(/'/g, "''")}'`
+const snake = (value: string) => value.replace(/[A-Z]/g, (letter) => `_${letter.toLowerCase()}`)
+
+const obsoleteChildTables = [
+  'pages_home_application_benefits',
+  '_pages_v_version_home_application_benefits',
+  'home_self_steps',
+  '_home_self_steps_v',
+  'home_nom_steps',
+  '_home_nom_steps_v',
+  'home_emp_opts',
+  '_home_emp_opts_v',
+  'form_facts',
+  '_form_facts_v',
+  'self_steps',
+  '_self_steps_v',
+  'nom_steps',
+  '_nom_steps_v',
+  'emp_opts',
+  '_emp_opts_v',
+  'network_form_pkgs',
+  '_network_form_pkgs_v',
+] as const
+
+const livePrefixes = [
+  'home_application_',
+  'home_form_',
+  'participation_application_form_',
+  'participation_form_',
+  'about_highlights_',
+  'press_index_downloads_kit_',
+  'press_index_accreditation_',
+] as const
+
+const versionPrefixes = livePrefixes.map((prefix) => `version_${prefix}`)
+
+const standaloneLiveColumns = [
+  'netzwerk_jury_note',
+  'netzwerk_partners_premium_label',
+  'netzwerk_partners_default_logo_color',
+  'netzwerk_sponsoring_footnote_prefix',
+  'netzwerk_sponsoring_footnote_label',
+  'netzwerk_sponsoring_footnote_url',
+  'netzwerk_sponsoring_form_eyebrow',
+  'netzwerk_sponsoring_form_step1_eyebrow',
+  'netzwerk_sponsoring_form_step1_heading',
+  'netzwerk_sponsoring_form_required_package_error',
+  'participation_eligibility_secondary_cta_label',
+  'participation_eligibility_secondary_cta_url',
+  'participation_eligibility_nudge_cta_label',
+  'participation_eligibility_nudge_cta_url',
+  'participation_application_ways_recommended_label',
+  'participation_application_ways_fallback_cta_label',
+  'participation_application_ways_fallback_cta_url',
+  'press_index_events_detail_label',
+  'press_index_news_read_more_label',
+] as const
+
+const obsoleteApplicationWayColumns = ['featured', 'cta_label', 'cta_url'] as const
+
+const uploadIndexes = [
+  'pages_home_application_home_application_award_image_idx',
+  '_pages_v_version_home_application_version_home_applicati_idx',
+  'pages_participation_application_form_participation_appli_idx',
+  '_pages_v_version_participation_application_form_version__idx',
+  'pages_about_highlights_about_highlights_fallback_image_idx',
+  '_pages_v_version_about_highlights_version_about_highligh_idx',
+  'pages_press_index_downloads_press_index_downloads_kit_fi_idx',
+  '_pages_v_version_press_index_downloads_version_press_ind_idx',
+] as const
+
+function flattenScalars(value: Record<string, unknown>, prefix = ''): Array<[string, string]> {
+  return Object.entries(value).flatMap(([key, item]) => {
+    const path = prefix ? `${prefix}_${snake(key)}` : snake(key)
+    if (Array.isArray(item) || item === undefined || item === null) return []
+    if (typeof item === 'object') return flattenScalars(item as Record<string, unknown>, path)
+    return [[path, String(item)]]
+  })
+}
+
+const homeApplicationColumns = flattenScalars(homeContent.application as Record<string, unknown>)
+  .filter(([name]) => name !== 'award_image_filename')
+  .map(([name, value]) => [`home_application_${name}`, `text DEFAULT ${literal(value)}`] as const)
+
+const sharedFormColumns = flattenScalars(homeContent.form as Record<string, unknown>)
+
+const participationApplicationColumns = [
+  'image_alt',
+  'image_caption',
+  'eyebrow',
+  'heading',
+  'description',
+  'form_eyebrow',
+  'form_title',
+  'upload_cta_label',
+  'upload_cta_url',
+  'upload_prompt',
+  'upload_footer_cta_label',
+  'upload_footer_cta_url',
+].map((suffix) => [`participation_application_form_${suffix}`, 'text'] as const)
+
+const aboutHighlightColumns = [
+  'eyebrow',
+  'heading',
+  'cta_label',
+  'cta_url',
+  'hover_label',
+  'fallback_winner_name',
+  'fallback_winner_category',
+  'fallback_winner_award_type',
+].map((suffix) => [`about_highlights_${suffix}`, 'text'] as const)
+
+const pressColumns = [
+  'press_index_downloads_kit_label',
+  'press_index_downloads_kit_meta',
+  'press_index_downloads_kit_url',
+  'press_index_downloads_kit_download_name',
+  'press_index_accreditation_eyebrow',
+  'press_index_accreditation_heading',
+  'press_index_accreditation_description',
+  'press_index_accreditation_medium_label',
+  'press_index_accreditation_name_label',
+  'press_index_accreditation_email_label',
+  'press_index_accreditation_submit_label',
+  'press_index_accreditation_success_heading',
+  'press_index_accreditation_success_message',
+].map((name) => [name, 'text'] as const)
+
+const restoredLiveColumns = [
+  ...homeApplicationColumns,
+  ['home_application_award_caption', 'text'] as const,
+  ['home_application_award_image_id', 'integer REFERENCES `media`(`id`) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null'] as const,
+  ...sharedFormColumns.map(([name, value]) => [`home_form_${name}`, `text DEFAULT ${literal(value)}`] as const),
+  ...participationApplicationColumns,
+  ['participation_application_form_image_id', 'integer REFERENCES `media`(`id`) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null'] as const,
+  ...sharedFormColumns.map(([name, value]) => [`participation_form_${name}`, `text DEFAULT ${literal(value)}`] as const),
+  ...aboutHighlightColumns,
+  ['about_highlights_fallback_image_id', 'integer REFERENCES `media`(`id`) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null'] as const,
+  ['about_highlights_year', 'numeric'] as const,
+  ...pressColumns,
+  ['press_index_downloads_kit_file_id', 'integer REFERENCES `media`(`id`) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null'] as const,
+  ...standaloneLiveColumns.map((name) => [name, 'text'] as const),
+]
+
+async function tableExists(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  const rows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ${literal(tableName)}`),
+  )) as Array<{ name: string }>
+  return rows.length > 0
+}
+
+async function columnNames(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  if (!(await tableExists(db, tableName))) return []
+  const columns = (await db.all(sql.raw(`PRAGMA table_info(${ident(tableName)})`))) as Array<{ name: string }>
+  return columns.map((column) => column.name)
+}
+
+async function columnExists(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string, columnName: string) {
+  return (await columnNames(db, tableName)).includes(columnName)
+}
+
+async function addColumn(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string, columnName: string, definition: string) {
+  if (await columnExists(db, tableName, columnName)) return
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`ALTER TABLE ${ident(tableName)} ADD ${ident(columnName)} ${definition};`))
+}
+
+function splitDefinitions(value: string) {
+  const definitions: string[] = []
+  let current = ''
+  let depth = 0
+  let quote = ''
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
+    const character = value[index]
+    const previous = value[index - 1]
+
+    if (quote) {
+      current += character
+      if (character === quote && previous !== '\\') quote = ''
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (character === '`' || character === '"' || character === "'") {
+      quote = character
+      current += character
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (character === '(') depth += 1
+    if (character === ')') depth -= 1
+    if (character === ',' && depth === 0) {
+      definitions.push(current.trim())
+      current = ''
+      continue
+    }
+    current += character
+  }
+
+  if (current.trim()) definitions.push(current.trim())
+  return definitions
+}
+
+function definitionColumnName(definition: string) {
+  const match = definition.trim().match(/^(?:`([^`]+)`|"([^"]+)"|\[([^\]]+)\]|([^\s]+))/)
+  return match?.[1] || match?.[2] || match?.[3] || match?.[4] || ''
+}
+
+function referencesColumn(definition: string, column: string) {
+  return [ident(column), `"${column}"`, `[${column}]`].some((value) => definition.includes(value))
+}
+
+async function rebuildTableWithoutColumns(
+  db: MigrationDB,
+  tableName: string,
+  removedColumns: readonly string[],
+) {
+  if (removedColumns.length === 0) return
+
+  const schemaRows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ${literal(tableName)}`),
+  )) as Array<{ sql: string }>
+  const schema = schemaRows[0]?.sql
+  if (!schema) return
+
+  const open = schema.indexOf('(')
+  const close = schema.lastIndexOf(')')
+  if (open < 0 || close < open) throw new Error(`Could not parse schema for ${tableName}`)
+
+  const definitions = splitDefinitions(schema.slice(open + 1, close))
+  const keptDefinitions = definitions.filter((definition) => {
+    const columnName = definitionColumnName(definition)
+    const isConstraint = /^(CONSTRAINT|FOREIGN|PRIMARY|UNIQUE|CHECK)\b/i.test(columnName)
+    if (isConstraint) return !removedColumns.some((column) => referencesColumn(definition, column))
+    return !removedColumns.includes(columnName)
+  })
+  const keptColumns = (await columnNames(db, tableName)).filter((column) => !removedColumns.includes(column))
+  const indexRows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'index' AND tbl_name = ${literal(tableName)} AND sql IS NOT NULL`),
+  )) as Array<{ sql: string }>
+  const keptIndexes = indexRows
+    .map((row) => row.sql)
+    .filter((indexSql) => !removedColumns.some((column) => referencesColumn(indexSql, column)))
+  const temporaryTable = `__task4_${tableName}`
+  const columnList = keptColumns.map(ident).join(', ')
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${ident(temporaryTable)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`CREATE TABLE ${ident(temporaryTable)} (${keptDefinitions.join(',\n')})${schema.slice(close + 1)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`INSERT INTO ${ident(temporaryTable)} (${columnList}) SELECT ${columnList} FROM ${ident(tableName)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE ${ident(tableName)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`ALTER TABLE ${ident(temporaryTable)} RENAME TO ${ident(tableName)};`))
+
+  for (const indexSql of keptIndexes) await db.run(sql.raw(`${indexSql};`))
+}
+
+async function trimSponsoringSteps(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  if (!(await tableExists(db, tableName))) return
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`
+    DELETE FROM ${ident(tableName)}
+    WHERE ${ident('id')} IN (
+      SELECT ${ident('id')}
+      FROM (
+        SELECT ${ident('id')}, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
+          PARTITION BY ${ident('_parent_id')} ORDER BY ${ident('_order')} DESC
+        ) AS row_number
+        FROM ${ident(tableName)}
+      )
+      WHERE row_number > 2
+    );
+  `))
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`
+    UPDATE ${ident(tableName)} AS current
+    SET ${ident('_order')} = (
+      SELECT COUNT(*)
+      FROM ${ident(tableName)} AS preceding
+      WHERE preceding.${ident('_parent_id')} = current.${ident('_parent_id')}
+        AND preceding.${ident('_order')} <= current.${ident('_order')}
+    );
+  `))
+}
+
+async function createArrayTable(
+  db: MigrationDB,
+  tableName: string,
+  parentTable: 'pages' | '_pages_v',
+  versioned: boolean,
+  fields: string,
+) {
+  if (await tableExists(db, tableName)) return
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`
+    CREATE TABLE ${ident(tableName)} (
+      ${ident('_order')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('_parent_id')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('id')} ${versioned ? 'integer' : 'text'} PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+      ${fields},
+      ${versioned ? `${ident('_uuid')} text,` : ''}
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('_parent_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident(parentTable)}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE cascade
+    );
+  `))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${ident(`${tableName}_order_idx`)} ON ${ident(tableName)} (${ident('_order')});`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${ident(`${tableName}_parent_id_idx`)} ON ${ident(tableName)} (${ident('_parent_id')});`))
+}
+
+async function restoreChildTables(db: MigrationDB) {
+  const textRows = `${ident('num')} text, ${ident('label')} text, ${ident('desc')} text`
+  const stepRows = `${ident('label')} text, ${ident('icon')} text DEFAULT 'trophy'`
+  const optionRows = `${ident('value')} text, ${ident('label')} text`
+  const packageRows = `${ident('value')} text, ${ident('title')} text, ${ident('desc')} text`
+
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'pages_home_application_benefits', 'pages', false, textRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_pages_v_version_home_application_benefits', '_pages_v', true, textRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'home_self_steps', 'pages', false, stepRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_home_self_steps_v', '_pages_v', true, stepRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'home_nom_steps', 'pages', false, stepRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_home_nom_steps_v', '_pages_v', true, stepRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'home_emp_opts', 'pages', false, optionRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_home_emp_opts_v', '_pages_v', true, optionRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'form_facts', 'pages', false, textRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_form_facts_v', '_pages_v', true, textRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'self_steps', 'pages', false, stepRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_self_steps_v', '_pages_v', true, stepRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'nom_steps', 'pages', false, stepRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_nom_steps_v', '_pages_v', true, stepRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'emp_opts', 'pages', false, optionRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_emp_opts_v', '_pages_v', true, optionRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, 'network_form_pkgs', 'pages', false, packageRows)
+  await createArrayTable(db, '_network_form_pkgs_v', '_pages_v', true, packageRows)
+}
+
+export async function up({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateUpArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await db.run(sql.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;'))
+
+  for (const indexName of uploadIndexes) {
+    await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP INDEX IF EXISTS ${ident(indexName)};`))
+  }
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw("DELETE FROM `pages_rels` WHERE `path` = 'about.highlights.selectedWinners';"))
+  await db.run(sql.raw("DELETE FROM `_pages_v_rels` WHERE `path` = 'version.about.highlights.selectedWinners';"))
+
+  for (const tableName of obsoleteChildTables) {
+    await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${ident(tableName)};`))
+  }
+
+  const pageColumns = await columnNames(db, 'pages')
+  const removedPageColumns = pageColumns.filter(
+    (column) => standaloneLiveColumns.includes(column as (typeof standaloneLiveColumns)[number]) || livePrefixes.some((prefix) => column.startsWith(prefix)),
+  )
+  const versionColumns = await columnNames(db, '_pages_v')
+  const standaloneVersionColumns = standaloneLiveColumns.map((column) => `version_${column}`)
+  const removedVersionColumns = versionColumns.filter(
+    (column) => standaloneVersionColumns.includes(column) || versionPrefixes.some((prefix) => column.startsWith(prefix)),
+  )
+
+  await rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db, 'pages', removedPageColumns)
+  await rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db, '_pages_v', removedVersionColumns)
+  await rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db, 'app_ways', obsoleteApplicationWayColumns)
+  await rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db, '_app_ways_v', obsoleteApplicationWayColumns)
+
+  await trimSponsoringSteps(db, 'network_form_steps')
+  await trimSponsoringSteps(db, '_network_form_steps_v')
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;'))
+}
+
+export async function down({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateDownArgs): Promise<void> {
+  for (const [column, definition] of restoredLiveColumns) {
+    await addColumn(db, 'pages', column, definition)
+    await addColumn(db, '_pages_v', `version_${column}`, definition)
+  }
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw('CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `pages_home_application_home_application_award_image_idx` ON `pages` (`home_application_award_image_id`);'))
+  await db.run(sql.raw('CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `_pages_v_version_home_application_version_home_applicati_idx` ON `_pages_v` (`version_home_application_award_image_id`);'))
+  await db.run(sql.raw('CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `pages_participation_application_form_participation_appli_idx` ON `pages` (`participation_application_form_image_id`);'))
+  await db.run(sql.raw('CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `_pages_v_version_participation_application_form_version__idx` ON `_pages_v` (`version_participation_application_form_image_id`);'))
+  await db.run(sql.raw('CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `pages_about_highlights_about_highlights_fallback_image_idx` ON `pages` (`about_highlights_fallback_image_id`);'))
+  await db.run(sql.raw('CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `_pages_v_version_about_highlights_version_about_highligh_idx` ON `_pages_v` (`version_about_highlights_fallback_image_id`);'))
+  await db.run(sql.raw('CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `pages_press_index_downloads_press_index_downloads_kit_fi_idx` ON `pages` (`press_index_downloads_kit_file_id`);'))
+  await db.run(sql.raw('CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `_pages_v_version_press_index_downloads_version_press_ind_idx` ON `_pages_v` (`version_press_index_downloads_kit_file_id`);'))
+
+  await restoreChildTables(db)
+
+  await addColumn(db, 'app_ways', 'featured', 'integer DEFAULT false')
+  await addColumn(db, 'app_ways', 'cta_label', "text DEFAULT 'Zum Formular'")
+  await addColumn(db, 'app_ways', 'cta_url', "text DEFAULT '#bewerben'")
+  await addColumn(db, '_app_ways_v', 'featured', 'integer DEFAULT false')
+  await addColumn(db, '_app_ways_v', 'cta_label', "text DEFAULT 'Zum Formular'")
+  await addColumn(db, '_app_ways_v', 'cta_url', "text DEFAULT '#bewerben'")
+}
--- a/src/migrations/20260731_170000_netzwerk_greeting_video.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/20260731_170000_netzwerk_greeting_video.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+import { type MigrateDownArgs, type MigrateUpArgs, sql } from '@payloadcms/db-sqlite'
+
+import { netzwerkContent } from '@/spa/netzwerkContent'
+
+type MigrationDB = MigrateUpArgs['db']
+
+const ident = (value: string) => `\`${value.replace(/`/g, '``')}\``
+const literal = (value: string) => `'${value.replace(/'/g, "''")}'`
+
+const liveVideoColumn = 'netzwerk_patronage_greeting_video_id'
+const versionVideoColumn = `version_${liveVideoColumn}`
+const liveVideoIndex = 'pages_netzwerk_patronage_netzwerk_patronage_greeting_vid_idx'
+const versionVideoIndex = '_pages_v_version_netzwerk_patronage_version_netzwerk_pat_idx'
+
+const textColumns = [
+  ['netzwerk_patronage_greeting_video_button_label', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoButtonLabel],
+  ['netzwerk_patronage_greeting_video_title', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoTitle],
+  ['netzwerk_patronage_greeting_video_description', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoDescription],
+  ['netzwerk_patronage_greeting_video_close_label', netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoCloseLabel],
+] as const
+
+async function tableExists(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  const rows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ${literal(tableName)}`),
+  )) as Array<{ name: string }>
+  return rows.length > 0
+}
+
+async function columnExists(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string, columnName: string) {
+  if (!(await tableExists(db, tableName))) return false
+  const columns = (await db.all(sql.raw(`PRAGMA table_info(${ident(tableName)})`))) as Array<{ name: string }>
+  return columns.some((column) => column.name === columnName)
+}
+
+async function columnNames(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  if (!(await tableExists(db, tableName))) return []
+  const columns = (await db.all(sql.raw(`PRAGMA table_info(${ident(tableName)})`))) as Array<{ name: string }>
+  return columns.map((column) => column.name)
+}
+
+async function addColumn(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string, columnName: string, definition: string) {
+  if (await columnExists(db, tableName, columnName)) return
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`ALTER TABLE ${ident(tableName)} ADD ${ident(columnName)} ${definition};`))
+}
+
+function splitDefinitions(value: string) {
+  const definitions: string[] = []
+  let current = ''
+  let depth = 0
+  let quote = ''
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
+    const character = value[index]
+    const previous = value[index - 1]
+
+    if (quote) {
+      current += character
+      if (character === quote && previous !== '\\') quote = ''
+      continue
+    }
+    if (character === '`' || character === '"' || character === "'") {
+      quote = character
+      current += character
+      continue
+    }
+    if (character === '(') depth += 1
+    if (character === ')') depth -= 1
+    if (character === ',' && depth === 0) {
+      definitions.push(current.trim())
+      current = ''
+      continue
+    }
+    current += character
+  }
+
+  if (current.trim()) definitions.push(current.trim())
+  return definitions
+}
+
+function definitionColumnName(definition: string) {
+  const match = definition.trim().match(/^(?:`([^`]+)`|"([^"]+)"|\[([^\]]+)\]|([^\s]+))/)
+  return match?.[1] || match?.[2] || match?.[3] || match?.[4] || ''
+}
+
+function referencesColumn(definition: string, column: string) {
+  return [ident(column), `"${column}"`, `[${column}]`].some((value) => definition.includes(value))
+}
+
+async function rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string, removedColumns: readonly string[]) {
+  const schemaRows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ${literal(tableName)}`),
+  )) as Array<{ sql: string }>
+  const schema = schemaRows[0]?.sql
+  if (!schema) return
+
+  const presentColumns = await columnNames(db, tableName)
+  const removed = removedColumns.filter((column) => presentColumns.includes(column))
+  if (!removed.length) return
+
+  const open = schema.indexOf('(')
+  const close = schema.lastIndexOf(')')
+  if (open < 0 || close < open) throw new Error(`Could not parse schema for ${tableName}`)
+
+  const keptDefinitions = splitDefinitions(schema.slice(open + 1, close)).filter((definition) => {
+    const columnName = definitionColumnName(definition)
+    const isConstraint = /^(CONSTRAINT|FOREIGN|PRIMARY|UNIQUE|CHECK)\b/i.test(columnName)
+    if (isConstraint) return !removed.some((column) => referencesColumn(definition, column))
+    return !removed.includes(columnName)
+  })
+  const keptColumns = presentColumns.filter((column) => !removed.includes(column))
+  const indexRows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'index' AND tbl_name = ${literal(tableName)} AND sql IS NOT NULL`),
+  )) as Array<{ sql: string }>
+  const keptIndexes = indexRows
+    .map((row) => row.sql)
+    .filter((indexSql) => !removed.some((column) => referencesColumn(indexSql, column)))
+  const temporaryTable = `__task5_${tableName}`
+  const columnList = keptColumns.map(ident).join(', ')
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${ident(temporaryTable)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`CREATE TABLE ${ident(temporaryTable)} (${keptDefinitions.join(',\n')})${schema.slice(close + 1)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`INSERT INTO ${ident(temporaryTable)} (${columnList}) SELECT ${columnList} FROM ${ident(tableName)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE ${ident(tableName)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`ALTER TABLE ${ident(temporaryTable)} RENAME TO ${ident(tableName)};`))
+
+  for (const indexSql of keptIndexes) await db.run(sql.raw(`${indexSql};`))
+}
+
+export async function up({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateUpArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await addColumn(
+    db,
+    'pages',
+    liveVideoColumn,
+    'integer REFERENCES `media`(`id`) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null',
+  )
+  await addColumn(
+    db,
+    '_pages_v',
+    versionVideoColumn,
+    'integer REFERENCES `media`(`id`) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null',
+  )
+
+  for (const [columnName, defaultValue] of textColumns) {
+    await addColumn(db, 'pages', columnName, `text DEFAULT ${literal(defaultValue)}`)
+    await addColumn(db, '_pages_v', `version_${columnName}`, `text DEFAULT ${literal(defaultValue)}`)
+  }
+
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${ident(liveVideoIndex)} ON ${ident('pages')} (${ident(liveVideoColumn)});`),
+  )
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${ident(versionVideoIndex)} ON ${ident('_pages_v')} (${ident(versionVideoColumn)});`,
+    ),
+  )
+}
+
+export async function down({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateDownArgs): Promise<void> {
+  const liveColumns = [liveVideoColumn, ...textColumns.map(([columnName]) => columnName)]
+  const versionColumns = [versionVideoColumn, ...textColumns.map(([columnName]) => `version_${columnName}`)]
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;'))
+  try {
+    await rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db, 'pages', liveColumns)
+    await rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db, '_pages_v', versionColumns)
+  } finally {
+    await db.run(sql.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;'))
+  }
+}
--- a/src/migrations/20260731_180000_press_contact_image.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/20260731_180000_press_contact_image.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+import { type MigrateDownArgs, type MigrateUpArgs, sql } from '@payloadcms/db-sqlite'
+
+type MigrationDB = MigrateUpArgs['db']
+
+const ident = (value: string) => `\`${value.replace(/`/g, '``')}\``
+const literal = (value: string) => `'${value.replace(/'/g, "''")}'`
+
+const liveImageColumn = 'press_index_downloads_contact_image_id'
+const liveAltColumn = 'press_index_downloads_contact_image_alt'
+const versionImageColumn = `version_${liveImageColumn}`
+const versionAltColumn = `version_${liveAltColumn}`
+const liveImageIndex = 'pages_press_index_downloads_press_index_downloads_contac_idx'
+const versionImageIndex = '_pages_v_version_press_index_downloads_version_press_ind_idx'
+
+async function tableExists(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  const rows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ${literal(tableName)}`),
+  )) as Array<{ name: string }>
+  return rows.length > 0
+}
+
+async function columnExists(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string, columnName: string) {
+  if (!(await tableExists(db, tableName))) return false
+  const columns = (await db.all(sql.raw(`PRAGMA table_info(${ident(tableName)})`))) as Array<{
+    name: string
+  }>
+  return columns.some((column) => column.name === columnName)
+}
+
+async function columnNames(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  if (!(await tableExists(db, tableName))) return []
+  const columns = (await db.all(sql.raw(`PRAGMA table_info(${ident(tableName)})`))) as Array<{
+    name: string
+  }>
+  return columns.map((column) => column.name)
+}
+
+async function addColumn(
+  db: MigrationDB,
+  tableName: string,
+  columnName: string,
+  definition: string,
+) {
+  if (await columnExists(db, tableName, columnName)) return
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`ALTER TABLE ${ident(tableName)} ADD ${ident(columnName)} ${definition};`))
+}
+
+function splitDefinitions(value: string) {
+  const definitions: string[] = []
+  let current = ''
+  let depth = 0
+  let quote = ''
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
+    const character = value[index]
+    const previous = value[index - 1]
+
+    if (quote) {
+      current += character
+      if (character === quote && previous !== '\\') quote = ''
+      continue
+    }
+    if (character === '`' || character === '"' || character === "'") {
+      quote = character
+      current += character
+      continue
+    }
+    if (character === '(') depth += 1
+    if (character === ')') depth -= 1
+    if (character === ',' && depth === 0) {
+      definitions.push(current.trim())
+      current = ''
+      continue
+    }
+    current += character
+  }
+
+  if (current.trim()) definitions.push(current.trim())
+  return definitions
+}
+
+function definitionColumnName(definition: string) {
+  const match = definition.trim().match(/^(?:`([^`]+)`|"([^"]+)"|\[([^\]]+)\]|([^\s]+))/)
+  return match?.[1] || match?.[2] || match?.[3] || match?.[4] || ''
+}
+
+function referencesColumn(definition: string, column: string) {
+  return [ident(column), `"${column}"`, `[${column}]`].some((value) => definition.includes(value))
+}
+
+async function rebuildTableWithoutColumns(
+  db: MigrationDB,
+  tableName: string,
+  removedColumns: readonly string[],
+) {
+  const schemaRows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ${literal(tableName)}`),
+  )) as Array<{ sql: string }>
+  const schema = schemaRows[0]?.sql
+  if (!schema) return
+
+  const presentColumns = await columnNames(db, tableName)
+  const removed = removedColumns.filter((column) => presentColumns.includes(column))
+  if (!removed.length) return
+
+  const open = schema.indexOf('(')
+  const close = schema.lastIndexOf(')')
+  if (open < 0 || close < open) throw new Error(`Could not parse schema for ${tableName}`)
+
+  const keptDefinitions = splitDefinitions(schema.slice(open + 1, close)).filter((definition) => {
+    const columnName = definitionColumnName(definition)
+    const isConstraint = /^(CONSTRAINT|FOREIGN|PRIMARY|UNIQUE|CHECK)\b/i.test(columnName)
+    if (isConstraint) return !removed.some((column) => referencesColumn(definition, column))
+    return !removed.includes(columnName)
+  })
+  const keptColumns = presentColumns.filter((column) => !removed.includes(column))
+  const indexRows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(
+      `SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'index' AND tbl_name = ${literal(tableName)} AND sql IS NOT NULL`,
+    ),
+  )) as Array<{ sql: string }>
+  const keptIndexes = indexRows
+    .map((row) => row.sql)
+    .filter((indexSql) => !removed.some((column) => referencesColumn(indexSql, column)))
+  const temporaryTable = `__task6_${tableName}`
+  const columnList = keptColumns.map(ident).join(', ')
+
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${ident(temporaryTable)};`))
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `CREATE TABLE ${ident(temporaryTable)} (${keptDefinitions.join(',\n')})${schema.slice(close + 1)};`,
+    ),
+  )
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `INSERT INTO ${ident(temporaryTable)} (${columnList}) SELECT ${columnList} FROM ${ident(tableName)};`,
+    ),
+  )
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE ${ident(tableName)};`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`ALTER TABLE ${ident(temporaryTable)} RENAME TO ${ident(tableName)};`))
+
+  for (const indexSql of keptIndexes) await db.run(sql.raw(`${indexSql};`))
+}
+
+export async function up({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateUpArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await addColumn(
+    db,
+    'pages',
+    liveImageColumn,
+    'integer REFERENCES `media`(`id`) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null',
+  )
+  await addColumn(db, 'pages', liveAltColumn, "text DEFAULT ''")
+  await addColumn(
+    db,
+    '_pages_v',
+    versionImageColumn,
+    'integer REFERENCES `media`(`id`) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null',
+  )
+  await addColumn(db, '_pages_v', versionAltColumn, "text DEFAULT ''")
+
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${ident(liveImageIndex)} ON ${ident('pages')} (${ident(liveImageColumn)});`,
+    ),
+  )
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${ident(versionImageIndex)} ON ${ident('_pages_v')} (${ident(versionImageColumn)});`,
+    ),
+  )
+}
+
+export async function down({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateDownArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await db.run(sql.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;'))
+  try {
+    await rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db, 'pages', [liveImageColumn, liveAltColumn])
+    await rebuildTableWithoutColumns(db, '_pages_v', [versionImageColumn, versionAltColumn])
+  } finally {
+    await db.run(sql.raw('PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON;'))
+  }
+}
--- a/src/migrations/20260731_190000_responsive_sponsor_hierarchy.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/20260731_190000_responsive_sponsor_hierarchy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { type MigrateDownArgs, type MigrateUpArgs, sql } from '@payloadcms/db-sqlite'
+
+const literal = (value: string) => `'${value.replace(/'/g, "''")}'`
+
+const previousDescription =
+  'Partner in drei Kategorien: Hauptsponsoren, Medienpartner und weitere Sponsoren. Klicken für Details.'
+const interimDescription =
+  'Ein starkes Netzwerk aus Unternehmen und Medien begleitet den Bayerischen Mittelstandspreis. Klicken für Details.'
+const sponsorDescription =
+  'Ein starkes Netzwerk aus Unternehmen und Medien begleitet den Bayerischen Mittelstandspreis. Die gestaffelten Bänder machen die Gewichtung auf jeder Bildschirmgröße klar.'
+
+const tierCopy = [
+  { tier: 1, previousLabel: 'Hauptsponsoren', label: 'Große Darstellung' },
+  { tier: 2, previousLabel: 'Medienpartner', label: 'Mittlere Darstellung' },
+  { tier: 3, previousLabel: 'Weitere Sponsoren', label: 'Kompakte Darstellung' },
+] as const
+
+async function updateTierLabels(
+  db: MigrateUpArgs['db'],
+  tableName: 'network_tiers' | '_network_tiers_v',
+  direction: 'up' | 'down',
+) {
+  for (const copy of tierCopy) {
+    const from = direction === 'up' ? copy.previousLabel : copy.label
+    const to = direction === 'up' ? copy.label : copy.previousLabel
+    await db.run(
+      sql.raw(
+        `UPDATE ${tableName} SET label = ${literal(to)} WHERE tier = ${copy.tier} AND label = ${literal(from)};`,
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+export async function up({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateUpArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `UPDATE pages SET netzwerk_partners_description = ${literal(sponsorDescription)} WHERE netzwerk_partners_description IN (${literal(previousDescription)}, ${literal(interimDescription)});`,
+    ),
+  )
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `UPDATE _pages_v SET version_netzwerk_partners_description = ${literal(sponsorDescription)} WHERE version_netzwerk_partners_description IN (${literal(previousDescription)}, ${literal(interimDescription)});`,
+    ),
+  )
+  await updateTierLabels(db, 'network_tiers', 'up')
+  await updateTierLabels(db, '_network_tiers_v', 'up')
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`UPDATE network_tiers SET note = '' WHERE tier = 1 AND label = 'Große Darstellung' AND note = 'Premium';`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`UPDATE _network_tiers_v SET note = '' WHERE tier = 1 AND label = 'Große Darstellung' AND note = 'Premium';`))
+}
+
+export async function down({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateDownArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `UPDATE pages SET netzwerk_partners_description = ${literal(previousDescription)} WHERE netzwerk_partners_description = ${literal(sponsorDescription)};`,
+    ),
+  )
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `UPDATE _pages_v SET version_netzwerk_partners_description = ${literal(previousDescription)} WHERE version_netzwerk_partners_description = ${literal(sponsorDescription)};`,
+    ),
+  )
+  await updateTierLabels(db, 'network_tiers', 'down')
+  await updateTierLabels(db, '_network_tiers_v', 'down')
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`UPDATE network_tiers SET note = 'Premium' WHERE tier = 1 AND label = 'Hauptsponsoren' AND note = '';`))
+  await db.run(sql.raw(`UPDATE _network_tiers_v SET note = 'Premium' WHERE tier = 1 AND label = 'Hauptsponsoren' AND note = '';`))
+}
--- a/src/migrations/20260731_200000_home_phase_headline_line_break.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/20260731_200000_home_phase_headline_line_break.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { type MigrateDownArgs, type MigrateUpArgs, sql } from '@payloadcms/db-sqlite'
+
+const literal = (value: string) => `'${value.replace(/'/g, "''")}'`
+
+const previousHeadline = 'DER BMP 2026 WAR EIN ERFOLG.'
+const unbrokenHeadline = 'Ein weiteres erfolgreiches Jahr'
+const splitHeadline = 'Ein weiteres\nerfolgreiches Jahr'
+
+export async function up({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateUpArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `UPDATE application_phase_phases SET headline = ${literal(splitHeadline)} WHERE num = '03' AND headline IN (${literal(previousHeadline)}, ${literal(unbrokenHeadline)});`,
+    ),
+  )
+}
+
+export async function down({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateDownArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `UPDATE application_phase_phases SET headline = ${literal(previousHeadline)} WHERE num = '03' AND headline = ${literal(splitHeadline)};`,
+    ),
+  )
+}
--- a/src/migrations/index.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ import * as migration_20260713_163000_participation_supporting_awards_copy from
 import * as migration_20260713_194500_contact_submissions from './20260713_194500_contact_submissions';
 import * as migration_20260713_213000_netzwerk_jury_selection from './20260713_213000_netzwerk_jury_selection';
 import * as migration_20260713_220000_preistraeger_detail_cleanup from './20260713_220000_preistraeger_detail_cleanup';
+import * as migration_20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks from './20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks';
+import * as migration_20260731_160000_focused_payload_cleanup from './20260731_160000_focused_payload_cleanup';
+import * as migration_20260731_170000_netzwerk_greeting_video from './20260731_170000_netzwerk_greeting_video';
+import * as migration_20260731_180000_press_contact_image from './20260731_180000_press_contact_image';
+import * as migration_20260731_190000_responsive_sponsor_hierarchy from './20260731_190000_responsive_sponsor_hierarchy';
+import * as migration_20260731_200000_home_phase_headline_line_break from './20260731_200000_home_phase_headline_line_break';

 export const migrations = [
  {
@@ -102,4 +108,34 @@ export const migrations = [
    down: migration_20260713_220000_preistraeger_detail_cleanup.down,
    name: '20260713_220000_preistraeger_detail_cleanup',
  },
+  {
+    up: migration_20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks.up,
+    down: migration_20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks.down,
+    name: '20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks',
+  },
+  {
+    up: migration_20260731_160000_focused_payload_cleanup.up,
+    down: migration_20260731_160000_focused_payload_cleanup.down,
+    name: '20260731_160000_focused_payload_cleanup',
+  },
+  {
+    up: migration_20260731_170000_netzwerk_greeting_video.up,
+    down: migration_20260731_170000_netzwerk_greeting_video.down,
+    name: '20260731_170000_netzwerk_greeting_video',
+  },
+  {
+    up: migration_20260731_180000_press_contact_image.up,
+    down: migration_20260731_180000_press_contact_image.down,
+    name: '20260731_180000_press_contact_image',
+  },
+  {
+    up: migration_20260731_190000_responsive_sponsor_hierarchy.up,
+    down: migration_20260731_190000_responsive_sponsor_hierarchy.down,
+    name: '20260731_190000_responsive_sponsor_hierarchy',
+  },
+  {
+    up: migration_20260731_200000_home_phase_headline_line_break.up,
+    down: migration_20260731_200000_home_phase_headline_line_break.down,
+    name: '20260731_200000_home_phase_headline_line_break',
+  },
 ];
--- a/src/payload-types.ts
+++ b/src/payload-types.ts
--- a/src/scripts/preload-about-page-cms.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/preload-about-page-cms.ts
@@ -41,25 +41,15 @@ async function main() {
  const page = pageResult.docs[0]
  if (!page) throw new Error('About page not found. Expected spaPath=/der-bmp or slug=der-bmp/about.')

-  const [heroImage, prizeImage, mittelstandImage, fallbackWinnerImage, winnerResult] = await Promise.all([
+  const [heroImage, prizeImage, mittelstandImage] = await Promise.all([
    mediaByFilename(payload, aboutContent.hero.backgroundImageFilename),
    mediaByFilename(payload, aboutContent.prize.imageFilename),
    mediaByFilename(payload, aboutContent.mittelstand.imageFilename),
-    mediaByFilename(payload, aboutContent.highlights.fallbackImageFilename),
-    payload.find({
-      collection: 'preistraeger',
-      limit: 8,
-      pagination: false,
-      draft: true,
-      overrideAccess: true,
-      where: { year: { equals: aboutContent.highlights.year } },
-    }),
  ])

  const { backgroundImageFilename: _heroFilename, ...heroContent } = aboutContent.hero
  const { imageFilename: _prizeFilename, ...prizeContent } = aboutContent.prize
  const { imageFilename: _mittelstandFilename, ...mittelstandContent } = aboutContent.mittelstand
-  const { fallbackImageFilename: _highlightFallbackFilename, ...highlightsContent } = aboutContent.highlights
  const testimonials = await testimonialsWithImages(payload)

  await payload.update({
@@ -84,11 +74,6 @@ async function main() {
          image: mittelstandImage,
          body: aboutContent.mittelstand.body.map((text) => ({ text })),
        },
-        highlights: {
-          ...highlightsContent,
-          fallbackImage: fallbackWinnerImage,
-          selectedWinners: winnerResult.docs.map((winner) => winner.id),
-        },
        testimonials,
      },
    } as never,
--- a/src/scripts/preload-home-page-cms.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/preload-home-page-cms.ts
@@ -41,12 +41,11 @@ async function main() {
  const page = pageResult.docs[0]
  if (!page) throw new Error('Home page not found. Expected spaPath=/ or slug=startseite/home.')

-  const [heroImage, quickImage, introImage, benefitsImage, awardImage] = await Promise.all([
+  const [heroImage, quickImage, introImage, benefitsImage] = await Promise.all([
    mediaByFilename(payload, homeContent.hero.backgroundImageFilename),
    mediaByFilename(payload, homeContent.quickCheck.imageFilename),
    mediaByFilename(payload, homeContent.intro.imageFilename),
    mediaByFilename(payload, homeContent.benefits.imageFilename),
-    mediaByFilename(payload, homeContent.application.awardImageFilename),
  ])
  const fallbackWinnerImage = await mediaByFilename(payload, homeContent.winners.fallbackImageFilename)
  const { backgroundImageFilename: _heroFilename, ...heroContent } = homeContent.hero
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ async function main() {
  const { imageFilename: _introFilename, ...introContent } = homeContent.intro
  const { fallbackImageFilename: _winnerFallbackFilename, ...winnersContent } = homeContent.winners
  const { imageFilename: _benefitsFilename, ...benefitsContent } = homeContent.benefits
-  const { awardImageFilename: _awardFilename, ...applicationContent } = homeContent.application
  const testimonials = await testimonialsWithImages(payload)

  const winners = await payload.find({
@@ -94,11 +92,6 @@ async function main() {
          ...benefitsContent,
          image: benefitsImage,
        },
-        application: {
-          ...applicationContent,
-          awardImage,
-        },
-        form: homeContent.form,
        videoModal: homeContent.videoModal,
      },
    } as never,
--- a/src/scripts/preload-netzwerk-page-cms.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/preload-netzwerk-page-cms.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ async function main() {
  const sponsoringImage = await mediaByFilename(payload, netzwerkContent.sponsoring.imageFilename)
  const { imageFilename: _heroFilename, ...heroContent } = netzwerkContent.hero
  const { imageFilename: _sponsoringFilename, ...sponsoringContent } = netzwerkContent.sponsoring
-  const { items: _partnerItems, ...partnerSectionContent } = netzwerkContent.partners
+  const { items: _partnerItems, tiers: partnerTiers, ...partnerSectionContent } = netzwerkContent.partners
+  const existingGreetingVideo = page.netzwerk?.patronage?.greetingVideo || null
  const [patronPeople, juryMembers] = await Promise.all([
    itemsWithImageUploads(payload, netzwerkContent.patronage.people),
    juryMembersForPage(payload),
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ async function main() {
        },
        patronage: {
          ...netzwerkContent.patronage,
+          greetingVideo: existingGreetingVideo,
          people: patronPeople,
        },
        jury: {
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ async function main() {
        },
        partners: {
          ...partnerSectionContent,
+          tiers: partnerTiers.map(({ tier, label, note }) => ({ tier, label, note })),
        },
      },
    } as never,
--- a/src/scripts/preload-participation-page-cms.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/preload-participation-page-cms.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ async function main() {
  const page = pageResult.docs[0]
  if (!page) throw new Error('Participation page not found. Expected spaPath=/teilnahme or slug=teilnahme/participation.')

-  const [heroImage, formImage, ...awardCardImages] = await Promise.all([
+  const [heroImage, ...awardCardImages] = await Promise.all([
    mediaByFilename(payload, participationContent.hero.backgroundImageFilename),
-    mediaByFilename(payload, participationContent.applicationForm.imageFilename),
    ...participationContent.awardsGrid.cards.map((card) => mediaByFilename(payload, card.imageFilename)),
  ])
  const { backgroundImageFilename: _heroFilename, ...heroContent } = participationContent.hero
-  const { imageFilename: _formFilename, ...applicationFormContent } = participationContent.applicationForm
  const { cards: awardCards, ...awardsGridContent } = participationContent.awardsGrid

  await payload.update({
@@ -54,11 +52,6 @@ async function main() {
            image: awardCardImages[index],
          })),
        },
-        applicationForm: {
-          ...applicationFormContent,
-          image: formImage,
-        },
-        form: participationContent.form,
      },
    } as never,
  })
--- a/src/scripts/preload-press-index-page-cms.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/preload-press-index-page-cms.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
 import 'dotenv/config'

 import config from '@payload-config'
-import { getPayload, type Payload } from 'payload'
+import { getPayload } from 'payload'
 import { mediaByFilename } from './mediaByFilename'

 import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent'

-const filenameFromPath = (source: string) => source.split('?')[0]?.split('/').filter(Boolean).pop()
-
-const fallbackItemsWithImages = async <T extends { img?: string }>(
-  payload: Payload,
-  items: T[],
-) =>
-  Promise.all(
-    items.map(async (item) => {
-      const filename = item.img ? filenameFromPath(item.img) : undefined
-      return {
-        ...item,
-        image: filename ? await mediaByFilename(payload, filename) : undefined,
-      }
-    }),
-  )
-
 async function main() {
  const payload = await getPayload({ config })

@@ -39,20 +23,19 @@ async function main() {
  const page = pageResult.docs[0]
  if (!page) throw new Error('Press index page not found. Expected spaPath=/presse or slug=presse/press.')

-  const [heroImage, eventFallbackImage, newsFallbackImage, kitFile] = await Promise.all([
+  const [heroImage, eventFallbackImage, newsFallbackImage] = await Promise.all([
    mediaByFilename(payload, pressIndexContent.hero.imageFilename),
    mediaByFilename(payload, pressIndexContent.events.collectionFallbackImageFilename),
    mediaByFilename(payload, pressIndexContent.news.collectionFallbackImageFilename),
-    mediaByFilename(payload, pressIndexContent.downloads.kitDownloadName),
  ])
  const { imageFilename: _heroFilename, ...heroContent } = pressIndexContent.hero
  const { collectionFallbackImageFilename: _eventFallbackFilename, ...eventsContent } = pressIndexContent.events
  const { collectionFallbackImageFilename: _newsFallbackFilename, ...newsContent } = pressIndexContent.news
-  const [eventFallbackItems, newsFallbackItems] = await Promise.all([
-    fallbackItemsWithImages(payload, pressIndexContent.events.fallbackItems),
-    fallbackItemsWithImages(payload, pressIndexContent.news.fallbackItems),
-  ])
-
+  const currentContactImage = page.pressIndex?.downloads?.contactImage
+  const currentContactImageID =
+    currentContactImage && typeof currentContactImage === 'object'
+      ? currentContactImage.id
+      : currentContactImage
  await payload.update({
    collection: 'pages',
    id: page.id,
@@ -68,16 +51,16 @@ async function main() {
        events: {
          ...eventsContent,
          collectionFallbackImage: eventFallbackImage,
-          fallbackItems: eventFallbackItems,
        },
        news: {
          ...newsContent,
          collectionFallbackImage: newsFallbackImage,
-          fallbackItems: newsFallbackItems,
        },
        downloads: {
          ...pressIndexContent.downloads,
-          kitFile,
+          contactImage: currentContactImageID ?? null,
+          contactImageAlt:
+            page.pressIndex?.downloads?.contactImageAlt ?? pressIndexContent.downloads.contactImageAlt,
        },
      },
    } as never,
--- a/src/spa/aboutContent.ts
+++ b/src/spa/aboutContent.ts
@@ -43,20 +43,6 @@ export const aboutContent = {
      'In einer globalisierten Welt sind es diese Unternehmen, die für Stabilität, Innovation und soziale Verantwortung stehen. Der BMP macht sie sichtbar.',
    ],
  },
-  highlights: {
-    fallbackImageFilename: 'gala-saal-overview.jpg',
-    eyebrow: 'Preisträger-Highlights',
-    heading: 'AUSGEZEICHNETE 2025',
-    cta: { label: 'Alle Preisträger', url: '/preistraeger' },
-    hoverLabel: 'Detail →',
-    year: 2025,
-    fallbackWinner: {
-      name: 'Preisträger',
-      category: 'Preisträger',
-      awardType: 'Auszeichnung',
-    },
-    selectedWinners: [],
-  },
  testimonials: testimonialsContent,
  history: {
    eyebrow: 'Geschichte & Meilensteine',
--- a/src/spa/applicationPhase.ts
+++ b/src/spa/applicationPhase.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const defaultApplicationPhaseData: SpaApplicationPhaseData = {
      tag: 'ABGESCHLOSSEN',
      pulse: false,
      phase: 'Preisverleihung · Oktober 2026',
-      headline: 'DER BMP 2026 WAR EIN ERFOLG.',
+      headline: 'Ein weiteres\nerfolgreiches Jahr',
      body:
        'Wir danken allen 247 Bewerberinnen und Bewerbern für Mut und Exzellenz. Drei außergewöhnliche Unternehmen wurden in München ausgezeichnet – ein unvergesslicher Abend.',
      cta: { label: 'Alle Preisträger ansehen', url: '/preistraeger' },
--- a/src/spa/cmsMediaField.ts
+++ b/src/spa/cmsMediaField.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ type MediaLike = {
  url?: string | null
  filename?: string | null
  alt?: string | null
+  focalX?: number | null
+  focalY?: number | null
 }

 export function normalizeMediaUrl(url: string | null | undefined) {
@@ -22,6 +24,19 @@ export function mediaAlt(media: unknown, fallback: string) {
  return doc.alt || fallback
 }

+const focalCoordinate = (value: unknown) => {
+  if (typeof value !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(value)) return 50
+  return Math.min(100, Math.max(0, value))
+}
+
+export function mediaObjectPosition(media: unknown, fallback = 'center') {
+  if (!media || typeof media !== 'object') return fallback
+  const doc = media as MediaLike
+  if (typeof doc.focalX !== 'number' && typeof doc.focalY !== 'number') return fallback
+
+  return `${focalCoordinate(doc.focalX)}% ${focalCoordinate(doc.focalY)}%`
+}
+
 export function docImageUrl(doc: CmsRouteDoc | undefined, fallback: string, field = 'image') {
  return mediaUrl(doc?.[field], fallback)
 }
--- a/src/spa/cmsRoute.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/cmsRoute.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import type { SpaApplicationPhaseData } from '@/spa/applicationPhase'
 import type { SpaNewsletterFormData } from '@/spa/newsletterForm'
 import type { SpaSiteSettingsData } from '@/spa/siteSettings'

-export type CmsRouteCollection = 'pages' | 'posts' | 'events' | 'preistraeger' | 'partners' | 'jury-mitglieder'
+export type CmsRouteCollection =
+  'pages' | 'posts' | 'events' | 'preistraeger' | 'partners' | 'jury-mitglieder'

 export type CmsRouteDoc = {
  id: number | string
@@ -34,7 +35,13 @@ export type CmsRouteData = {

 const CmsRouteContext = createContext<CmsRouteData | undefined>(undefined)

-export function CmsRouteProvider({ children, value }: { children: React.ReactNode; value?: CmsRouteData }) {
+export function CmsRouteProvider({
+  children,
+  value,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode
+  value?: CmsRouteData
+}) {
  return <CmsRouteContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</CmsRouteContext.Provider>
 }

@@ -48,10 +55,17 @@ export function useCmsCollection(collection: CmsRouteCollection) {

 export function resolveCmsRelationship(entry: unknown, docs: CmsRouteDoc[]) {
  const entryID = entry && typeof entry === 'object' ? (entry as { id?: unknown }).id : entry
-  const populatedDoc = docs.find((doc) => String(doc.id) === String(entryID))
+  if (entryID === undefined || entryID === null) return undefined

-  if (populatedDoc) return populatedDoc
-  return entry && typeof entry === 'object' ? (entry as CmsRouteDoc) : undefined
+  return docs.find((doc) => String(doc.id) === String(entryID))
+}
+
+export function resolveCmsRelationships(entries: unknown, docs: CmsRouteDoc[]) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(entries)) return []
+
+  return entries
+    .map((entry) => resolveCmsRelationship(entry, docs))
+    .filter((doc): doc is CmsRouteDoc => Boolean(doc))
 }

 export function useApplicationPhase() {
--- a/src/spa/components/HomeWinnersSection.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/components/HomeWinnersSection.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export default function HomeWinnersSection({ content }: { content?: HomeWinnersC
  const placeholderImage = usePreistraegerPlaceholderImage();
  const cmsPreistraeger = useCmsCollection('preistraeger');
  const winnersSection = content || {};
-  const homeWinners = resolveHomeWinners(winnersSection.featured, cmsPreistraeger, WINNERS);
+  const homeWinners = resolveHomeWinners(winnersSection.featured, cmsPreistraeger);
  const scrollDesktopWinners = !isMobile && homeWinners.length > 8;
  const scrollWinnerGrid = isMobile || scrollDesktopWinners;

--- a/src/spa/components/WegZurAuszeichnungSection.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/components/WegZurAuszeichnungSection.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { FileText, Search, UserPlus, Trophy } from 'lucide-react';
+import { ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, FileText, Search, UserPlus, Trophy } from 'lucide-react';
 import {
-  ContainerScroll,
-  ContainerSticky,
+  getActiveTimelineStep,
+  getTimelineScrollBehavior,
+  getTimelineStepScrollLeft,
  ProcessCard,
  ProcessCardBody,
  ProcessCardTitle,
@@ -34,12 +35,69 @@ function Lines({ text }: { text: string }) {
  return <>{text.split('\n').map((line, i) => <React.Fragment key={`${line}-${i}`}>{i > 0 && <br />}{line}</React.Fragment>)}</>;
 }

+function usePrefersReducedMotion() {
+  const query = '(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)';
+
+  return React.useSyncExternalStore(
+    (onStoreChange) => {
+      const mediaQuery = window.matchMedia(query);
+      mediaQuery.addEventListener('change', onStoreChange);
+      return () => mediaQuery.removeEventListener('change', onStoreChange);
+    },
+    () => window.matchMedia(query).matches,
+    () => false,
+  );
+}
+
 export default function WegZurAuszeichnungSection({ content }: { content?: ProcessContent }) {
  const isMobile = useIsMobile();
+  const prefersReducedMotion = usePrefersReducedMotion();
+  const trackRef = React.useRef<HTMLOListElement>(null);
+  const [activeStep, setActiveStep] = React.useState(0);
  const section = { ...participationContent.process, ...(content || {}) };
  const steps = fallbackArray(section.steps, participationContent.process.steps);
  const stepPrefix = fallbackText(section.stepPrefix, participationContent.process.stepPrefix);

+  const scrollToStep = React.useCallback((index: number) => {
+    const track = trackRef.current;
+    if (!track) return;
+
+    const nextStep = Math.min(steps.length - 1, Math.max(0, index));
+    const maxScroll = Math.max(0, track.scrollWidth - track.clientWidth);
+    track.scrollTo({
+      behavior: getTimelineScrollBehavior(prefersReducedMotion),
+      left: getTimelineStepScrollLeft(nextStep, maxScroll, steps.length),
+    });
+    setActiveStep(nextStep);
+  }, [prefersReducedMotion, steps.length]);
+
+  const handleTrackScroll = React.useCallback(() => {
+    const track = trackRef.current;
+    if (!track) return;
+
+    setActiveStep(getActiveTimelineStep(
+      track.scrollLeft,
+      Math.max(0, track.scrollWidth - track.clientWidth),
+      steps.length,
+    ));
+  }, [steps.length]);
+
+  const handleTrackKeyDown = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLOListElement>) => {
+    if (event.key === 'ArrowRight') {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      scrollToStep(activeStep + 1);
+    } else if (event.key === 'ArrowLeft') {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      scrollToStep(activeStep - 1);
+    } else if (event.key === 'Home') {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      scrollToStep(0);
+    } else if (event.key === 'End') {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      scrollToStep(steps.length - 1);
+    }
+  };
+
  // ── MOBILE: stacked vertical list (no scroll-jack, no horizontal overflow) ──
  if (isMobile) {
    return (
@@ -94,14 +152,13 @@ export default function WegZurAuszeichnungSection({ content }: { content?: Proce
  }

  return (
-    <ContainerScroll id="schritte" className="h-[300vh]" style={{ background: NAVY }}>
-      <ContainerSticky className="top-0 h-screen flex flex-col">
+    <section id="schritte" aria-labelledby="process-heading" style={{ background: NAVY }}>

      {/* Section header */}
-        <div style={{ padding: '56px 80px 40px', display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: '1fr 1fr', gap: 40, alignItems: 'flex-end', borderBottom: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.07)', flexShrink: 0 }}>
+      <div className="process-timeline-header" style={{ padding: '56px 80px 40px', display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: '1fr 1fr', gap: 40, alignItems: 'flex-end', borderBottom: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.07)' }}>
          <div>
            <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, color: GOLD, textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.32em', fontWeight: 700, display: 'block', marginBottom: 14 }}>{fallbackText(section.eyebrow, participationContent.process.eyebrow)}</span>
-            <h2 className="type-section-title text-role-inverse" style={{ textTransform: 'uppercase', margin: 0 }}>
+            <h2 id="process-heading" className="type-section-title text-role-inverse" style={{ textTransform: 'uppercase', margin: 0 }}>
              <Lines text={fallbackText(section.heading, participationContent.process.heading)} />
            </h2>
          </div>
@@ -110,15 +167,14 @@ export default function WegZurAuszeichnungSection({ content }: { content?: Proce
          </p>
      </div>

-        {/* Scroll hint – prominent */}
-        <div style={{ padding: '20px 80px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 14, flexShrink: 0 }}>
-          {/* Animated chevron stack */}
-          <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 2 }}>
-            {[0, 1, 2].map(i => (
+      {/* Controls and real progress state */}
+      <div className="process-timeline-controls" style={{ padding: '20px 80px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 14 }}>
+          <div aria-hidden="true" style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 2 }}>
+            {[0, 1, 2].map((i) => (
              <svg
                key={i}
                width="12" height="7" viewBox="0 0 12 7" fill="none"
-                style={{ opacity: 1 - i * 0.3, animation: `scrollBounce 1.6s ease-in-out ${i * 0.18}s infinite` }}
+                style={{ opacity: 1 - i * 0.3, transform: 'rotate(-90deg)' }}
              >
                <polyline points="1,1 6,6 11,1" stroke={GOLD} strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
              </svg>
@@ -127,24 +183,57 @@ export default function WegZurAuszeichnungSection({ content }: { content?: Proce
          <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: '0.22em', textTransform: 'uppercase', color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.55)' }}>
            {fallbackText(section.scrollHint, participationContent.process.scrollHint)}
          </span>
-          {/* Progress bar */}
          <div style={{ flex: 1, height: 1, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.07)', position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden', maxWidth: 200 }}>
-            <div style={{ position: 'absolute', left: 0, top: 0, height: '100%', width: '25%', background: GOLD, opacity: 0.6 }} />
+            <div data-testid="timeline-progress" style={{ position: 'absolute', left: 0, top: 0, height: '100%', width: `${((activeStep + 1) / steps.length) * 100}%`, background: GOLD, opacity: 0.6, transition: prefersReducedMotion ? 'none' : 'width 0.2s ease' }} />
+          </div>
+          <span aria-live="polite" data-testid="timeline-progress-label" style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 9, color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.50)', letterSpacing: '0.1em', minWidth: 44 }}>
+            {String(activeStep + 1).padStart(2, '0')} / {String(steps.length).padStart(2, '0')}
+          </span>
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 8, marginLeft: 'auto' }}>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              aria-label="Vorheriger Schritt"
+              aria-controls="participation-timeline-track"
+              disabled={activeStep === 0}
+              onClick={() => scrollToStep(activeStep - 1)}
+              className="process-timeline-button"
+            >
+              <ChevronLeft size={18} aria-hidden="true" />
+            </button>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              aria-label="Nächster Schritt"
+              aria-controls="participation-timeline-track"
+              disabled={activeStep === steps.length - 1}
+              onClick={() => scrollToStep(activeStep + 1)}
+              className="process-timeline-button"
+            >
+              <ChevronRight size={18} aria-hidden="true" />
+            </button>
          </div>
-          <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 9, color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.50)', letterSpacing: '0.1em' }}>{fallbackText(section.progressLabel, participationContent.process.progressLabel)}</span>
      </div>

-        {/* Cards strip */}
-        <div className="flex flex-nowrap flex-1 items-stretch px-20 pb-16 gap-0">
+      {/* Native horizontal carousel: wheel/trackpad, touch, controls, and keyboard all work. */}
+      <div className="process-timeline-card-shell">
+        <ol
+          ref={trackRef}
+          id="participation-timeline-track"
+          data-testid="timeline-track"
+          aria-label="Schritte zum Preis"
+          tabIndex={0}
+          onKeyDown={handleTrackKeyDown}
+          onScroll={handleTrackScroll}
+          className="process-timeline-track"
+        >
          {steps.map((item, index) => {
            const Icon = ICONS[item.icon as keyof typeof ICONS] || FileText;
            return (
              <ProcessCard
                key={`${item.step}-${index}`}
-                itemsLength={steps.length}
-                index={index}
                variant="bmp"
-                className="h-[300px] self-start min-w-[70%] max-w-[70%] flex-shrink-0"
+                data-testid={`timeline-step-${index + 1}`}
+                aria-label={`${stepPrefix} ${fallbackText(item.step, String(index + 1))}: ${fallbackText(item.title, '')}`}
+                className="process-timeline-card"
              >
                {/* Left accent strip with step number */}
                <ProcessCardTitle className="border-r border-[rgba(239,191,4,0.2)] flex flex-col items-center justify-between py-6 px-4 min-w-[64px]">
@@ -175,24 +264,88 @@ export default function WegZurAuszeichnungSection({ content }: { content?: Proce
                    {fallbackText(item.desc, '')}
                  </p>
                  {/* Step progress indicator */}
-                  <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 4 }}>
+                  <div aria-hidden="true" style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 4 }}>
                    {steps.map((_, i) => (
-                      <div key={i} style={{ height: 2, flex: i === index ? 2 : 1, background: i === index ? GOLD : 'rgba(255,255,255,0.1)', transition: 'flex 0.3s' }} />
+                      <div
+                        key={i}
+                        style={{ height: 2, flex: i === activeStep ? 2 : 1, background: i === activeStep ? GOLD : 'rgba(255,255,255,0.1)', transition: prefersReducedMotion ? 'none' : 'flex 0.2s ease' }}
+                      />
                    ))}
                  </div>
                </ProcessCardBody>
              </ProcessCard>
            );
          })}
+        </ol>
      </div>
-      </ContainerSticky>

      <style>{`
-        @keyframes scrollBounce {
-          0%, 100% { transform: translateY(0); opacity: inherit; }
-          50%       { transform: translateY(3px); }
+        .process-timeline-card-shell {
+          padding: 0 80px 52px;
+        }
+        .process-timeline-track {
+          display: grid;
+          grid-auto-flow: column;
+          grid-auto-columns: min(75%, 980px);
+          gap: 16px;
+          margin: 0;
+          padding: 0 0 12px;
+          overflow-x: auto;
+          overscroll-behavior-inline: contain;
+          scroll-snap-type: inline mandatory;
+          scrollbar-color: rgba(239,191,4,0.55) rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
+          scrollbar-width: thin;
+        }
+        .process-timeline-card {
+          min-height: 320px;
+          scroll-snap-align: start;
+          scroll-snap-stop: always;
+        }
+        .process-timeline-track:focus-visible,
+        .process-timeline-button:focus-visible {
+          outline: 2px solid ${GOLD};
+          outline-offset: 3px;
+        }
+        .process-timeline-button {
+          width: 38px;
+          height: 38px;
+          border: 1px solid rgba(239,191,4,0.45);
+          background: transparent;
+          color: ${GOLD};
+          display: inline-flex;
+          align-items: center;
+          justify-content: center;
+          cursor: pointer;
+        }
+        .process-timeline-button:disabled {
+          opacity: 0.3;
+          cursor: default;
+        }
+        @media (max-width: 1024px) {
+          .process-timeline-header {
+            padding: 48px 48px 36px !important;
+          }
+          .process-timeline-controls {
+            padding: 18px 48px !important;
+          }
+          .process-timeline-card-shell {
+            padding: 0 48px 44px;
+          }
+          .process-timeline-track {
+            grid-auto-columns: 82%;
+          }
+        }
+        @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+          .process-timeline-track {
+            scroll-behavior: auto;
+          }
+          .process-timeline-card,
+          .process-timeline-card * {
+            transition: none !important;
+            animation: none !important;
+          }
        }
      `}</style>
-    </ContainerScroll>
+    </section>
  );
 }
--- a/src/spa/components/forms/ApplicationFormSection.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/components/forms/ApplicationFormSection.tsx
@@ -42,12 +42,17 @@ export function ApplicationFormSection({ source }: { source: NewsletterSource })
  const newsletterPhase = newsletterPhaseForApplicationPhase(activeApplicationPhase)
  const benefits = fallbackArray<NewsletterBenefit>(section.benefits, homeContent.application.benefits)
  const finalBenefits = showApplicationForm ? benefits : newsletterCopy.benefits
+  const desktopGridTemplateColumns = source === 'homepage' ? '5fr 1px 7fr' : '4fr 1px 8fr'

  return (
    <section style={{ background: '#24366A', position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden', height: isMobile ? 'auto' : showApplicationForm ? 'calc(100vh - 60px)' : 'auto', minHeight: isMobile ? undefined : showApplicationForm ? undefined : 560, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column' }} id="bewerben">
      <div style={{ position: 'absolute', left: -120, top: '50%', transform: 'translateY(-50%)', width: 600, height: 600, borderRadius: '50%', background: 'radial-gradient(circle, rgba(255,255,255,0.08) 0%, transparent 70%)', pointerEvents: 'none' }} />

-      <div style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isMobile ? '1fr' : '4fr 1px 8fr', position: 'relative', flex: isMobile ? 'none' : 1, minHeight: 0, overflow: 'hidden' }}>
+      <div
+        data-testid="application-form-layout"
+        data-source={source}
+        style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isMobile ? '1fr' : desktopGridTemplateColumns, position: 'relative', flex: isMobile ? 'none' : 1, minHeight: 0, overflow: 'hidden' }}
+      >
        <div style={{ padding: isMobile ? '32px 24px 24px' : '36px 36px 32px 52px', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', justifyContent: 'center', overflow: 'hidden' }}>
          <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, color: '#EFBF04', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.36em', fontWeight: 700, display: 'block', marginBottom: 16, opacity: 0.8 }}>{showApplicationForm ? fallbackText(section.eyebrow, homeContent.application.eyebrow) : newsletterCopy.eyebrow}</span>
          <h2 className="type-section-title text-role-inverse" style={{ textTransform: 'uppercase', marginBottom: 16 }}>
--- a/src/spa/components/forms/SponsoringForm.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/components/forms/SponsoringForm.tsx
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ export default function SponsoringForm({ theme = 'dark', content }: { theme?: 'd
  const isMobile = useIsMobile();
  const applicationPhase = useApplicationPhase();
  const copy = { ...netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm, ...(content || {}) };
-  const configuredSteps = fallbackArray<StepOption>(copy.steps, netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.steps);
-  const steps = configuredSteps.slice(-2);
+  const steps = fallbackArray<StepOption>(copy.steps, netzwerkContent.sponsoringForm.steps);
  const [step, setStep]           = useState(0);
  const [dir,  setDir]            = useState(1);
  const [submitted, setSubmitted] = useState(false);
--- a/src/spa/components/ui/partner-ticker.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/components/ui/partner-ticker.tsx
@@ -1,52 +1,151 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useState } from 'react'

 interface PartnerLogo {
-  id: string;
-  label: React.ReactNode;
+  id: string
+  label: React.ReactNode
 }

 interface PartnerTickerProps {
-  logos: PartnerLogo[];
+  ariaLabel: string
+  logos: PartnerLogo[]
 }

-export function PartnerTicker({ logos }: PartnerTickerProps) {
-  // Duplicate logos for seamless infinite loop
-  const track = [...logos, ...logos];
+export const PARTNER_TICKER_ITEM_WIDTH_PX = 260
+export const PARTNER_TICKER_SPEED_PX_PER_SECOND = 48
+export const PARTNER_TICKER_MIN_DURATION_SECONDS = 24

-  return (
-    <div style={{ overflow: 'hidden', flex: 1, minWidth: 0, position: 'relative' }}>
-      {/* fade edges */}
-      <div style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, left: 0, width: 32, background: 'linear-gradient(to right, rgba(5,26,135,0.6), transparent)', zIndex: 1, pointerEvents: 'none' }} />
-      <div style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, right: 0, left: 'auto', width: 32, background: 'linear-gradient(to left, rgba(5,26,135,0.6), transparent)', zIndex: 1, pointerEvents: 'none' }} />
+export function partnerTickerDurationSeconds(logoCount: number) {
+  if (logoCount <= 0) return 0

-      <div style={{ display: 'flex', animation: 'marquee 22s linear infinite', width: 'max-content' }}>
-        {track.map((logo, i) => (
+  const loopDistance = logoCount * PARTNER_TICKER_ITEM_WIDTH_PX
+  return Math.max(
+    PARTNER_TICKER_MIN_DURATION_SECONDS,
+    loopDistance / PARTNER_TICKER_SPEED_PX_PER_SECOND,
+  )
+}
+
+export function PartnerTicker({ ariaLabel, logos }: PartnerTickerProps) {
+  const [hasFocusWithin, setHasFocusWithin] = useState(false)
+  const [isHovered, setIsHovered] = useState(false)
+
+  if (logos.length === 0) return null
+
+  const durationSeconds = partnerTickerDurationSeconds(logos.length)
+  const isPaused = hasFocusWithin || isHovered
+
+  const renderLogoCopy = (copy: number) => (
    <div
-            key={`${logo.id}-${i}`}
+      aria-hidden={copy === 1 ? 'true' : undefined}
+      className="partner-ticker-copy"
+      data-testid="partner-ticker-copy"
+      key={copy}
+      style={{ display: 'flex' }}
+    >
+      {logos.map((logo) => (
+        <div
+          key={`${copy}-${logo.id}`}
          style={{
-              display: 'flex',
            alignItems: 'center',
+            color: '#fff',
+            display: 'flex',
+            flexShrink: 0,
+            fontFamily: '"IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif',
            justifyContent: 'center',
            padding: '0 24px',
-              color: '#fff',
-              fontFamily: '"IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif',
-              whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-              width: 260,
-              flexShrink: 0,
            textAlign: 'center',
+            whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+            width: PARTNER_TICKER_ITEM_WIDTH_PX,
          }}
        >
          {logo.label}
        </div>
      ))}
    </div>
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      aria-label={ariaLabel}
+      className="partner-ticker-viewport"
+      data-duration-seconds={durationSeconds}
+      data-testid="partner-ticker"
+      onBlur={(event) => {
+        if (!event.currentTarget.contains(event.relatedTarget as Node | null)) {
+          setHasFocusWithin(false)
+        }
+      }}
+      onFocus={() => setHasFocusWithin(true)}
+      onMouseEnter={() => setIsHovered(true)}
+      onMouseLeave={() => setIsHovered(false)}
+      role="region"
+      style={{ flex: 1, minWidth: 0, overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative' }}
+      tabIndex={0}
+    >
+      <div
+        style={{
+          background: 'linear-gradient(to right, rgba(5,26,135,0.6), transparent)',
+          inset: 0,
+          left: 0,
+          pointerEvents: 'none',
+          position: 'absolute',
+          width: 32,
+          zIndex: 1,
+        }}
+      />
+      <div
+        style={{
+          background: 'linear-gradient(to left, rgba(5,26,135,0.6), transparent)',
+          inset: 0,
+          left: 'auto',
+          pointerEvents: 'none',
+          position: 'absolute',
+          right: 0,
+          width: 32,
+          zIndex: 1,
+        }}
+      />
+
+      <div
+        className="partner-ticker-track"
+        data-testid="partner-ticker-track"
+        style={{
+          animation: `partner-marquee ${durationSeconds}s linear infinite`,
+          animationPlayState: isPaused ? 'paused' : 'running',
+          display: 'flex',
+          width: 'max-content',
+        }}
+      >
+        {renderLogoCopy(0)}
+        {renderLogoCopy(1)}
+      </div>

      <style>{`
-        @keyframes marquee {
+        @keyframes partner-marquee {
          from { transform: translateX(0); }
          to { transform: translateX(-50%); }
        }
+
+        .partner-ticker-viewport:hover .partner-ticker-track,
+        .partner-ticker-viewport:focus-within .partner-ticker-track {
+          animation-play-state: paused;
+        }
+
+        @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+          .partner-ticker-viewport {
+            overflow-x: auto !important;
+            overscroll-behavior-x: contain;
+          }
+
+          .partner-ticker-track {
+            animation: none !important;
+            transform: none !important;
+          }
+
+          .partner-ticker-copy[aria-hidden="true"] {
+            display: none !important;
+          }
+        }
      `}</style>
    </div>
-  );
+  )
 }
--- a/src/spa/components/ui/process-timeline.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/components/ui/process-timeline.tsx
@@ -2,117 +2,64 @@

 import * as React from "react"

-import { useMeasure } from "@uidotdev/usehooks"
 import { VariantProps, cva } from "class-variance-authority"
-import {
-  HTMLMotionProps,
-  MotionValue,
-  motion,
-  useScroll,
-  useTransform,
-} from "motion/react"

 import { cn } from "@/spa/lib/utils"

-const processCardVariants = cva("flex border backdrop-blur-lg", {
+const processCardVariants = cva("flex border", {
  variants: {
    variant: {
      indigo:
-        "flex border text-slate-50 border-slate-700 backdrop-blur-lg bg-gradient-to-br from-[rgba(15,23,42,0.7)_40%] to-[#3730a3_120%]",
+        "text-slate-50 border-slate-700 bg-gradient-to-br from-[rgba(15,23,42,0.7)_40%] to-[#3730a3_120%]",
      light: "shadow",
-      bmp: "flex border text-white border-[rgba(239,191,4,0.25)] bg-[#111D55]",
-    },
-    size: {
-      sm: "min-w-[25%] max-w-[25%]",
-      md: "min-w-[50%] max-w-[50%]",
-      lg: "min-w-[75%] max-w-[75%]",
-      xl: "min-w-full max-w-full",
+      bmp: "text-white border-[rgba(239,191,4,0.25)] bg-[#111D55]",
    },
  },
  defaultVariants: {
    variant: "bmp",
-    size: "md",
  },
 })

-const subscribeToViewportWidth = (onStoreChange: () => void) => {
-  window.addEventListener("resize", onStoreChange)
-  return () => window.removeEventListener("resize", onStoreChange)
+export function getActiveTimelineStep(
+  scrollLeft: number,
+  maxScroll: number,
+  stepsLength: number,
+) {
+  if (stepsLength <= 1 || maxScroll <= 0) return 0
+
+  const progress = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, scrollLeft / maxScroll))
+  return Math.round(progress * (stepsLength - 1))
 }

-const getViewportWidth = () => window.innerWidth
+export function getTimelineStepScrollLeft(
+  index: number,
+  maxScroll: number,
+  stepsLength: number,
+) {
+  if (stepsLength <= 1 || maxScroll <= 0) return 0

-const getServerViewportWidth = () => 0
-
-function useViewportWidth() {
-  return React.useSyncExternalStore(
-    subscribeToViewportWidth,
-    getViewportWidth,
-    getServerViewportWidth
-  )
+  const safeIndex = Math.min(stepsLength - 1, Math.max(0, index))
+  return (safeIndex / (stepsLength - 1)) * maxScroll
 }

-interface ContainerScrollContextValue {
-  scrollYProgress: MotionValue<number>
+export function getTimelineScrollBehavior(prefersReducedMotion: boolean): ScrollBehavior {
+  return prefersReducedMotion ? "auto" : "smooth"
 }

 interface ProcessCardProps
-  extends HTMLMotionProps<"div">,
-    VariantProps<typeof processCardVariants> {
-  itemsLength: number
-  index: number
-}
+  extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLLIElement>,
+    VariantProps<typeof processCardVariants> {}

-const ContainerScrollContext = React.createContext<
-  ContainerScrollContextValue | undefined
->(undefined)
-
-function useContainerScrollContext() {
-  const context = React.useContext(ContainerScrollContext)
-  if (!context) {
-    throw new Error(
-      "useContainerScrollContext must be used within a ContainerScroll Component"
-    )
-  }
-  return context
-}
-
-export const ContainerScroll = ({
-  children,
-  className,
-  style,
-  ...props
-}: React.HtmlHTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-  const scrollRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-  const { scrollYProgress } = useScroll({
-    target: scrollRef,
-    offset: ["start start", "end end"],
-  })
-  return (
-    <ContainerScrollContext.Provider value={{ scrollYProgress }}>
-      <div
-        ref={scrollRef}
-        className={cn("relative min-h-[120vh]", className)}
-        style={{ position: "relative", ...style }}
-        {...props}
-      >
-        {children}
-      </div>
-    </ContainerScrollContext.Provider>
-  )
-}
-
-export const ContainerSticky = React.forwardRef<
-  HTMLDivElement,
-  React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>
->(({ className, ...props }, ref) => (
-  <div
+export const ProcessCard = React.forwardRef<HTMLLIElement, ProcessCardProps>(
+  ({ className, variant, ...props }, ref) => (
+    <li
      ref={ref}
-    className={cn("sticky left-0 top-0 w-full overflow-hidden", className)}
+      className={cn(processCardVariants({ variant }), className)}
      {...props}
    />
-))
-ContainerSticky.displayName = "ContainerSticky"
+  ),
+)
+ProcessCard.displayName = "ProcessCard"

 export const ProcessCardTitle = React.forwardRef<
  HTMLDivElement,
@@ -133,37 +80,3 @@ export const ProcessCardBody = React.forwardRef<
  />
 ))
 ProcessCardBody.displayName = "ProcessCardBody"
-
-export const ProcessCard: React.FC<ProcessCardProps> = ({
-  className,
-  style,
-  variant,
-  size,
-  itemsLength,
-  index,
-  ...props
-}) => {
-  const { scrollYProgress } = useContainerScrollContext()
-  const start = index / itemsLength
-  const end = start + 1 / itemsLength
-  const viewportWidth = useViewportWidth()
-  const [ref, { width }] = useMeasure()
-
-  const x = useTransform(
-    scrollYProgress,
-    [start, end],
-    [viewportWidth, -((width ?? 0) * index) + 64 * index]
-  )
-  return (
-    <motion.div
-      ref={ref}
-      style={{
-        x: index > 0 ? x : 0,
-        ...style,
-      }}
-      className={cn(processCardVariants({ variant, size }), className)}
-      {...props}
-    />
-  )
-}
-ProcessCard.displayName = "ProcessCard"
--- a/src/spa/homeContent.ts
+++ b/src/spa/homeContent.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ export const homeContent = {
    ],
    awardImageFilename: 'preisuebergabe.jpg',
    awardImageAlt: 'Preisverleihung Bayerischer Mittelstandspreis',
-    awardCaption: 'Preisverleihung 2025',
    formEyebrow: 'Direktbewerbung 2026',
    formTitle: 'Kostenlos bewerben',
    footnote: 'Kostenlos und unverbindlich –',
--- a/src/spa/homeWinnerSelection.ts
+++ b/src/spa/homeWinnerSelection.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,14 @@
-import { resolveCmsRelationship, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { resolveCmsRelationships, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'

 const FALLBACK_YEAR = 2025
 const FALLBACK_LIMIT = 8

-type FallbackWinner = {
-  id: string | number
-  year?: string | number
-}
-
-export function resolveHomeWinners(
-  featured: unknown,
-  cmsWinners: CmsRouteDoc[],
-  fallbackWinners: FallbackWinner[],
-) {
+export function resolveHomeWinners(featured: unknown, cmsWinners: CmsRouteDoc[]) {
  const selectedWinners = Array.isArray(featured) ? featured : []
-  const selectedWinnerDocs = selectedWinners
-    .map((selected) => resolveCmsRelationship(selected, cmsWinners))
-    .filter((winner): winner is CmsRouteDoc => Boolean(winner))

-  if (selectedWinnerDocs.length) return selectedWinnerDocs
+  if (selectedWinners.length) return resolveCmsRelationships(selectedWinners, cmsWinners)

-  return (cmsWinners.length ? cmsWinners : fallbackWinners)
+  return cmsWinners
    .filter((winner) => Number(winner.year) === FALLBACK_YEAR)
    .slice(0, FALLBACK_LIMIT)
 }
--- a/src/spa/juryMembers.ts
+++ b/src/spa/juryMembers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { resolveCmsRelationship, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { resolveCmsRelationships, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'

 const hasText = (value: unknown) => typeof value === 'string' && value.trim().length > 0

@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@ export function selectJuryDocs(selection: unknown, docs: CmsRouteDoc[]) {
  if (selection === undefined) return docs
  if (!Array.isArray(selection)) return []

-  return selection
-    .map((entry) => resolveCmsRelationship(entry, docs))
-    .filter(
-      (member): member is CmsRouteDoc =>
-        Boolean(member && docs.some((doc) => String(doc.id) === String(member.id))),
-    )
+  return resolveCmsRelationships(selection, docs)
 }

 export function sortJuryMembersQuoteFirst<T extends object>(members: T[]) {
@@ -23,7 +18,8 @@ export function sortJuryMembersQuoteFirst<T extends object>(members: T[]) {
      const quoteOrder = Number(hasText(bSortable.quote)) - Number(hasText(aSortable.quote))
      if (quoteOrder !== 0) return quoteOrder

-      const sortOrder = Number(aSortable.sortOrder ?? a.index) - Number(bSortable.sortOrder ?? b.index)
+      const sortOrder =
+        Number(aSortable.sortOrder ?? a.index) - Number(bSortable.sortOrder ?? b.index)
      return sortOrder !== 0 ? sortOrder : a.index - b.index
    })
    .map(({ member }) => member)
--- a/src/spa/netzwerkContent.ts
+++ b/src/spa/netzwerkContent.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ export const netzwerkContent = {
    greetingQuote:
      '„Der Bayerische Mittelstandspreis steht für das, was Bayern stark macht: Unternehmergeist, Verantwortung und Qualität. Mit großer Freude übernehme ich erneut die Schirmherrschaft für diesen bedeutenden Preis.“',
    greetingAttribution: '– Ilse Aigner MdL, Präsidentin des Bayerischen Landtags',
+    greetingVideoButtonLabel: 'Film abspielen',
+    greetingVideoTitle: 'Grußwort von Ilse Aigner MdL',
+    greetingVideoDescription: 'Video-Grußwort der Schirmherrin des Bayerischen Mittelstandspreises.',
+    greetingVideoCloseLabel: 'Schließen',
  },
  juryIntro: {
    eyebrow: 'Wer entscheidet?',
@@ -61,7 +65,6 @@ export const netzwerkContent = {
    description:
      'Unabhängige Expertinnen und Experten aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Verbänden, für einen vollständig unabhängigen Bewertungsprozess.',
    chairBadge: 'Jury-Vorsitz',
-    note: 'Hinweis: Einzelne Persönlichkeiten engagieren sich sowohl in der Jury als auch als Partner des BMP – beide Rollen werden auf dieser Seite getrennt ausgewiesen.',
    members: [
      {
        name: 'Prof. Dr. Klaus Bergmann',
@@ -121,10 +124,8 @@ export const netzwerkContent = {
  partners: {
    eyebrow: 'Netzwerkqualität',
    heading: 'PARTNER & SPONSOREN',
-    description: 'Ein starkes Netzwerk aus Unternehmen und Medien begleitet den Bayerischen Mittelstandspreis. Klicken für Details.',
+    description: 'Ein starkes Netzwerk aus Unternehmen und Medien begleitet den Bayerischen Mittelstandspreis. Die gestaffelten Bänder machen die Gewichtung auf jeder Bildschirmgröße klar.',
    detailLabel: 'Details',
-    premiumLabel: '',
-    defaultLogoColor: '#111D55',
    tiers: [
      { tier: 1, label: 'Große Darstellung', note: '' },
      { tier: 2, label: 'Mittlere Darstellung', note: '' },
@@ -287,10 +288,6 @@ export const netzwerkContent = {
    imageFilename: 'networking-innenhof.jpg',
    imageAlt: 'BMP Partnernetzwerk',
    imageLabel: 'BMP Partnernetzwerk',
-    formEyebrow: 'Sponsoring 2026',
-    footnotePrefix: 'Oder:',
-    footnoteLabel: 'Vereinsmitglied werden',
-    footnoteUrl: '/mitglied-werden',
    benefits: [
      { num: '01', label: 'Markenpräsenz', sub: 'Bühne, Drucksachen, digitale Kanäle' },
      { num: '02', label: 'Top-Entscheider', sub: 'Exklusives Netzwerk-Dinner für Partner' },
@@ -302,13 +299,6 @@ export const netzwerkContent = {
      { label: 'Unternehmen' },
      { label: 'Kontakt' },
    ],
-    packages: [
-      { value: 'main', title: 'Haupt-Sponsoring', desc: 'Maximale Sichtbarkeit auf allen Kanälen – Bühne, Digital, Print.' },
-      { value: 'category', title: 'Kategorie-Partner', desc: 'Namensgebung einer Auszeichnungskategorie – fokussiertes Branding.' },
-      { value: 'event', title: 'Event-Partner', desc: 'Präsenz beim exklusiven Gala-Abend in München.' },
-    ],
-    step1Eyebrow: 'Schritt 1 – Paket wählen',
-    step1Heading: 'Interesse an',
    step2Eyebrow: 'Schritt 2 – Unternehmen',
    step2Heading: 'Ihr Unternehmen',
    companyLabel: 'Unternehmen *',
@@ -324,7 +314,6 @@ export const netzwerkContent = {
    backLabel: 'Zurück',
    nextLabel: 'Weiter',
    submitLabel: 'Exposé anfordern',
-    requiredPackageError: 'Bitte wählen Sie ein Paket.',
    requiredFieldError: 'Pflichtfeld',
    invalidEmailError: 'Ungültige E-Mail',
    doneLabel: '✓',
--- a/src/spa/pages/About.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/About.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import HomeWinnersSection, { type HomeWinnersContent } from '@/spa/components/Ho
 import TestimonialsSection from '@/spa/components/TestimonialsSection'
 import MunichSkylineBg from '@/spa/components/ui/munich-skyline-bg'
 import Image from '@/spa/components/ui/UnoptimizedImage'
-import { mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField'
+import { mediaAlt, mediaObjectPosition, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField'
 import { useCmsCollection, useCmsRoute, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile'
 import { Link } from '@/spa/router'
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ function HighlightedText({ text, highlight }: { text: string; highlight: string

 const About: React.FC = () => {
  const isMobile = useIsMobile()
+  const isRelevanceStacked = useIsMobile(1024)
  const cms = (useCmsRoute()?.doc?.about || {}) as AboutCms
  const cmsPages = useCmsCollection('pages')
  const hero = { ...aboutContent.hero, ...(cms.hero || {}) }
@@ -159,10 +160,10 @@ const About: React.FC = () => {
        </div>
      </section>

-      <section id="was-ist" style={{ position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden', isolation: 'isolate' }}>
+      <section id="was-ist" data-testid="prize-section" style={{ position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden', isolation: 'isolate' }}>
        <MunichSkylineBg />
-        <div style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isMobile ? '1fr' : '55% 45%', minHeight: isMobile ? 'auto' : 580 }}>
-          <div style={{ background: WHITE, padding: isMobile ? '32px 24px 44px' : '88px 80px', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', justifyContent: 'center', order: isMobile ? 2 : 0 }}>
+        <div data-testid="prize-layout" data-layout={isRelevanceStacked ? 'stacked' : 'split'} style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isRelevanceStacked ? '1fr' : '55% 45%', minHeight: isMobile ? 'auto' : 580 }}>
+          <div data-testid="prize-copy-panel" style={{ background: WHITE, padding: isMobile ? '32px 24px 44px' : isRelevanceStacked ? '56px 48px' : '88px clamp(48px, 5.55vw, 80px)', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', justifyContent: 'center', order: isRelevanceStacked ? 2 : 0 }}>
            {!isMobile && (
              <>
                <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, color: 'var(--text-eyebrow-light)', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.32em', fontWeight: 700, display: 'block', marginBottom: 20 }}>{fallbackText(prize.eyebrow, aboutContent.prize.eyebrow)}</span>
@@ -177,26 +178,28 @@ const About: React.FC = () => {
                {text}
              </p>
            ))}
-            <div style={{ display: 'flex', order: isMobile ? -1 : 0, borderTop: isMobile ? 'none' : '1px solid #D0D5DD', borderBottom: isMobile ? '1px solid #D0D5DD' : 'none', marginBottom: isMobile ? 26 : 0 }}>
+            <div data-testid="prize-facts" style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: 'repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr))', order: isMobile ? -1 : 0, borderTop: isMobile ? 'none' : '1px solid #D0D5DD', borderBottom: isMobile ? '1px solid #D0D5DD' : 'none', marginBottom: isMobile ? 26 : 0 }}>
              {fallbackArray(prize.facts, aboutContent.prize.facts).map((f, i, arr) => (
-                <div key={`${f.value}-${i}`} style={{ flex: 1, padding: '20px 0', borderRight: i < arr.length - 1 ? '1px solid #D0D5DD' : 'none', paddingLeft: 0, paddingRight: i < arr.length - 1 ? 20 : 0 }}>
-                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 'clamp(1.4rem, 2vw, 1.8rem)', fontWeight: 900, color: '#101828', letterSpacing: '-0.03em', lineHeight: 1 }}>{fallbackText(f.value, '')}</div>
-                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 12, fontWeight: 700, color: 'var(--text-brand-on-light)', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.18em', marginTop: 6 }}>{fallbackText(f.label, '')}</div>
+                <div key={`${f.value}-${i}`} data-testid="prize-fact" style={{ minWidth: 0, padding: isMobile ? '20px 8px' : '20px 16px', borderRight: i < arr.length - 1 ? '1px solid #D0D5DD' : 'none', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'center', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                  <div data-testid="prize-fact-value" style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 'clamp(1.4rem, 2vw, 1.8rem)', fontWeight: 900, color: '#101828', letterSpacing: '-0.03em', lineHeight: 1 }}>{fallbackText(f.value, '')}</div>
+                  <div data-testid="prize-fact-label" style={{ maxWidth: '100%', fontFamily: FF, fontSize: isMobile ? 10 : 11, fontWeight: 700, color: 'var(--text-brand-on-light)', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: isMobile ? '0.11em' : '0.14em', lineHeight: 1.35, marginTop: 8, overflowWrap: 'anywhere', hyphens: 'auto' }}>{fallbackText(f.label, '')}</div>
                </div>
              ))}
            </div>
          </div>

-          <div style={{ position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden', minHeight: isMobile ? 280 : undefined, order: isMobile ? 1 : 0 }}>
+          <figure data-testid="prize-figure" style={{ position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden', minHeight: isMobile ? 280 : isRelevanceStacked ? 420 : undefined, margin: 0, order: isRelevanceStacked ? 1 : 0, display: isMobile ? 'flex' : 'block', flexDirection: isMobile ? 'column' : undefined }}>
+            <div data-testid="prize-image-visual" style={{ position: isMobile ? 'relative' : 'absolute', inset: isMobile ? undefined : 0, minHeight: isMobile ? 280 : undefined, overflow: 'hidden' }}>
              <Image
                unoptimized
+                data-testid="prize-image"
                src={mediaUrl(prize.image, `/images/${aboutContent.prize.imageFilename}`)}
                alt={mediaAlt(prize.image, fallbackText(prize.imageAlt, aboutContent.prize.imageAlt))}
-              style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'cover', objectPosition: 'center', display: 'block' }}
+                style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'cover', objectPosition: mediaObjectPosition(prize.image), display: 'block' }}
              />
              <div style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, background: isMobile
                ? 'linear-gradient(to top, rgba(3,9,58,0.94) 0%, rgba(3,9,58,0.55) 38%, rgba(3,9,58,0.12) 72%, transparent 100%), linear-gradient(to right, rgba(3,9,58,0.5) 0%, transparent 55%)'
-              : `linear-gradient(to right, ${WHITE} 0%, transparent 25%), linear-gradient(to top, rgba(3,9,58,0.75) 0%, transparent 60%)` }} />
+                : `linear-gradient(to right, ${WHITE} 0%, transparent 25%), linear-gradient(to top, rgba(3,9,58,0.58) 0%, transparent 52%)` }} />
              {isMobile && (
                <div style={{ position: 'absolute', left: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, padding: '0 24px 24px', zIndex: 2 }}>
                  <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, color: '#8FBEEC', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.32em', fontWeight: 700, display: 'block', marginBottom: 12 }}>{fallbackText(prize.eyebrow, aboutContent.prize.eyebrow)}</span>
@@ -205,24 +208,30 @@ const About: React.FC = () => {
                  </h2>
                </div>
              )}
-            {!isMobile && (
-              <div style={{ position: 'absolute', bottom: 36, left: 36 }}>
-                <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: '0.22em', textTransform: 'uppercase', color: GOLD, marginBottom: 6 }}>{fallbackText(prize.imageLabel, aboutContent.prize.imageLabel)}</div>
-                <div style={{ width: 28, height: 2, background: GOLD }} />
-              </div>
-            )}
            </div>
+            <figcaption data-testid="prize-image-caption" style={{ position: isMobile ? 'relative' : 'absolute', zIndex: 3, bottom: isMobile ? undefined : 32, left: isMobile ? undefined : 32, maxWidth: isMobile ? undefined : 'calc(100% - 64px)', padding: isMobile ? '12px 24px' : '10px 14px', borderLeft: `3px solid ${GOLD}`, background: isMobile ? '#03093A' : 'rgba(3,9,58,0.92)', color: '#fff', fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 11, fontWeight: 700, lineHeight: 1.4, letterSpacing: '0.16em', textTransform: 'uppercase', overflowWrap: 'anywhere', boxShadow: isMobile ? 'none' : '0 8px 24px rgba(3,9,58,0.24)', backdropFilter: isMobile ? undefined : 'blur(4px)' }}>
+              {fallbackText(prize.imageLabel, aboutContent.prize.imageLabel)}
+            </figcaption>
+          </figure>
        </div>
      </section>

-      <section id="mittelstand" style={{ overflow: 'hidden' }}>
-        <div style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isMobile ? '1fr' : '45% 55%', minHeight: isMobile ? 'auto' : 580 }}>
-          <div style={{ position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden', minHeight: isMobile ? 280 : undefined }}>
+      <section id="mittelstand" data-testid="relevance-section" style={{ overflow: 'hidden' }}>
+        <div
+          data-testid="relevance-layout"
+          data-layout={isRelevanceStacked ? 'stacked' : 'split'}
+          style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isRelevanceStacked ? '1fr' : '55% 45%', minHeight: isRelevanceStacked ? 'auto' : 580 }}
+        >
+          <div
+            data-testid="relevance-image-panel"
+            style={{ position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden', minHeight: isRelevanceStacked ? (isMobile ? 280 : 420) : undefined }}
+          >
            <Image
              unoptimized
+              data-testid="relevance-image"
              src={mediaUrl(mittelstand.image, `/images/${aboutContent.mittelstand.imageFilename}`)}
              alt={mediaAlt(mittelstand.image, fallbackText(mittelstand.imageAlt, aboutContent.mittelstand.imageAlt))}
-              style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'cover', objectPosition: 'center', display: 'block' }}
+              style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'cover', objectPosition: mediaObjectPosition(mittelstand.image), display: 'block' }}
            />
            <div style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, background: isMobile
              ? 'linear-gradient(to top, rgba(3,9,58,0.94) 0%, rgba(3,9,58,0.55) 38%, rgba(3,9,58,0.12) 72%, transparent 100%), linear-gradient(to right, rgba(3,9,58,0.5) 0%, transparent 55%)'
@@ -242,7 +251,11 @@ const About: React.FC = () => {
            )}
          </div>

-          <div style={{ background: NAVY, padding: isMobile ? '32px 24px 40px' : '88px 80px', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
+          <div
+            data-testid="relevance-copy-panel"
+            style={{ background: NAVY, padding: isMobile ? '32px 24px 40px' : isRelevanceStacked ? '56px 48px' : '88px 64px', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', justifyContent: 'center' }}
+          >
+            <div data-testid="relevance-copy" style={{ width: '100%', maxWidth: 520, margin: '0 auto' }}>
              {!isMobile && (
                <>
                  <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, color: '#EFBF04', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.32em', fontWeight: 700, display: 'block', marginBottom: 20 }}>{fallbackText(mittelstand.eyebrow, aboutContent.mittelstand.eyebrow)}</span>
@@ -253,12 +266,13 @@ const About: React.FC = () => {
              )}
              <div style={{ width: 36, height: 2, background: GOLD, marginBottom: 28 }} />
              {paragraphs(mittelstand.body, aboutContent.mittelstand.body).map((text, index, arr) => (
-              <p key={index} className="type-body text-role-inverse-secondary" style={{ maxWidth: 440, marginBottom: index === arr.length - 1 ? 40 : 16 }}>
+                <p key={index} className="type-body text-role-inverse-secondary" style={{ marginBottom: index === arr.length - 1 ? (isMobile ? 0 : 40) : 16 }}>
                  {text}
                </p>
              ))}
            </div>
          </div>
+        </div>
      </section>

      <HomeWinnersSection content={homeWinners} />
--- a/src/spa/pages/Home.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/Home.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ type HomeHeroCms = {
  videoLabel?: string | null;
 };
 type HomeSectionCms = CmsRecord & {
-  awardCaption?: string | null;
  awardImage?: unknown;
  awardImageAlt?: string | null;
  benefits?: unknown;
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ const isMembershipCta = (cta?: { label?: string; url?: string; to?: string } | n
  cta?.label?.trim().toLowerCase() === 'mitglied werden';

 function Lines({ text }: { text: string }) {
-  return <>{text.split('\n').map((line, i) => <React.Fragment key={`${line}-${i}`}>{i > 0 && <br />}{line}</React.Fragment>)}</>;
+  return <>{text.split(/\r?\n/).map((line, i) => <React.Fragment key={`${line}-${i}`}>{i > 0 && <br />}{line}</React.Fragment>)}</>;
 }

 function partnerLogos(partners: PartnerLogoData[]) {
@@ -269,7 +268,10 @@ const Home: React.FC = () => {
            <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 16, flexShrink: 0 }}>
              <div style={{ width: 1, height: 20, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.2)' }} />
              <div style={{ width: 'min(820px, calc(100vw - 260px))', overflow: 'hidden', flexShrink: 0 }}>
-                <PartnerTicker logos={partnerLogos(networkPartners)} />
+                <PartnerTicker
+                  ariaLabel={fallbackText(hero.partnersLabel, homeContent.hero.partnersLabel)}
+                  logos={partnerLogos(networkPartners)}
+                />
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
@@ -540,7 +542,7 @@ const Home: React.FC = () => {

 // ─── StatusSlider ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

-function StatusSlider({ data }: { data?: SpaApplicationPhaseData }) {
+export function StatusSlider({ data }: { data?: SpaApplicationPhaseData }) {
  const isMobile = useIsMobile();
  if (!data?.phases?.length) return null;

@@ -566,11 +568,12 @@ function StatusSlider({ data }: { data?: SpaApplicationPhaseData }) {

  return (
    <section
+      data-testid="phase-section"
      style={{
        position: 'relative',
        overflow: 'hidden',
-        height: isMobile ? 'auto' : 480,
-        minHeight: isMobile ? 360 : 'auto',
+        height: 'auto',
+        minHeight: isMobile ? 360 : 480,
      }}
    >
      <StatusSlideCard
@@ -603,7 +606,7 @@ function StatusSlideCard({
    <div
      style={{
        width: '100vw',
-        height: '100%',
+        minHeight: isMobile ? 360 : 480,
        flexShrink: 0,
        position: 'relative',
        background: phase.bg,
@@ -627,8 +630,8 @@ function StatusSlideCard({

        {/* Headline + body + CTA */}
        <div>
-          <h2 className="type-page-title text-role-inverse" style={{ textTransform: 'uppercase', margin: '0 0 24px' }}>
-            {phase.headline}
+          <h2 className="type-page-title text-role-inverse" data-testid="phase-headline" style={{ textTransform: 'uppercase', margin: '0 0 24px' }}>
+            <Lines text={fallbackText(phase.headline, '')} />
          </h2>
          <p className="type-body text-role-inverse-secondary" style={{ marginBottom: 32, maxWidth: isMobile ? 520 : 760 }}>
            {phase.body}
--- a/src/spa/pages/Netzwerk.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/Netzwerk.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,19 @@ import MunichSkylineBg from '@/spa/components/ui/munich-skyline-bg';
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile';
 import { useCmsCollection, useCmsRoute, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
 import { mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
-import { homeContent } from '@/spa/homeContent';
 import { selectJuryDocs, sortJuryMembersQuoteFirst } from '@/spa/juryMembers';
 import { netzwerkContent } from '@/spa/netzwerkContent';
 import Image from '@/spa/components/ui/UnoptimizedImage'
 import { PartnerLogoMark, type PartnerLogoData } from '@/spa/components/ui/partner-logo';
+import {
+  groupSponsorsByTier,
+  sponsorCardBasis,
+  sponsorColumns,
+  sponsorTierNumbers,
+  sponsorViewport,
+  type SponsorTierNumber,
+  type SponsorViewport,
+} from '@/spa/sponsorHierarchy';

 const FF = '"IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif';
 const FB = '"Inter", sans-serif';
@@ -19,22 +27,11 @@ const GOLD = '#EFBF04';

 type NetzwerkCms = Omit<Partial<typeof netzwerkContent>, 'hero' | 'jury' | 'sponsoring'> & {
  hero?: Partial<typeof netzwerkContent.hero> & { image?: unknown }
+  patronage?: Partial<typeof netzwerkContent.patronage> & { greetingVideo?: unknown }
  jury?: Partial<Omit<typeof netzwerkContent.jury, 'members'>> & { members?: unknown[] | null }
  sponsoring?: Partial<typeof netzwerkContent.sponsoring> & { image?: unknown }
 }

-type HomeVideoCms = {
-  hero?: {
-    videoLabel?: string | null
-  }
-  videoModal?: {
-    video?: unknown
-    title?: string | null
-    description?: string | null
-    closeLabel?: string | null
-  }
-}
-
 type PatronPerson = (typeof netzwerkContent.patronage.people)[number] & { imageUpload?: unknown }
 type JuryMember = (typeof netzwerkContent.jury.members)[number] & {
  active?: boolean | null
@@ -63,17 +60,7 @@ type PartnerModalCopy = typeof netzwerkContent.partners.modal
 const fallbackText = (value: unknown, fallback: string) => typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : fallback;
 const fallbackArray = <T,>(value: unknown, fallback: T[]) => Array.isArray(value) && value.length ? value as T[] : fallback;
 const managedImage = (upload: unknown, fallback: unknown) => mediaUrl(upload, fallbackText(fallback, ''))
-const deprecatedPartnerDescription = 'Partner in drei Kategorien: Hauptsponsoren, Medienpartner und weitere Sponsoren. Klicken für Details.'
-const visiblePartnerDescription = (value: unknown) => {
-  const text = fallbackText(value, netzwerkContent.partners.description)
-  return text.trim() === deprecatedPartnerDescription ? netzwerkContent.partners.description : text
-}
 const juryImageFallback = '/images/preistraeger-placeholder.svg'
-const sortedPartners = <T extends PartnerLogoData>(partners: T[]) =>
-  partners
-    .map((partner, index) => ({ partner, index }))
-    .sort((a, b) => Number(a.partner.sortOrder ?? a.index) - Number(b.partner.sortOrder ?? b.index))
-    .map(({ partner }) => partner)
 const normalizeJuryMember = (member: CmsRouteDoc): JuryMember => {
  const organization = fallbackText(member.organization, '')
  const rawRole = fallbackText(member.role, '')
@@ -237,27 +224,46 @@ const JuryChairCard: React.FC<{ member: JuryMember; badge: string }> = ({ member

 // ── SponsorCell (tiered) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────

-const SponsorCell: React.FC<{ partner: Partner; variant: 'lg' | 'md' | 'sm'; idx: number; cols: number; detailLabel: string; onClick: () => void }> = ({ partner, variant, idx, cols, detailLabel, onClick }) => {
+const SponsorCell: React.FC<{
+  partner: Partner
+  variant: 'lg' | 'md' | 'sm'
+  columns: number
+  detailLabel: string
+  gap: number
+  viewport: SponsorViewport
+  onClick: () => void
+}> = ({ partner, variant, columns, detailLabel, gap, viewport, onClick }) => {
  const [hovered, setHovered] = useState(false);
-  const isMobileCell = useIsMobile();
  const lg = variant === 'lg';
  const sm = variant === 'sm';
-  const lastCol = (idx % cols) === cols - 1;
-  const logoHeight = isMobileCell ? (lg ? 76 : sm ? 54 : 62) : lg ? 92 : sm ? 62 : 76;
+  const mobileCell = viewport === 'mobile' || viewport === 'narrow-mobile';
+  const logoHeight = mobileCell ? (lg ? 96 : sm ? 58 : 76) : lg ? 116 : sm ? 72 : 92;
+  const basis = sponsorCardBasis(columns, gap);
  return (
-    <div
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      aria-label={`${detailLabel}: ${partner.name}`}
+      data-testid={`sponsor-card-${partner.id}`}
      onClick={onClick}
      onMouseEnter={() => setHovered(true)}
      onMouseLeave={() => setHovered(false)}
      style={{
-        padding: isMobileCell ? '26px 20px' : lg ? '44px 38px 40px' : sm ? '30px 28px' : '36px 32px',
-        borderRight: !lastCol && !isMobileCell ? '1px solid rgba(3,9,58,0.08)' : 'none',
-        borderBottom: '1px solid rgba(3,9,58,0.08)',
+        appearance: 'none',
+        boxSizing: 'border-box',
+        width: basis,
+        flex: `0 0 ${basis}`,
+        minWidth: 0,
+        padding: mobileCell ? (sm ? '22px 16px' : '30px 24px') : lg ? '48px 42px 44px' : sm ? '30px 26px' : '38px 34px',
+        border: '1px solid rgba(3,9,58,0.1)',
+        borderTop: `${lg ? 4 : sm ? 2 : 3}px solid ${GOLD}`,
        display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: lg ? 18 : 16,
        cursor: 'pointer',
-        background: hovered ? '#E8E5E4' : 'transparent',
+        background: hovered ? '#E8E5E4' : 'rgba(255,255,255,0.92)',
        transition: 'background 0.15s',
        position: 'relative',
+        textAlign: 'left',
+        color: 'inherit',
+        font: 'inherit',
      }}
    >
      <div style={{ height: logoHeight, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', width: '100%', minWidth: 0 }}>
@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ const SponsorCell: React.FC<{ partner: Partner; variant: 'lg' | 'md' | 'sm'; idx
      <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 11, textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.12em', color: GOLD, fontWeight: 700, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 4 }}>
        {detailLabel} <ArrowRight size={10} />
      </div>
-    </div>
+    </button>
  );
 };

@@ -464,15 +470,14 @@ function PartnerModal({ partner, copy, onClose }: { partner: Partner; copy: Part

 const Netzwerk: React.FC = () => {
  const isMobile = useIsMobile();
+  const isTabletOrMobile = useIsMobile(1200);
+  const isNarrowMobile = useIsMobile(360);
  const [selectedPartner, setSelectedPartner] = useState<Partner | null>(null);
  const [showGreetingVideo, setShowGreetingVideo] = useState(false);
  const greetingVideoRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement>(null);
  const cms = (useCmsRoute()?.doc?.netzwerk || {}) as NetzwerkCms;
-  const homePage = useCmsCollection('pages').find((page) => page.spaPath === '/' || page.slug === 'startseite' || page.slug === 'home');
  const cmsPartners = useCmsCollection('partners') as unknown as Partner[];
  const cmsJuryMembers = useCmsCollection('jury-mitglieder');
-  const home = (homePage?.home || {}) as HomeVideoCms;
-  const homeVideoModal = home.videoModal || {};
  const hero = { ...netzwerkContent.hero, ...(cms.hero || {}) };
  const patronage = { ...netzwerkContent.patronage, ...(cms.patronage || {}) };
  const juryIntro = { ...netzwerkContent.juryIntro, ...(cms.juryIntro || {}) };
@@ -483,30 +488,34 @@ const Netzwerk: React.FC = () => {
  const sponsoring = { ...netzwerkContent.sponsoring, ...(cms.sponsoring || {}) };
  const patronPeople = fallbackArray<PatronPerson>(patronage.people, netzwerkContent.patronage.people);
  const cmsJurySelection = cms.jury?.members;
-  const hasCmsJurySelection = cmsJurySelection !== undefined;
  const sourcedJuryDocs = selectJuryDocs(cmsJurySelection, cmsJuryMembers);
  const normalizedJuryMembers = sourcedJuryDocs
    .map(normalizeJuryMember)
    .filter((member) => member.active !== false && member.name);
-  const jurySourceMembers: JuryMember[] = normalizedJuryMembers.length || hasCmsJurySelection
-    ? normalizedJuryMembers
-    : netzwerkContent.jury.members;
-  const juryMembers = sortJuryMembersQuoteFirst(jurySourceMembers);
+  const juryMembers = sortJuryMembersQuoteFirst(normalizedJuryMembers);
  const expertiseRows = fallbackArray<ExpertiseRow>(expertise.rows, netzwerkContent.expertise.rows);
-  const partners = sortedPartners(cmsPartners)
+  const partners = cmsPartners
    .filter((partner) => partner.active !== false)
    .map((partner) => ({
      ...partner,
      id: partner.stableId || partner.id,
    }));
-  const partnerTiers = fallbackArray<PartnerTier>(partnerSection.tiers, netzwerkContent.partners.tiers);
+  const configuredPartnerTiers = fallbackArray<PartnerTier>(partnerSection.tiers, netzwerkContent.partners.tiers);
+  const partnerTiers = sponsorTierNumbers.map((tier) => ({
+    ...(netzwerkContent.partners.tiers.find((entry) => entry.tier === tier) as PartnerTier),
+    ...(configuredPartnerTiers.find((entry) => Number(entry.tier) === tier) || {}),
+    tier,
+  }));
+  const sponsorsByTier = groupSponsorsByTier(partners);
+  const sponsorLayoutViewport = sponsorViewport({ isMobile, isNarrowMobile, isTabletOrMobile });
  const mobileStats = fallbackArray<StatItem>(juryIntro.stats, netzwerkContent.juryIntro.stats);
  const desktopStats = fallbackArray<StatItem>(juryIntro.desktopStats, netzwerkContent.juryIntro.desktopStats);
  const sponsorBenefits = fallbackArray<BenefitItem>(sponsoring.benefits, netzwerkContent.sponsoring.benefits);
-  const greetingVideoSrc = mediaUrl(homeVideoModal.video, '');
-  const greetingVideoTitle = fallbackText(homeVideoModal.title, homeContent.videoModal.title);
-  const greetingVideoLabel = fallbackText(home.hero?.videoLabel, homeContent.hero.videoLabel);
-  const greetingVideoCloseLabel = fallbackText(homeVideoModal.closeLabel, homeContent.videoModal.closeLabel);
+  const greetingVideoSrc = mediaUrl(patronage.greetingVideo, '');
+  const greetingVideoTitle = fallbackText(patronage.greetingVideoTitle, netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoTitle);
+  const greetingVideoDescription = fallbackText(patronage.greetingVideoDescription, netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoDescription);
+  const greetingVideoLabel = fallbackText(patronage.greetingVideoButtonLabel, netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoButtonLabel);
+  const greetingVideoCloseLabel = fallbackText(patronage.greetingVideoCloseLabel, netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoCloseLabel);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (!showGreetingVideo || !greetingVideoSrc) return;
@@ -759,23 +768,61 @@ const Netzwerk: React.FC = () => {
            <h2 className="type-section-title text-role-heading" style={{ textTransform: 'uppercase', margin: 0 }}><Lines text={fallbackText(partnerSection.heading, netzwerkContent.partners.heading)} /></h2>
          </div>
          <p className="type-body text-role-secondary" style={{ margin: 0 }}>
-            {visiblePartnerDescription(partnerSection.description)}
+            {fallbackText(partnerSection.description, netzwerkContent.partners.description)}
          </p>
        </div>

-        {/* Tiered grid – continuous, ranks marked by label bars */}
-        <div style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1 }}>
+        {/* Independent tier bands keep rank legible without mixing tiers to fill a row. */}
+        <div style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, padding: isMobile ? '16px 20px 52px' : '24px 48px 80px' }}>
          {partnerTiers.map(t => {
-            const tier = Number(t.tier) as 1 | 2 | 3;
+            const tier = Number(t.tier) as SponsorTierNumber;
            const variant = tier === 1 ? 'lg' as const : tier === 2 ? 'md' as const : 'sm' as const;
-            const cols = isMobile ? (tier === 1 ? 1 : 2) : (tier === 3 ? 4 : 2);
-            const items = partners.filter(p => p.tier === tier);
+            const columns = sponsorColumns(tier, sponsorLayoutViewport);
+            const gap = isMobile ? 12 : tier === 3 ? 16 : 20;
+            const items = sponsorsByTier[tier];
+            const label = fallbackText(t.label, netzwerkContent.partners.tiers[tier - 1]?.label || '');
+            const note = fallbackText(t.note, '');
+            if (!items.length) return null;
            return (
-              <div key={t.tier} style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: `repeat(${cols}, 1fr)` }}>
-                {items.map((p, i) => (
-                  <SponsorCell key={p.id} partner={p} variant={variant} idx={i} cols={cols} detailLabel={fallbackText(partnerSection.detailLabel, netzwerkContent.partners.detailLabel)} onClick={() => setSelectedPartner(p)} />
+              <section
+                key={tier}
+                data-testid={`sponsor-tier-${tier}`}
+                data-tier={tier}
+                data-columns={columns}
+                data-viewport={sponsorLayoutViewport}
+                style={{
+                  maxWidth: 1240,
+                  margin: '0 auto',
+                  padding: isMobile ? (tier === 1 ? '34px 0 14px' : '42px 0 14px') : (tier === 1 ? '50px 0 18px' : '62px 0 18px'),
+                  borderBottom: tier === 3 ? 'none' : '1px solid rgba(3,9,58,0.08)',
+                }}
+              >
+                <header style={{ maxWidth: tier === 1 ? 720 : 620, margin: '0 auto', textAlign: 'center', padding: isMobile ? '0 8px 24px' : '0 16px 32px' }}>
+                  <h3 style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: isMobile ? (tier === 1 ? 25 : 21) : (tier === 1 ? 34 : tier === 2 ? 28 : 23), fontWeight: 800, color: NAVY, textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: tier === 3 ? '0.08em' : '0.04em', lineHeight: 1.1, margin: 0 }}>
+                    {label}
+                  </h3>
+                  {note ? (
+                    <p style={{ fontFamily: FB, fontSize: isMobile ? 14 : 16, color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.58)', lineHeight: 1.55, margin: '12px 0 0' }}>{note}</p>
+                  ) : null}
+                </header>
+                <div
+                  data-testid={`sponsor-tier-${tier}-cards`}
+                  style={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'stretch', gap }}
+                >
+                  {items.map((partner) => (
+                    <SponsorCell
+                      key={partner.id}
+                      partner={partner}
+                      variant={variant}
+                      columns={columns}
+                      detailLabel={fallbackText(partnerSection.detailLabel, netzwerkContent.partners.detailLabel)}
+                      gap={gap}
+                      viewport={sponsorLayoutViewport}
+                      onClick={() => setSelectedPartner(partner)}
+                    />
                  ))}
                </div>
+              </section>
            );
          })}
        </div>
@@ -854,6 +901,10 @@ const Netzwerk: React.FC = () => {
      {showGreetingVideo && greetingVideoSrc && (
        <div
          onClick={(e) => { if (e.target === e.currentTarget) setShowGreetingVideo(false); }}
+          role="dialog"
+          aria-modal="true"
+          aria-labelledby="netzwerk-greeting-video-title"
+          aria-describedby="netzwerk-greeting-video-description"
          style={{
            position: 'fixed',
            inset: 0,
@@ -865,6 +916,8 @@ const Netzwerk: React.FC = () => {
            padding: isMobile ? 16 : 24,
          }}
        >
+          <h2 id="netzwerk-greeting-video-title" className="sr-only">{greetingVideoTitle}</h2>
+          <p id="netzwerk-greeting-video-description" className="sr-only">{greetingVideoDescription}</p>
          <button
            type="button"
            onClick={() => setShowGreetingVideo(false)}
--- a/src/spa/pages/Participation.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/Participation.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ function Lines({ text }: { text: string }) {

 const Participation: React.FC = () => {
  const isMobile = useIsMobile();
+  const isEligibilityCompact = useIsMobile(900);
  const qualSectionRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);
  const cms = (useCmsRoute()?.doc?.participation || {}) as ParticipationCms;
  const hero = { ...participationContent.hero, ...(cms.hero || {}) };
@@ -94,10 +95,10 @@ const Participation: React.FC = () => {
      <WegZurAuszeichnungSection content={process} />

      {/* ── QUALIFICATIONS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
-      <section id="voraussetzungen" ref={qualSectionRef} style={{ background: '#fff', overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative', isolation: 'isolate' }}>
+      <section id="voraussetzungen" ref={qualSectionRef} data-testid="eligibility-section" style={{ background: '#fff', overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative', isolation: 'isolate', scrollMarginTop: 60 }}>

        {/* Header */}
-        <div style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, padding: isMobile ? '48px 24px 32px' : '80px 80px 56px', display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isMobile ? '1fr' : '1fr 1fr', gap: isMobile ? 24 : 48, alignItems: 'flex-end', borderBottom: `1px solid #D0D5DD` }}>
+        <div data-testid="eligibility-header" style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, padding: isMobile ? '48px 24px 36px' : '80px 80px 56px', display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isMobile ? '1fr' : '1fr 1fr', gap: isMobile ? 24 : 48, alignItems: 'flex-end', background: '#fff', borderBottom: '1px solid rgba(17,29,85,0.16)' }}>
          <div>
            <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, color: 'var(--text-eyebrow-light)', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.32em', fontWeight: 700, display: 'block', marginBottom: 16 }}>{fallbackText(eligibility.eyebrow, participationContent.eligibility.eyebrow)}</span>
            <h2 className="type-section-title text-role-heading" style={{ textTransform: 'uppercase', margin: 0 }}>
@@ -122,22 +123,25 @@ const Participation: React.FC = () => {
        </div>

        {/* 4 criteria as editorial rows */}
-        <div style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, background: '#fff', borderBottom: `1px solid #D0D5DD` }}>
+        <div data-testid="eligibility-criteria-group" style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, background: '#F4F6F8', borderBottom: '1px solid rgba(17,29,85,0.16)', boxShadow: 'inset 0 1px 0 rgba(17,29,85,0.04)' }}>
+          <ol data-testid="eligibility-criteria" style={{ listStyle: 'none', maxWidth: 1280, margin: '0 auto', padding: isEligibilityCompact ? '8px 0' : '16px 80px', boxSizing: 'border-box' }}>
            {eligibilityCriteria.map((item, i, arr) => {
              const Icon = ICONS[item.icon as keyof typeof ICONS] || MapPin;
              return (
-              <QualRow key={i} item={item} Icon={Icon} last={i === arr.length - 1} />
+                <QualRow key={i} item={item} Icon={Icon} last={i === arr.length - 1} index={i} compact={isEligibilityCompact} />
              );
            })}
+          </ol>
        </div>

        {/* Zusätzliche Hinweise: Verbund + Wiederbewerber */}
-        <div style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, padding: isMobile ? '28px 24px' : '40px 80px', display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isMobile ? '1fr' : '1fr 1fr', gap: isMobile ? 24 : 48, borderBottom: '1px solid #D0D5DD' }}>
+        <div data-testid="eligibility-notes-group" style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, background: '#fff', borderBottom: '1px solid rgba(17,29,85,0.16)' }}>
+          <div style={{ maxWidth: 1280, margin: '0 auto', padding: isEligibilityCompact ? '12px 24px' : '40px 80px 44px', display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isEligibilityCompact ? '1fr' : 'repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr))', gap: isEligibilityCompact ? 0 : 48, boxSizing: 'border-box' }}>
            {eligibilityNotes.map((note, i) => {
              const Icon = ICONS[note.icon as keyof typeof ICONS] || Building2;
              return (
-          <div key={i} style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-start', gap: 14 }}>
-            <Icon size={18} style={{ color: GOLD, flexShrink: 0, marginTop: 3 }} strokeWidth={1.7} />
+                <div key={i} data-testid="eligibility-note" data-order={i + 1} style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-start', gap: 14, padding: isEligibilityCompact ? '20px 0' : '18px 0 0', borderTop: '2px solid rgba(239,191,4,0.72)', borderBottom: isEligibilityCompact && i < eligibilityNotes.length - 1 ? '1px solid rgba(17,29,85,0.12)' : 'none' }}>
+                  <Icon aria-hidden="true" size={18} style={{ color: GOLD, flexShrink: 0, marginTop: 3 }} strokeWidth={1.7} />
                  <div>
                    <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 13, fontWeight: 700, color: '#101828', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.08em', marginBottom: 8 }}>{fallbackText(note.title, '')}</div>
                    <p className="type-body text-role-secondary" style={{ margin: 0 }}>
@@ -148,30 +152,31 @@ const Participation: React.FC = () => {
              );
            })}
          </div>
+        </div>

        {/* CTA nudge */}
-        <div style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, padding: isMobile ? '24px 24px' : '32px 80px', display: 'flex', flexDirection: isMobile ? 'column' : 'row', alignItems: isMobile ? 'flex-start' : 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 24 }}>
-          <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 12 }}>
-            <CheckCircle2 size={18} style={{ color: GOLD, flexShrink: 0 }} />
-            <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 18, fontWeight: 600, color: '#101828' }}>{fallbackText(eligibility.nudgeText, participationContent.eligibility.nudgeText)}</span>
-          </div>
+        <aside data-testid="eligibility-summary" style={{ position: 'relative', zIndex: 1, padding: isEligibilityCompact ? '24px' : '28px 80px', background: NAVY, boxShadow: 'inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.08)' }}>
+          <div style={{ maxWidth: 1120, margin: '0 auto', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-start', gap: 12 }}>
+            <CheckCircle2 aria-hidden="true" size={19} style={{ color: GOLD, flexShrink: 0, marginTop: 3 }} />
+            <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: isMobile ? 17 : 18, fontWeight: 600, color: '#fff', lineHeight: 1.55 }}>{fallbackText(eligibility.nudgeText, participationContent.eligibility.nudgeText)}</span>
          </div>
+        </aside>
      </section>

      {/* ── BEWERBUNGSWEGE ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
      <BewerbungswegeSection content={applicationWays} />

      {/* ── DATES BANNER ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
-      <section id="fristen" style={{ background: GOLD }}>
+      <section id="fristen" data-testid="important-dates-transition" style={{ background: GOLD, borderTop: `${isMobile ? 5 : 8}px solid ${NAVY}`, scrollMarginTop: 80, boxShadow: 'inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.24)' }}>
        {isMobile ? (
          /* Mobile: slim horizontal bar */
          <div style={{ padding: '24px 22px 26px' }}>
            <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 12, fontWeight: 700, color: '#101828', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.2em', marginBottom: 18 }}>{fallbackText(datesBanner.heading, participationContent.datesBanner.heading)}</div>
-            <div style={{ display: 'flex' }}>
+            <div data-testid="important-dates-list" style={{ display: 'grid' }}>
              {mobileDates.map((d, i) => (
-                <div key={i} style={{ flex: 1, minWidth: 0, paddingLeft: i > 0 ? 14 : 0, borderLeft: i > 0 ? '1px solid rgba(3,9,58,0.2)' : 'none' }}>
-                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 17, fontWeight: 900, color: '#101828', letterSpacing: '-0.02em', lineHeight: 1.12, marginBottom: 6 }}>{fallbackText(d.date, '')}</div>
-                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 9.5, fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: '0.1em', textTransform: 'uppercase', color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.55)', lineHeight: 1.25 }}>{fallbackText(d.label, '')}</div>
+                <div key={i} data-testid="important-date-item" data-order={i + 1} style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: 'minmax(112px, 0.9fr) minmax(0, 1.1fr)', gap: 16, minWidth: 0, padding: '14px 0', borderTop: '1px solid rgba(3,9,58,0.2)', alignItems: 'center' }}>
+                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 900, color: '#101828', letterSpacing: '-0.02em', lineHeight: 1.12 }}>{fallbackText(d.date, '')}</div>
+                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10.5, fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: '0.08em', textTransform: 'uppercase', color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.72)', lineHeight: 1.35, overflowWrap: 'anywhere' }}>{fallbackText(d.label, '')}</div>
                </div>
              ))}
            </div>
@@ -188,7 +193,7 @@ const Participation: React.FC = () => {
              <React.Fragment key={i}>
                <div style={{ padding: '48px 40px', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 'clamp(1.1rem, 1.8vw, 1.4rem)', fontWeight: 900, color: '#101828', letterSpacing: '-0.02em', marginBottom: 6 }}>{fallbackText(d.date, '')}</div>
-                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: '0.18em', textTransform: 'uppercase', color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.55)' }}>{fallbackText(d.label, '')}</div>
+                  <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 10, fontWeight: 700, letterSpacing: '0.18em', textTransform: 'uppercase', color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.72)' }}>{fallbackText(d.label, '')}</div>
                </div>
                {i < desktopDates.length - 1 && <div style={{ background: 'rgba(3,9,58,0.12)' }} />}
              </React.Fragment>
@@ -207,31 +212,32 @@ const Participation: React.FC = () => {

 // ── QualRow ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

-function QualRow({ item, Icon, last }: { item: { num: string; title: string; body: string }; Icon: React.ElementType; last: boolean }) {
+function QualRow({ item, Icon, last, index, compact }: { item: { num: string; title: string; body: string }; Icon: React.ElementType; last: boolean; index: number; compact: boolean }) {
  const [hovered, setHovered] = React.useState(false);
-  const isMobileRow = useIsMobile();
  return (
-    <div
-      style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: isMobileRow ? '40px 1fr' : '80px 200px 1fr 48px', gap: isMobileRow ? '0 16px' : '0 32px', padding: isMobileRow ? '24px 24px' : '28px 80px', borderBottom: last ? 'none' : '1px solid #D0D5DD', alignItems: isMobileRow ? 'flex-start' : 'center', background: hovered ? '#EAE7E6' : 'transparent', transition: 'background 0.15s', cursor: 'default' }}
+    <li
+      data-testid="eligibility-criterion"
+      data-order={index + 1}
+      style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: compact ? '40px 1fr' : '64px minmax(180px, 220px) minmax(0, 1fr) 44px', gap: compact ? '0 16px' : '0 28px', padding: compact ? '22px 24px' : '26px 0', borderBottom: last ? 'none' : '1px solid rgba(17,29,85,0.14)', alignItems: compact ? 'flex-start' : 'center', background: hovered ? '#fff' : 'transparent', transition: 'background 0.15s', cursor: 'default' }}
      onMouseEnter={() => setHovered(true)}
      onMouseLeave={() => setHovered(false)}
    >
-      <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 11, fontWeight: 700, color: hovered ? GOLD : 'rgba(239,191,4,0.5)', letterSpacing: '0.1em', transition: 'color 0.2s', paddingTop: 2 }}>{item.num}</span>
-      {isMobileRow ? (
+      <span style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 11, fontWeight: 700, color: hovered ? '#715600' : '#5B6475', letterSpacing: '0.1em', transition: 'color 0.2s', paddingTop: 2 }}>{item.num}</span>
+      {compact ? (
        <div>
          <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 17, fontWeight: 700, color: '#101828', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.07em', marginBottom: 4 }}>{item.title}</div>
-          <div style={{ fontFamily: FB, fontSize: 17, color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.5)', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>{item.body}</div>
+          <div style={{ fontFamily: FB, fontSize: 17, color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.72)', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>{item.body}</div>
        </div>
      ) : (
        <>
          <div style={{ fontFamily: FF, fontSize: 17, fontWeight: 700, color: '#101828', textTransform: 'uppercase', letterSpacing: '0.07em' }}>{item.title}</div>
-          <div style={{ fontFamily: FB, fontSize: 17, color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.5)', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>{item.body}</div>
+          <div style={{ fontFamily: FB, fontSize: 17, color: 'rgba(16,24,40,0.72)', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>{item.body}</div>
          <div style={{ width: 36, height: 36, background: hovered ? GOLD : 'rgba(3,9,58,0.06)', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', transition: 'background 0.2s' }}>
            <Icon size={16} style={{ color: hovered ? '#101828' : 'rgba(16,24,40,0.3)', transition: 'color 0.2s' }} strokeWidth={1.5} />
          </div>
        </>
      )}
-    </div>
+    </li>
  );
 }

--- a/src/spa/pages/Preistraeger.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/Preistraeger.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Link } from '@/spa/router';
 import { Trophy, ArrowRight, Medal } from 'lucide-react';
-import { WINNERS, type Winner } from '@/spa/data/winners';
+import type { Winner } from '@/spa/data/winners';
 import { useCmsCollection, useCmsRoute, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
 import { docImageUrl, mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile';
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ export default function Preistraeger() {
  );
  const winners = useMemo(() => {
    const fallbackWinner = card.fallbackWinner || preistraegerIndexContent.card.fallbackWinner;
-    if (cmsPreistraeger.length) return cmsPreistraeger.map((doc) => normalizeWinner(doc, placeholderImage, fallbackWinner)).filter((winner) => winner.slug);
-    return WINNERS;
+    return cmsPreistraeger.map((doc) => normalizeWinner(doc, placeholderImage, fallbackWinner)).filter((winner) => winner.slug);
  }, [card, cmsPreistraeger, placeholderImage]);
  const periods = useMemo<WinnerPeriod[]>(() => {
    const annualYears = [...new Set(
--- a/src/spa/pages/PreistraegerDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/PreistraegerDetail.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Link, useParams, Navigate } from '@/spa/router';
 import { ArrowLeft, Globe, ChevronRight, Download, ChevronLeft, X } from 'lucide-react';
-import { WINNERS } from '@/spa/data/winners';
 import { useCmsRoute } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
 import { docImageUrl, mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile';
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ export default function PreistraegerDetail() {
    website: String(cmsWinner.website || '#'),
    hasMedia: Boolean(cmsWinner.hasMedia),
    detailPage: (cmsWinner.detailPage || {}) as PreistraegerDetailCms,
-  } : WINNERS.find(w => w.slug === slug);
+  } : undefined;
  const isMobile = useIsMobile();

  const detail = (winner && 'detailPage' in winner ? { ...preistraegerDetailContent, ...(winner.detailPage || {}) } : cmsDetail) as PreistraegerDetailCms;
--- a/src/spa/pages/Press.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/Press.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Calendar, MapPin } from 'lucide-react';
 import MunichSkylineBg from '@/spa/components/ui/munich-skyline-bg';
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile';
-import { useCmsCollection, useCmsRoute, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
-import { docImageUrl, mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
+import { useCmsCollection, useCmsRoute } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
+import { mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
 import Image from '@/spa/components/ui/UnoptimizedImage'
+import {
+  pressEventsFromCms,
+  pressNewsFromCms,
+  type PressEventItem,
+  type PressNewsItem,
+} from '@/spa/pressCollectionItems';
 import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent';
 import { Link } from '@/spa/router';

@@ -15,14 +21,11 @@ const FB = '"Inter", sans-serif';

 type PressIndexCms = Partial<typeof pressIndexContent> & {
  hero?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.hero> & { image?: unknown }
-  events?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.events> & { collectionFallbackImage?: unknown; fallbackItems?: PressEventItem[] }
-  news?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.news> & { collectionFallbackImage?: unknown; fallbackItems?: PressNewsItem[] }
-  downloads?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.downloads> & { kitFile?: unknown }
+  events?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.events> & { collectionFallbackImage?: unknown }
+  news?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.news> & { collectionFallbackImage?: unknown }
+  downloads?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.downloads> & { contactImage?: unknown }
 }

-type PressEventItem = (typeof pressIndexContent.events.fallbackItems)[number] & { image?: unknown }
-type PressNewsItem = (typeof pressIndexContent.news.fallbackItems)[number] & { image?: unknown }
-
 const fallbackText = (value: unknown, fallback: string) => typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : fallback;
 const fallbackArray = <T,>(value: unknown, fallback: T[]) => Array.isArray(value) && value.length ? value as T[] : fallback;

@@ -39,43 +42,6 @@ const statusLabelMap = (items: unknown) =>
    return labels
  }, {})

-const normalizeStatus = (status: unknown, labels: Record<string, string>, defaultStatusLabel: string) => {
-  const value = fallbackText(status, defaultStatusLabel)
-  return labels[value] || value
-}
-
-const detailPath = (spaPath: unknown, slug: unknown, prefix: '/presse/events' | '/presse/blog') => {
-  const path = fallbackText(spaPath, '')
-  if (path.startsWith(`${prefix}/`)) return path
-
-  const pathSlug = fallbackText(slug, '').replace(/^\/+/, '')
-  return pathSlug ? `${prefix}/${pathSlug}` : prefix
-}
-
-const eventFromCms = (
-  event: CmsRouteDoc,
-  fallbackImage: string,
-  labels: Record<string, string>,
-  eventsSection: NonNullable<PressIndexCms['events']>,
-): PressEventItem => ({
-  title: String(event.title || fallbackText(eventsSection.missingTitleLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingTitleLabel)),
-  date: String(event.date || fallbackText(eventsSection.missingDateLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingDateLabel)),
-  location: String(event.location || event.venue || fallbackText(eventsSection.missingLocationLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingLocationLabel)),
-  cat: String(event.category || fallbackText(eventsSection.missingCategoryLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingCategoryLabel)),
-  status: normalizeStatus(event.status, labels, fallbackText(eventsSection.defaultStatusLabel, pressIndexContent.events.defaultStatusLabel)),
-  img: docImageUrl(event, fallbackImage),
-  desc: String(event.description || event.meta?.description || ''),
-  slug: detailPath(event.spaPath, event.slug, '/presse/events'),
-})
-
-const postFromCms = (post: CmsRouteDoc, fallbackImage: string, newsSection: NonNullable<PressIndexCms['news']>): PressNewsItem => ({
-  title: String(post.title || fallbackText(newsSection.missingTitleLabel, pressIndexContent.news.missingTitleLabel)),
-  excerpt: String(post.excerpt || post.meta?.description || ''),
-  cat: String(post.cat || fallbackText(newsSection.missingCategoryLabel, pressIndexContent.news.missingCategoryLabel)),
-  img: docImageUrl(post, fallbackImage, 'heroImage'),
-  slug: detailPath(post.spaPath, post.slug, '/presse/blog'),
-})
-
 function Lines({ text }: { text: string }) {
  return <>{text.split('\n').map((line, i) => <React.Fragment key={`${line}-${i}`}>{i > 0 && <br />}{line}</React.Fragment>)}</>
 }
@@ -180,28 +146,23 @@ const Press: React.FC = () => {
  const newsSection = React.useMemo(() => ({ ...pressIndexContent.news, ...(cms.news || {}) }), [cms.news]);
  const downloads = React.useMemo(() => ({ ...pressIndexContent.downloads, ...(cms.downloads || {}) }), [cms.downloads]);
  const contactLines = fallbackText(downloads.contactLines, pressIndexContent.downloads.contactLines).split('\n');
+  const contactImageUrl = mediaUrl(downloads.contactImage, '');
+  const contactImageAlt = typeof downloads.contactImageAlt === 'string'
+    ? downloads.contactImageAlt
+    : mediaAlt(downloads.contactImage, '');
  const cmsEvents = useCmsCollection('events');
  const cmsPosts = useCmsCollection('posts');
  const eventStatusLabels = React.useMemo(() => statusLabelMap(eventsSection.statusLabels), [eventsSection.statusLabels]);
  const eventCollectionFallbackImage = mediaUrl(eventsSection.collectionFallbackImage, `/images/${pressIndexContent.events.collectionFallbackImageFilename}`);
  const newsCollectionFallbackImage = mediaUrl(newsSection.collectionFallbackImage, `/images/${pressIndexContent.news.collectionFallbackImageFilename}`);
-  const combinedEvents = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (cmsEvents.length) {
-      return cmsEvents.map((event) =>
-        eventFromCms(
-          event,
-          eventCollectionFallbackImage,
-          eventStatusLabels,
-          eventsSection,
-        ),
+  const combinedEvents = React.useMemo(
+    () => pressEventsFromCms(cmsEvents, eventCollectionFallbackImage, eventStatusLabels, eventsSection),
+    [cmsEvents, eventCollectionFallbackImage, eventStatusLabels, eventsSection],
+  );
+  const combinedNews = React.useMemo(
+    () => pressNewsFromCms(cmsPosts, newsCollectionFallbackImage, newsSection),
+    [cmsPosts, newsCollectionFallbackImage, newsSection],
  );
-    }
-    return fallbackArray<PressEventItem>(eventsSection.fallbackItems, pressIndexContent.events.fallbackItems);
-  }, [cmsEvents, eventCollectionFallbackImage, eventStatusLabels, eventsSection]);
-  const combinedNews = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (cmsPosts.length) return cmsPosts.map((post) => postFromCms(post, newsCollectionFallbackImage, newsSection));
-    return fallbackArray<PressNewsItem>(newsSection.fallbackItems, pressIndexContent.news.fallbackItems);
-  }, [cmsPosts, newsCollectionFallbackImage, newsSection]);
  return (
    <div className="animate-fade-in">

@@ -428,13 +389,21 @@ const Press: React.FC = () => {
        </div>
      </section>

-      {/* ── 4. PRESSE-MATERIAL & AKKREDITIERUNG ─────────────────────────── */}
+      {/* ── 4. PRESSE-MATERIAL & KONTAKT ────────────────────────────────── */}
      <section id="downloads" style={{ background: '#fff', overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative', isolation: 'isolate' }}>
        <MunichSkylineBg />
-        <div style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: '1fr', minHeight: isMobile ? 'auto' : 600 }}>
-
-          {/* Left col */}
        <div
+          data-testid="press-contact-layout"
+          data-layout={contactImageUrl ? (isMobile ? 'stacked' : 'two-column') : 'copy-only'}
+          style={{
+            display: 'grid',
+            gridTemplateColumns: isMobile || !contactImageUrl ? '1fr' : 'minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(320px, 1fr)',
+          }}
+        >
+
+          {/* Copy comes first in the DOM and visually, including in the mobile stack. */}
+          <div
+            data-testid="press-contact-copy"
            style={{
              background: '#fff',
              padding: isMobile ? '48px 24px' : '88px 80px',
@@ -524,6 +493,25 @@ const Press: React.FC = () => {
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
+
+          {contactImageUrl && (
+            <div
+              data-testid="press-contact-image"
+              style={{
+                minHeight: isMobile ? 320 : 560,
+                position: 'relative',
+                overflow: 'hidden',
+                background: NAVY,
+              }}
+            >
+              <Image
+                unoptimized
+                src={contactImageUrl}
+                alt={contactImageAlt}
+                style={{ width: '100%', height: '100%', position: 'absolute', inset: 0, objectFit: 'cover', display: 'block' }}
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
        </div>
      </section>
    </div>
--- a/src/spa/participationContent.ts
+++ b/src/spa/participationContent.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ export const participationContent = {
    eyebrow: 'Berechtigung',
    heading: 'WER KANN\nTEILNEHMEN?',
    primaryCta: { label: 'Jetzt bewerben', url: '#bewerben' },
-    secondaryCta: { label: 'Mitglied werden', url: '/mitglied-werden' },
    description:
      'Vier klar definierte Kriterien: Erfüllen Sie alle, bewerben Sie sich kostenlos und ohne bürokratischen Aufwand.',
    criteria: [
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ export const participationContent = {
      },
    ],
    nudgeText: 'Alle 4 Punkte erfüllt? Dann jetzt kostenlos bewerben.',
-    nudgeCta: { label: 'Zum Formular', url: '#bewerben' },
  },
  applicationWays: {
    eyebrow: 'Bewerbung 2026',
@@ -90,15 +88,12 @@ export const participationContent = {
      'Mitglieder des Wirtschaftsbeirates Bayern',
      'Ehemalige Preisträger des Bayerischen Mittelstandspreises',
    ].map((text) => ({ text })),
-    fallbackCta: { label: 'Zum Formular', url: '#bewerben' },
    ways: [
      {
        label: 'Weg 01',
        title: 'Vorschlag\nunterbreiten',
        desc: 'Durch ehemalige Preisträger, die HAM, Senatoren und den Preis unterstützende Institutionen.',
        icon: 'send',
-        featured: false,
-        cta: { label: 'Vorschlag unterbreiten', url: '#bewerben' },
        listType: 'institutions',
        facts: [],
      },
@@ -107,8 +102,6 @@ export const participationContent = {
        title: 'Initiativbewerbung',
        desc: 'Für Unternehmer, die selbst die Initiative ergreifen.',
        icon: 'userCheck',
-        featured: false,
-        cta: { label: 'Jetzt bewerben', url: '#bewerben' },
        listType: 'facts',
        facts: [
          { label: '0 EUR', desc: 'Teilnahmegebühr' },
@@ -118,7 +111,6 @@ export const participationContent = {
        ],
      },
    ],
-    recommendedLabel: 'Empfohlen',
  },
  datesBanner: {
    heading: 'Wichtige Termine 2026',
@@ -135,25 +127,6 @@ export const participationContent = {
    ],
  },
  awardsGrid: participationAwardsGrid,
-  applicationForm: {
-    imageFilename: 'preistraeger-jubel.jpg',
-    imageAlt: 'Preisverleihung 2025',
-    imageCaption: 'Preisverleihung 2025',
-    eyebrow: 'Direktbewerbung',
-    heading: 'BEWERBEN ODER\nVORSCHLAGEN.',
-    description:
-      'Sie können sich selbst bewerben oder ein herausragendes Unternehmen vorschlagen. Firmenverbunde können sich ebenfalls bewerben. Die Teilnahme ist vollständig kostenfrei.',
-    facts: [
-      { num: '01', label: '0 EUR', desc: 'Teilnahmegebühr' },
-      { num: '02', label: 'Schnell', desc: 'Ca. 30–45 Minuten' },
-      { num: '03', label: 'Mehrstufig', desc: 'Transparenter Prozess' },
-    ],
-    formEyebrow: 'Bewerbung 2026',
-    formTitle: 'Kostenlos bewerben',
-    uploadCta: { label: 'PDF hochladen', url: '/formular-hochladen' },
-    uploadPrompt: 'Sie haben Ihre Unterlagen bereits als PDF vorbereitet? Laden Sie sie direkt hoch, statt das Formular auszufüllen.',
-    uploadFooterCta: { label: 'Formular hochladen →', url: '/formular-hochladen' },
-  },
  form: {
    stepCompleteLabel: '✓',
    backLabel: 'Zurück',
--- a/src/spa/pressCollectionItems.ts
+++ b/src/spa/pressCollectionItems.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { docImageUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField'
+import type { CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent'
+
+export type PressEventItem = {
+  title: string
+  date: string
+  location: string
+  cat: string
+  status: string
+  img: string
+  desc: string
+  slug: string
+  image?: unknown
+}
+
+export type PressNewsItem = {
+  title: string
+  excerpt: string
+  cat: string
+  img: string
+  slug: string
+  image?: unknown
+}
+
+type PressEventsSection = Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.events>
+type PressNewsSection = Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.news>
+
+const fallbackText = (value: unknown, fallback: string) =>
+  typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : fallback
+
+const normalizeStatus = (
+  status: unknown,
+  labels: Record<string, string>,
+  defaultStatusLabel: string,
+) => {
+  const value = fallbackText(status, defaultStatusLabel)
+  return labels[value] || value
+}
+
+const detailPath = (spaPath: unknown, slug: unknown, prefix: '/presse/events' | '/presse/blog') => {
+  const path = fallbackText(spaPath, '')
+  if (path.startsWith(`${prefix}/`)) return path
+
+  const pathSlug = fallbackText(slug, '').replace(/^\/+/, '')
+  return pathSlug ? `${prefix}/${pathSlug}` : prefix
+}
+
+export function pressEventsFromCms(
+  events: CmsRouteDoc[],
+  fallbackImage: string,
+  labels: Record<string, string>,
+  section: PressEventsSection,
+): PressEventItem[] {
+  return events.map((event) => ({
+    title: String(
+      event.title ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingTitleLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingTitleLabel),
+    ),
+    date: String(
+      event.date ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingDateLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingDateLabel),
+    ),
+    location: String(
+      event.location ||
+        event.venue ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingLocationLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingLocationLabel),
+    ),
+    cat: String(
+      event.category ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingCategoryLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingCategoryLabel),
+    ),
+    status: normalizeStatus(
+      event.status,
+      labels,
+      fallbackText(section.defaultStatusLabel, pressIndexContent.events.defaultStatusLabel),
+    ),
+    img: docImageUrl(event, fallbackImage),
+    desc: String(event.description || event.meta?.description || ''),
+    slug: detailPath(event.spaPath, event.slug, '/presse/events'),
+  }))
+}
+
+export function pressNewsFromCms(
+  posts: CmsRouteDoc[],
+  fallbackImage: string,
+  section: PressNewsSection,
+): PressNewsItem[] {
+  return posts.map((post) => ({
+    title: String(
+      post.title ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingTitleLabel, pressIndexContent.news.missingTitleLabel),
+    ),
+    excerpt: String(post.excerpt || post.meta?.description || ''),
+    cat: String(
+      post.cat ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingCategoryLabel, pressIndexContent.news.missingCategoryLabel),
+    ),
+    img: docImageUrl(post, fallbackImage, 'heroImage'),
+    slug: detailPath(post.spaPath, post.slug, '/presse/blog'),
+  }))
+}
--- a/src/spa/pressIndexContent.ts
+++ b/src/spa/pressIndexContent.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export const pressIndexContent = {
    eyebrow: 'Termine 2026',
    heading: 'EVENTS RUND UM DEN PREIS.',
    description: 'Von der Jurysitzung bis zur festlichen Gala – alle Veranstaltungen auf einen Blick.',
-    detailLabel: 'Details',
    defaultStatusLabel: 'Geplant',
    openStatusLabel: 'Anmeldung offen',
    missingTitleLabel: 'Event',
@@ -24,92 +23,22 @@ export const pressIndexContent = {
      { value: 'intern', label: 'Intern' },
      { value: 'abgeschlossen', label: 'Abgeschlossen' },
    ],
-    fallbackItems: [
-      {
-        title: 'Preisverleihung 2026',
-        date: '22. Okt 2026',
-        location: 'München, Residenz',
-        cat: 'Gala / Event',
-        status: 'In Planung',
-        img: '/images/buehne-moderatoren.jpg',
-        desc: 'Der glanzvolle Höhepunkt des Jahres. Die Verleihung der Preise in der prachtvollen Kulisse der Residenz München.',
-        slug: '/presse/events/preisverleihung-2026',
-      },
-      {
-        title: 'Mittelstands-Gipfel',
-        date: '15. Juni 2026',
-        location: 'Nürnberg',
-        cat: 'Workshop',
-        status: 'Anmeldung offen',
-        img: '/images/networking-innenhof.jpg',
-        desc: 'Regionaler Austausch und Best-Practices für bayerische Unternehmen auf dem Weg zum Preis.',
-        slug: '/presse/events/mittelstands-gipfel-2026',
-      },
-      {
-        title: 'Nominierten-Auswahl',
-        date: '04. Aug 2026',
-        location: 'Regensburg',
-        cat: 'Jury-Sitzung',
-        status: 'Intern',
-        img: '/images/saal-gedeckt.jpg',
-        desc: 'Das Gremium sichtet die Ergebnisse der Audits und legt die Nominierten für die Hauptpreise fest.',
-        slug: '/presse/events/nominierten-auswahl-2026',
-      },
-    ],
  },
  news: {
    eyebrow: 'Newsroom',
    heading: 'NACHRICHTEN & EINBLICKE.',
    description: 'Berichte, Hintergründe und Einblicke rund um den bayerischen Mittelstand und den BMP.',
-    readMoreLabel: 'Weiterlesen',
    missingTitleLabel: 'Presse',
    missingCategoryLabel: 'Presse',
    collectionFallbackImageFilename: 'gala-saal-overview.jpg',
-    fallbackItems: [
-      {
-        title: 'Wie Bayerns KMU die KI nutzen',
-        excerpt: 'Ein Deep-Dive in die Bewerbungsunterlagen 2024 zeigt: Der Mittelstand treibt die Digitalisierung aktiv voran.',
-        cat: 'Innovation',
-        img: '/images/gala-saal-overview.jpg',
-        slug: '/presse/blog/ki-nutzung-bayerischer-kmu',
-      },
-      {
-        title: 'Start der Ehrenamts-Initiative',
-        excerpt: 'Gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern fördern wir soziale Projekte mittelständischer Unternehmen.',
-        cat: 'Engagement',
-        img: '/images/networking-innenhof.jpg',
-        slug: '/presse/blog/ehrenamts-initiative-2026',
-      },
-      {
-        title: 'Bayerische Wirtschaft wächst',
-        excerpt: 'Neue Prognosen zeigen ein stabiles Wachstum für den Mittelstand – gute Aussichten für die Awards.',
-        cat: 'Wirtschaft',
-        img: '/images/gala-dinner.jpg',
-        slug: '/presse/blog/bayerische-wirtschaft-waechst',
-      },
-    ],
  },
  downloads: {
    eyebrow: 'Pressekontakt & Material',
    heading: 'PRESSE-MATERIAL & KONTAKT.',
    description: 'Laden Sie unser offizielles Material herunter oder kontaktieren Sie direkt unser Presseteam für individuelle Anfragen.',
-    kitLabel: 'Download Presse-Kit',
-    kitMeta: 'Print_BMP.zip – 1,5 MB',
-    kitUrl: '/Print_BMP.zip',
-    kitDownloadName: 'Print_BMP.zip',
    contactEyebrow: 'Pressekontakt',
    contactName: 'Tanja Meier',
    contactLines: 'presse@bmp-bayern.de\n+49 89 123 456 99',
-  },
-  accreditation: {
-    eyebrow: 'Akkreditierung',
-    heading: 'AKKREDITIERUNG ANFRAGEN.',
-    description: 'Melden Sie sich für unsere Presse-Verteiler an oder fordern Sie eine Akkreditierung für die Gala-Verleihung an.',
-    mediumLabel: 'Medium / Redaktion *',
-    nameLabel: 'Ihr Name *',
-    emailLabel: 'E-Mail-Adresse *',
-    submitLabel: 'Akkreditierung anfragen',
-    successHeading: 'Anfrage eingegangen',
-    successMessage: 'Vielen Dank für Ihre Akkreditierungsanfrage. Unser Presseteam meldet sich zeitnah bei Ihnen.',
+    contactImageAlt: '',
  },
 }
--- a/src/spa/sponsorHierarchy.ts
+++ b/src/spa/sponsorHierarchy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+export const sponsorTierNumbers = [1, 2, 3] as const
+
+export type SponsorTierNumber = (typeof sponsorTierNumbers)[number]
+export type SponsorViewport = 'desktop' | 'tablet' | 'mobile' | 'narrow-mobile'
+
+export type SponsorRecord = {
+  sortOrder?: number | null
+  tier: SponsorTierNumber
+}
+
+export function groupSponsorsByTier<T extends SponsorRecord>(partners: T[]): Record<SponsorTierNumber, T[]> {
+  const grouped: Record<SponsorTierNumber, Array<{ index: number; partner: T }>> = {
+    1: [],
+    2: [],
+    3: [],
+  }
+
+  partners.forEach((partner, index) => {
+    if (sponsorTierNumbers.includes(partner.tier)) grouped[partner.tier].push({ index, partner })
+  })
+
+  return {
+    1: grouped[1]
+      .sort((a, b) => Number(a.partner.sortOrder ?? a.index) - Number(b.partner.sortOrder ?? b.index))
+      .map(({ partner }) => partner),
+    2: grouped[2]
+      .sort((a, b) => Number(a.partner.sortOrder ?? a.index) - Number(b.partner.sortOrder ?? b.index))
+      .map(({ partner }) => partner),
+    3: grouped[3]
+      .sort((a, b) => Number(a.partner.sortOrder ?? a.index) - Number(b.partner.sortOrder ?? b.index))
+      .map(({ partner }) => partner),
+  }
+}
+
+export function sponsorColumns(tier: SponsorTierNumber, viewport: SponsorViewport): number {
+  if (viewport === 'desktop') return tier === 1 ? 2 : tier === 2 ? 3 : 4
+  if (viewport === 'tablet') return tier === 3 ? 3 : 2
+  if (viewport === 'narrow-mobile') return 1
+  return tier === 3 ? 2 : 1
+}
+
+export function sponsorViewport({
+  isMobile,
+  isNarrowMobile,
+  isTabletOrMobile,
+}: {
+  isMobile: boolean
+  isNarrowMobile: boolean
+  isTabletOrMobile: boolean
+}): SponsorViewport {
+  if (isNarrowMobile) return 'narrow-mobile'
+  if (isMobile) return 'mobile'
+  if (isTabletOrMobile) return 'tablet'
+  return 'desktop'
+}
+
+export function sponsorCardBasis(columns: number, gap: number): string {
+  return `calc((100% - ${(columns - 1) * gap}px) / ${columns})`
+}
--- a/src/utilities/publicationQuery.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/publicationQuery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+export type PublicationQueryOptions = Readonly<{
+  draft: boolean
+  overrideAccess: boolean
+}>
+
+const publicPublicationQuery = Object.freeze({
+  draft: false,
+  overrideAccess: false,
+}) satisfies PublicationQueryOptions
+
+const previewPublicationQuery = Object.freeze({
+  draft: true,
+  overrideAccess: true,
+}) satisfies PublicationQueryOptions
+
+/**
+ * Keeps public Local API reads access-controlled while allowing the authenticated
+ * Next.js draft-mode route to intentionally load the latest draft versions.
+ */
+export function getPublicationQueryOptions(isPreview: boolean): PublicationQueryOptions {
+  return isPreview ? previewPublicationQuery : publicPublicationQuery
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds an explicit status predicate for public indexes such as sitemaps while
+ * retaining the same anonymous access and draft behavior as public routes.
+ */
+export function getPublicPublishedQueryOptions() {
+  return {
+    ...getPublicationQueryOptions(false),
+    where: {
+      _status: {
+        equals: 'published' as const,
+      },
+    },
+  }
+}
--- a/src/utilities/sitemapBaseURL.cjs
+++ b/src/utilities/sitemapBaseURL.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+const LOCAL_HOSTNAMES = new Set(['localhost', '127.0.0.1', '[::1]'])
+
+/**
+ * Normalize an explicitly configured public URL to a bare origin. Bare deployment
+ * hostnames (such as Vercel's production URL) are treated as HTTPS.
+ *
+ * @param {string} value
+ * @param {{ production?: boolean }} [options]
+ */
+function normalizeSitemapBaseURL(
+  value,
+  { production = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' } = {},
+) {
+  const configuredURL = typeof value === 'string' ? value.trim() : ''
+
+  if (!configuredURL) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Sitemap base URL is not configured. Set NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL or VERCEL_PROJECT_PRODUCTION_URL.',
+    )
+  }
+
+  const url = new URL(
+    /^[a-z][a-z\d+.-]*:\/\//i.test(configuredURL) ? configuredURL : `https://${configuredURL}`,
+  )
+
+  if (url.protocol !== 'http:' && url.protocol !== 'https:') {
+    throw new Error(`Sitemap base URL must use HTTP or HTTPS, received ${url.protocol}`)
+  }
+
+  const isPlaceholderHostname =
+    url.hostname === 'example.com' || url.hostname.endsWith('.example.com')
+
+  if (
+    production &&
+    (url.protocol !== 'https:' || LOCAL_HOSTNAMES.has(url.hostname) || isPlaceholderHostname)
+  ) {
+    throw new Error('Production sitemap base URL must be a public HTTPS origin.')
+  }
+
+  return url.origin
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {NodeJS.ProcessEnv | Record<string, string | undefined>} [environment]
+ */
+function getSitemapBaseURL(environment = process.env) {
+  const configuredURL =
+    environment.NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL || environment.VERCEL_PROJECT_PRODUCTION_URL
+
+  return normalizeSitemapBaseURL(configuredURL || '', {
+    production: environment.NODE_ENV === 'production',
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  getSitemapBaseURL,
+  normalizeSitemapBaseURL,
+}
--- a/src/utilities/sitemapRoutes.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/sitemapRoutes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { getSitemapBaseURL } from './sitemapBaseURL.cjs'
+
+type SitemapDocument = {
+  slug?: string | null
+  spaPath?: string | null
+  updatedAt?: string | null
+}
+
+export type SitemapEntry = {
+  loc: string
+  lastmod: string
+}
+
+function normalizeStoredPath(value: unknown, expectedPrefix?: string): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string') return undefined
+
+  const path = value.trim()
+  if (!path.startsWith('/') || path.startsWith('//')) return undefined
+
+  const pathname = new URL(path, 'https://sitemap.invalid').pathname.replace(/\/+$/, '') || '/'
+  if (expectedPrefix && !pathname.startsWith(`${expectedPrefix}/`)) return undefined
+
+  return pathname
+}
+
+function normalizeSlug(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string') return undefined
+
+  const slug = value.trim().replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '')
+  return slug || undefined
+}
+
+export function pageSitemapPath(page: SitemapDocument): string | undefined {
+  const storedPath = normalizeStoredPath(page.spaPath)
+  if (storedPath) return storedPath
+
+  const slug = normalizeSlug(page.slug)
+  if (!slug) return undefined
+
+  return slug === 'home' || slug === 'startseite' ? '/' : `/${slug}`
+}
+
+export function detailSitemapPath(
+  document: SitemapDocument,
+  prefix: '/presse/blog' | '/presse/events' | '/preistraeger',
+): string | undefined {
+  const storedPath = normalizeStoredPath(document.spaPath, prefix)
+  if (storedPath) return storedPath
+
+  const slug = normalizeSlug(document.slug)
+  return slug ? `${prefix}/${slug}` : undefined
+}
+
+export function createSitemapEntry(
+  document: SitemapDocument,
+  path: string | undefined,
+  dateFallback: string,
+): SitemapEntry | undefined {
+  if (!path) return undefined
+
+  return {
+    loc: `${getSitemapBaseURL()}${path}`,
+    lastmod: document.updatedAt || dateFallback,
+  }
+}
--- a/tests/e2e/frontend.e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/frontend.e2e.spec.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,86 @@ test.describe('Frontend', () => {
    await expect(heading).toHaveText('Payload Website Template')
  })
 })
+
+test.describe('Participation process timeline', () => {
+  for (const viewport of [
+    { width: 1440, height: 900 },
+    { width: 1024, height: 768 },
+    { width: 768, height: 1024 },
+    { width: 390, height: 844 },
+  ]) {
+    test(`keeps all steps reachable at ${viewport.width}px`, async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.setViewportSize(viewport)
+      await page.goto('http://localhost:3000/teilnahme#schritte')
+
+      const timeline = page.locator('#schritte')
+      const eligibility = page.locator('#voraussetzungen')
+      const steps = timeline.locator('[data-testid^="timeline-step-"]')
+
+      await expect(timeline).toBeVisible()
+      if (viewport.width < 768) {
+        await expect(timeline.locator('h3')).toHaveCount(4)
+      } else {
+        await expect(steps).toHaveCount(4)
+        const nextButton = timeline.getByRole('button', { name: 'Nächster Schritt', exact: true })
+        const visibleTrackRatio = async (index: number) => steps.nth(index).evaluate((card) => {
+          const track = card.closest('[data-testid="timeline-track"]')
+          if (!track) return 0
+          const cardRect = card.getBoundingClientRect()
+          const trackRect = track.getBoundingClientRect()
+          const visibleWidth = Math.max(
+            0,
+            Math.min(cardRect.right, trackRect.right) - Math.max(cardRect.left, trackRect.left),
+          )
+          return visibleWidth / cardRect.width
+        })
+
+        for (let index = 0; index < 4; index += 1) {
+          await expect.poll(() => visibleTrackRatio(index)).toBeGreaterThan(0.55)
+          if (index < 3) {
+            await nextButton.click()
+            await expect(timeline.locator('[data-testid="timeline-progress-label"]')).toHaveText(
+              `${String(index + 2).padStart(2, '0')} / 04`,
+            )
+          }
+        }
+
+        const cardsOverlap = await steps.evaluateAll((cards) => cards.some((card, index) => {
+          const nextCard = cards[index + 1]
+          return nextCard ? card.getBoundingClientRect().right > nextCard.getBoundingClientRect().left : false
+        }))
+        expect(cardsOverlap).toBe(false)
+        expect(await timeline.evaluate((element) => element.getBoundingClientRect().height)).toBeLessThan(900)
+      }
+
+      const sectionGap = await page.evaluate(() => {
+        const timelineElement = document.querySelector('#schritte')
+        const eligibilityElement = document.querySelector('#voraussetzungen')
+        if (!timelineElement || !eligibilityElement) return Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
+        return eligibilityElement.getBoundingClientRect().top - timelineElement.getBoundingClientRect().bottom
+      })
+      expect(Math.abs(sectionGap)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2)
+    })
+  }
+
+  test('uses a fully readable non-animated reduced-motion interaction', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.emulateMedia({ reducedMotion: 'reduce' })
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1024, height: 768 })
+    await page.goto('http://localhost:3000/teilnahme#schritte')
+
+    const timeline = page.locator('#schritte')
+    await timeline.getByRole('button', { name: 'Nächster Schritt', exact: true }).click()
+
+    await expect(timeline.locator('[data-testid="timeline-progress-label"]')).toHaveText('02 / 04')
+    await expect.poll(() => timeline.locator('[data-testid="timeline-step-2"]').evaluate((card) => {
+      const track = card.closest('[data-testid="timeline-track"]')
+      if (!track) return 0
+      const cardRect = card.getBoundingClientRect()
+      const trackRect = track.getBoundingClientRect()
+      return Math.max(0, Math.min(cardRect.right, trackRect.right) - Math.max(cardRect.left, trackRect.left)) / cardRect.width
+    })).toBeGreaterThan(0.55)
+    expect(await timeline.locator('[data-testid="timeline-track"]').evaluate((element) => (
+      getComputedStyle(element).scrollBehavior
+    ))).toBe('auto')
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/about-prize.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/about-prize.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { CmsRouteProvider, type CmsRouteData } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import About from '@/spa/pages/About'
+
+const viewport = vi.hoisted(() => ({ mobile: false, stacked: false }))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile', () => ({
+  useIsMobile: (breakpoint = 768) => (breakpoint === 1024 ? viewport.stacked : viewport.mobile),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  usePathname: () => '/der-bmp',
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/AwardsGridSection', () => ({
+  default: () => <section data-testid="awards-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/HomeWinnersSection', () => ({
+  default: () => <section data-testid="winners-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/TestimonialsSection', () => ({
+  default: () => <section data-testid="testimonials-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/ui/munich-skyline-bg', () => ({
+  default: () => null,
+}))
+
+const aboutRoute: CmsRouteData = {
+  collection: 'pages',
+  doc: {
+    id: 'about-page',
+    slug: 'der-bmp',
+    spaPath: '/der-bmp',
+    about: {
+      prize: {
+        image: {
+          url: '/api/media/file/cms-prize.jpg',
+          alt: 'CMS prize ceremony',
+          focalX: 32,
+          focalY: 68,
+        },
+        imageAlt: 'Page-owned prize fallback alt',
+        eyebrow: 'CMS prize eyebrow',
+        heading: 'CMS PRIZE\nHEADING',
+        body: [{ text: 'First CMS prize paragraph.' }, { text: 'Second CMS prize paragraph.' }],
+        facts: [
+          { value: 'A', label: 'Founded' },
+          {
+            value: 'B',
+            label: 'An intentionally very long CMS-owned fact label that must remain readable',
+          },
+          { value: 'C', label: 'Independent' },
+        ],
+        imageLabel: 'CMS-owned prize image caption',
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+const renderAbout = () =>
+  render(
+    <CmsRouteProvider value={aboutRoute}>
+      <About />
+    </CmsRouteProvider>,
+  )
+
+describe('/der-bmp prize facts and caption', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    viewport.mobile = false
+    viewport.stacked = false
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('centers three equal fact cells and keeps full-height separators between them', () => {
+    renderAbout()
+
+    const facts = screen.getByTestId('prize-facts')
+    const cells = within(facts).getAllByTestId('prize-fact')
+
+    expect(facts.style.display).toBe('grid')
+    expect(facts.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr))')
+    expect(cells).toHaveLength(3)
+    expect(cells.every((cell) => cell.style.minWidth === '0')).toBe(true)
+    expect(cells.every((cell) => cell.style.alignItems === 'center')).toBe(true)
+    expect(cells.every((cell) => cell.style.textAlign === 'center')).toBe(true)
+    expect(cells.slice(0, 2).every((cell) => cell.style.borderRightWidth === '1px')).toBe(true)
+    expect(cells[2]?.style.borderRightStyle).toBe('none')
+  })
+
+  it('preserves long CMS fact labels without allowing them to escape their equal cells', () => {
+    renderAbout()
+
+    const labels = screen.getAllByTestId('prize-fact-label')
+    const longLabel = screen.getByText(
+      'An intentionally very long CMS-owned fact label that must remain readable',
+    )
+
+    expect(labels.map((label) => label.textContent)).toEqual([
+      'Founded',
+      'An intentionally very long CMS-owned fact label that must remain readable',
+      'Independent',
+    ])
+    expect(labels.every((label) => label.style.maxWidth === '100%')).toBe(true)
+    expect(labels.every((label) => label.style.overflowWrap === 'anywhere')).toBe(true)
+    expect(longLabel.style.hyphens).toBe('auto')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps CMS media, alt text, focal point, and caption in a semantic contrast container', () => {
+    renderAbout()
+
+    const section = screen.getByTestId('prize-section')
+    const figure = within(section).getByTestId('prize-figure')
+    const image = within(section).getByRole('img', { name: 'CMS prize ceremony' })
+    const caption = within(section).getByTestId('prize-image-caption')
+
+    expect(figure.tagName).toBe('FIGURE')
+    expect(caption.tagName).toBe('FIGCAPTION')
+    expect(image.getAttribute('src')).toBe('/api/media/file/cms-prize.jpg')
+    expect(image.style.objectPosition).toBe('32% 68%')
+    expect(caption.textContent).toBe('CMS-owned prize image caption')
+    expect(caption.style.background).toBe('rgba(3, 9, 58, 0.92)')
+    expect(caption.style.color).toBe('rgb(255, 255, 255)')
+    expect(caption.style.borderLeftWidth).toBe('3px')
+    expect(image.compareDocumentPosition(caption) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('stacks the image first at tablet width while retaining equal fact structure', () => {
+    viewport.stacked = true
+    renderAbout()
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('prize-layout')
+    const figure = screen.getByTestId('prize-figure')
+    const copy = screen.getByTestId('prize-copy-panel')
+
+    expect(layout.getAttribute('data-layout')).toBe('stacked')
+    expect(layout.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('1fr')
+    expect(figure.style.order).toBe('1')
+    expect(figure.style.minHeight).toBe('420px')
+    expect(copy.style.order).toBe('2')
+    expect(copy.style.padding).toBe('56px 48px')
+    expect(within(copy).getAllByTestId('prize-fact')).toHaveLength(3)
+  })
+
+  it('uses a dedicated mobile caption area without changing CMS copy or media order', () => {
+    viewport.mobile = true
+    viewport.stacked = true
+    renderAbout()
+
+    const figure = screen.getByTestId('prize-figure')
+    const visual = screen.getByTestId('prize-image-visual')
+    const caption = screen.getByTestId('prize-image-caption')
+    const copy = screen.getByTestId('prize-copy-panel')
+
+    expect(figure.style.display).toBe('flex')
+    expect(visual.style.minHeight).toBe('280px')
+    expect(caption.style.position).toBe('relative')
+    expect(caption.style.background).toBe('rgb(3, 9, 58)')
+    expect(caption.textContent).toBe('CMS-owned prize image caption')
+    expect(copy.compareDocumentPosition(figure) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByText('First CMS prize paragraph.')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('BMP Preisverleihung · München')).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/about-relevance.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/about-relevance.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { CmsRouteProvider, type CmsRouteData } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import About from '@/spa/pages/About'
+
+const viewport = vi.hoisted(() => ({ mobile: false, relevanceStacked: false }))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile', () => ({
+  useIsMobile: (breakpoint = 768) =>
+    breakpoint === 1024 ? viewport.relevanceStacked : viewport.mobile,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  usePathname: () => '/der-bmp',
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/AwardsGridSection', () => ({
+  default: () => <section data-testid="awards-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/HomeWinnersSection', () => ({
+  default: () => <section data-testid="winners-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/TestimonialsSection', () => ({
+  default: () => <section data-testid="testimonials-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/ui/munich-skyline-bg', () => ({
+  default: () => null,
+}))
+
+const aboutRoute: CmsRouteData = {
+  collection: 'pages',
+  doc: {
+    id: 'about-page',
+    slug: 'der-bmp',
+    spaPath: '/der-bmp',
+    about: {
+      mittelstand: {
+        image: {
+          url: '/api/media/file/cms-relevance.jpg',
+          alt: 'CMS relevance event',
+          focalX: 38,
+          focalY: 42,
+        },
+        imageAlt: 'Page-owned fallback alt',
+        eyebrow: 'CMS relevance eyebrow',
+        heading: 'CMS RELEVANCE\nHEADING',
+        body: [
+          { text: 'First CMS relevance paragraph.' },
+          { text: 'Second CMS relevance paragraph.' },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+const renderAbout = () =>
+  render(
+    <CmsRouteProvider value={aboutRoute}>
+      <About />
+    </CmsRouteProvider>,
+  )
+
+describe('/der-bmp relevance section', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    viewport.mobile = false
+    viewport.relevanceStacked = false
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('gives the image the larger desktop share and centers a readable copy measure', () => {
+    renderAbout()
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('relevance-layout')
+    const copyPanel = screen.getByTestId('relevance-copy-panel')
+    const copy = screen.getByTestId('relevance-copy')
+
+    expect(layout.getAttribute('data-layout')).toBe('split')
+    expect(layout.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('55% 45%')
+    expect(copyPanel.style.padding).toBe('88px 64px')
+    expect(copy.style.width).toBe('100%')
+    expect(copy.style.maxWidth).toBe('520px')
+    expect(copy.style.margin).toBe('0px auto')
+  })
+
+  it('preserves CMS-owned copy and media while honoring the media focal point', () => {
+    renderAbout()
+
+    const section = screen.getByTestId('relevance-section')
+    const image = within(section).getByRole('img', { name: 'CMS relevance event' })
+
+    expect(image.getAttribute('src')).toBe('/api/media/file/cms-relevance.jpg')
+    expect(image.style.objectPosition).toBe('38% 42%')
+    expect(within(section).getByText('CMS relevance eyebrow')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(within(section).getByRole('heading', { level: 2 }).textContent).toBe(
+      'CMS RELEVANCEHEADING',
+    )
+    expect(within(section).getByText('First CMS relevance paragraph.')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(within(section).getByText('Second CMS relevance paragraph.')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(
+      within(section).queryByText(
+        'Der Bayerische Mittelstandspreis ist weit mehr als eine Trophäe.',
+      ),
+    ).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the image first with readable padding in the stacked mobile layout', () => {
+    viewport.mobile = true
+    viewport.relevanceStacked = true
+    renderAbout()
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('relevance-layout')
+    const imagePanel = screen.getByTestId('relevance-image-panel')
+    const copyPanel = screen.getByTestId('relevance-copy-panel')
+
+    expect(layout.getAttribute('data-layout')).toBe('stacked')
+    expect(layout.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('1fr')
+    expect(imagePanel.style.minHeight).toBe('280px')
+    expect(copyPanel.style.padding).toBe('32px 24px 40px')
+    expect(
+      imagePanel.compareDocumentPosition(copyPanel) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING,
+    ).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/application-form-layout.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/application-form-layout.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { ApplicationFormSection } from '@/spa/components/forms/ApplicationFormSection'
+
+const viewport = vi.hoisted(() => ({ mobile: false }))
+const cms = vi.hoisted(() => ({ activePhase: '0' }))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile', () => ({
+  useIsMobile: () => viewport.mobile,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/cmsRoute', () => ({
+  useApplicationForm: () => undefined,
+  useApplicationPhase: () => ({ activePhase: cms.activePhase }),
+  useNewsletterForm: () => undefined,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/forms/BewerbungsForm', () => ({
+  default: () => <div>Application form</div>,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/forms/NewsletterInterestForm', () => ({
+  NewsletterInterestForm: () => <div>Newsletter form</div>,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/ui/UnoptimizedImage', () => ({
+  default: ({ alt }: { alt: string }) => <div role="img" aria-label={alt} />,
+}))
+
+describe('shared application form layout', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    viewport.mobile = false
+    cms.activePhase = '0'
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('widens only the homepage blue panel to a five-to-seven desktop split', () => {
+    render(<ApplicationFormSection source="homepage" />)
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('application-form-layout')
+    expect(layout.getAttribute('data-source')).toBe('homepage')
+    expect(layout.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('5fr 1px 7fr')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the Teilnahme desktop split unchanged', () => {
+    render(<ApplicationFormSection source="participation" />)
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('application-form-layout')
+    expect(layout.getAttribute('data-source')).toBe('participation')
+    expect(layout.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('4fr 1px 8fr')
+  })
+
+  it('preserves the shared mobile stack for both sources', () => {
+    viewport.mobile = true
+
+    const { rerender } = render(<ApplicationFormSection source="homepage" />)
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('application-form-layout').style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('1fr')
+
+    rerender(<ApplicationFormSection source="participation" />)
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('application-form-layout').style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('1fr')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the homepage ratio across application and newsletter phases', () => {
+    const { rerender } = render(<ApplicationFormSection source="homepage" />)
+    expect(screen.getByText('Application form')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('application-form-layout').style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe(
+      '5fr 1px 7fr',
+    )
+
+    cms.activePhase = '1'
+    rerender(<ApplicationFormSection source="homepage" />)
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('Newsletter form')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('application-form-layout').style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe(
+      '5fr 1px 7fr',
+    )
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/cms-route-relationship.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/cms-route-relationship.int.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'

-import { resolveCmsRelationship, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { resolveCmsRelationship, resolveCmsRelationships, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'

 const fullWinner: CmsRouteDoc = {
  id: 20,
@@ -17,9 +17,24 @@ describe('CMS relationship resolution', () => {
    expect(resolveCmsRelationship(20, [fullWinner])).toBe(fullWinner)
  })

-  it('preserves a populated relationship when no list document is available', () => {
+  it('rejects an embedded relationship when it is absent from the hydrated collection', () => {
    const relationship = { id: 20, image: { id: 55, url: '/api/media/file/image%20(1).png' } }

-    expect(resolveCmsRelationship(relationship, [])).toBe(relationship)
+    expect(resolveCmsRelationship(relationship, [])).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('preserves relationship selection order while omitting unavailable documents', () => {
+    const first = { id: 1, title: 'First' }
+    const second = { id: 2, title: 'Second' }
+    const third = { id: 3, title: 'Third' }
+
+    expect(resolveCmsRelationships([third, { id: 2, stale: true }, first], [first, third])).toEqual(
+      [third, first],
+    )
+    expect(resolveCmsRelationships([third, second, first], [first, second, third])).toEqual([
+      third,
+      second,
+      first,
+    ])
  })
 })
--- a/tests/int/home-phase-headline.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/home-phase-headline.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import type { SpaApplicationPhaseData } from '@/spa/applicationPhase'
+import { StatusSlider } from '@/spa/pages/Home'
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile', () => ({
+  useIsMobile: () => false,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  usePathname: () => '/',
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }),
+}))
+
+const applicationPhase = (headline: string): SpaApplicationPhaseData => ({
+  activePhase: '0',
+  noActionLabel: 'No action',
+  successApplicationsLabel: 'Applications',
+  successWinnersLabel: 'Winners',
+  phases: [
+    {
+      num: '03',
+      tag: 'Complete',
+      phase: 'Award ceremony',
+      headline,
+      body: 'CMS body copy',
+      accent: '#EFBF04',
+      bg: '#111D55',
+      meta: 'CMS meta copy',
+      successApplications: '247',
+      successWinners: '3',
+    },
+  ],
+})
+
+describe('homepage application-phase headline', () => {
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('renders each explicit CMS newline as an intentional line break', () => {
+    render(<StatusSlider data={applicationPhase('Ein weiteres\nerfolgreiches Jahr')} />)
+
+    const headline = screen.getByTestId('phase-headline')
+    expect(headline.textContent).toBe('Ein weitereserfolgreiches Jahr')
+    expect(headline.querySelectorAll('br')).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(headline.childNodes[0]?.textContent).toBe('Ein weiteres')
+    expect(headline.childNodes[2]?.textContent).toBe('erfolgreiches Jahr')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps arbitrary CMS-edited copy authoritative and naturally wrappable', () => {
+    const editedHeadline =
+      'Eine redaktionell geänderte Überschrift mit zusätzlichem Inhalt für schmale Ansichten'
+
+    render(<StatusSlider data={applicationPhase(editedHeadline)} />)
+
+    const headline = screen.getByTestId('phase-headline')
+    expect(headline.textContent).toBe(editedHeadline)
+    expect(headline.querySelector('br')).toBeNull()
+    expect(headline.classList.contains('type-page-title')).toBe(true)
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('phase-section').style.height).toBe('auto')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('phase-section').style.minHeight).toBe('480px')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the requested copy out of the homepage component', () => {
+    const source = readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), 'src/spa/pages/Home.tsx'), 'utf8')
+
+    expect(source).not.toContain('Ein weiteres')
+    expect(source).not.toContain('erfolgreiches Jahr')
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/home-winner-selection.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/home-winner-selection.int.spec.ts
@@ -18,15 +18,35 @@ const published2025Winners: CmsRouteDoc[] = Array.from({ length: 9 }, (_, index)
 describe('home winner selection', () => {
  it('uses a non-empty CMS selection without appending winners from the fallback year', () => {
    const featured = selected2026Winners.map(({ id }) => id)
-    const winners = resolveHomeWinners(featured, [...selected2026Winners, ...published2025Winners], [])
+    const winners = resolveHomeWinners(featured, [...selected2026Winners, ...published2025Winners])

    expect(winners).toEqual(selected2026Winners)
    expect(winners.some((winner) => winner.year === 2025)).toBe(false)
  })

  it('falls back to at most eight 2025 winners when the CMS selection is empty', () => {
-    const winners = resolveHomeWinners([], published2025Winners, [])
+    const winners = resolveHomeWinners([], published2025Winners)

    expect(winners).toEqual(published2025Winners.slice(0, 8))
  })
+
+  it('omits an unpublished selected winner without changing the remaining page order', () => {
+    const [first, unpublished, third] = selected2026Winners
+    const selection = [third, { ...unpublished, image: { id: 99 } }, first]
+    const publicWinners = resolveHomeWinners(selection, [first, third])
+    const previewWinners = resolveHomeWinners(selection, [first, unpublished, third])
+
+    expect(publicWinners).toEqual([third, first])
+    expect(previewWinners).toEqual([third, unpublished, first])
+  })
+
+  it('does not replace an entirely unpublished CMS selection with fallback winners', () => {
+    const [unpublished] = selected2026Winners
+
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners([{ ...unpublished, image: { id: 99 } }], [])).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('does not resurrect static winners when the published collection is empty', () => {
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners([], [])).toEqual([])
+  })
 })
--- a/tests/int/jury-members.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/jury-members.int.spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ describe('Netzwerk jury members', () => {
    expect(selectJuryDocs([3, { id: 1 }], docs).map((member) => member.id)).toEqual([3, 1])
    expect(selectJuryDocs([], docs)).toEqual([])
    expect(selectJuryDocs(undefined, docs)).toEqual(docs)
+    expect(selectJuryDocs(undefined, [])).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('omits an unpublished selected member publicly and restores it in preview order', () => {
+    const selection = [{ id: 3 }, { id: 2, name: 'Stale embedded member' }, { id: 1 }]
+    const publicDocs = [docs[0], docs[2]]
+
+    expect(selectJuryDocs(selection, publicDocs).map((member) => member.id)).toEqual([3, 1])
+    expect(selectJuryDocs(selection, docs).map((member) => member.id)).toEqual([3, 2, 1])
  })

  it('places non-empty quotes first and preserves sort order within each group', () => {
--- a/tests/int/netzwerk-sponsor-hierarchy.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/netzwerk-sponsor-hierarchy.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { CmsRouteProvider, type CmsRouteData } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { netzwerkContent } from '@/spa/netzwerkContent'
+import Netzwerk from '@/spa/pages/Netzwerk'
+import {
+  groupSponsorsByTier,
+  sponsorCardBasis,
+  sponsorColumns,
+  sponsorViewport,
+} from '@/spa/sponsorHierarchy'
+
+vi.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  usePathname: () => '/netzwerk',
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }),
+}))
+
+let viewportWidth = 1440
+
+const partner = (name: string, tier: 1 | 2 | 3, sortOrder: number) => ({
+  id: name.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-'),
+  stableId: name.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-'),
+  name,
+  tier,
+  sortOrder,
+  active: true,
+  desc: `${name} description`,
+  fullDesc: `${name} details`,
+  industry: `${name} industry`,
+  location: `${name} location`,
+  website: `${name.toLowerCase()}.example`,
+})
+
+const partners = [
+  partner('Tier One B', 1, 200),
+  partner('Tier Three H', 3, 8),
+  partner('Tier Two B', 2, 20),
+  partner('Tier Three A', 3, 1),
+  partner('Tier One A', 1, 100),
+  partner('Tier Three C', 3, 3),
+  partner('Tier Two A', 2, 10),
+  partner('Tier Three B', 3, 2),
+  partner('Tier Three D', 3, 4),
+  partner('Tier Three E', 3, 5),
+  partner('Tier Three F', 3, 6),
+  partner('Tier Three G', 3, 7),
+]
+
+const sponsorCopy = {
+  eyebrow: 'CMS sponsor eyebrow',
+  heading: 'CMS sponsor heading',
+  description: 'CMS sponsor supporting copy',
+  detailLabel: 'CMS sponsor action',
+  tiers: [
+    { tier: 1, label: 'CMS feature tier', note: 'CMS feature tier note' },
+    { tier: 2, label: 'CMS standard tier', note: 'CMS standard tier note' },
+    { tier: 3, label: 'CMS compact tier', note: 'CMS compact tier note' },
+  ],
+}
+
+const routeData = (): CmsRouteData => ({
+  collection: 'pages',
+  doc: {
+    id: 'network-page',
+    slug: 'netzwerk',
+    spaPath: '/netzwerk',
+    netzwerk: { partners: sponsorCopy },
+  },
+  lists: {
+    partners,
+    'jury-mitglieder': [],
+  },
+})
+
+function renderNetwork(width: number) {
+  viewportWidth = width
+  return render(
+    <CmsRouteProvider value={routeData()}>
+      <Netzwerk />
+    </CmsRouteProvider>,
+  )
+}
+
+describe('responsive sponsor hierarchy', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'matchMedia', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: vi.fn().mockImplementation((query: string) => {
+        const maximum = Number(query.match(/max-width:\s*(\d+)px/)?.[1] || Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)
+        return {
+          addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+          matches: viewportWidth <= maximum,
+          media: query,
+          removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+        }
+      }),
+    })
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('keeps tiers separate and applies Partner sortOrder only within each tier', () => {
+    const grouped = groupSponsorsByTier(partners)
+
+    expect(grouped[1].map(({ name }) => name)).toEqual(['Tier One A', 'Tier One B'])
+    expect(grouped[2].map(({ name }) => name)).toEqual(['Tier Two A', 'Tier Two B'])
+    expect(grouped[3].map(({ name }) => name)).toEqual([
+      'Tier Three A',
+      'Tier Three B',
+      'Tier Three C',
+      'Tier Three D',
+      'Tier Three E',
+      'Tier Three F',
+      'Tier Three G',
+      'Tier Three H',
+    ])
+    expect([...grouped[1], ...grouped[2], ...grouped[3]].map(({ name }) => name)).toEqual([
+      'Tier One A',
+      'Tier One B',
+      'Tier Two A',
+      'Tier Two B',
+      'Tier Three A',
+      'Tier Three B',
+      'Tier Three C',
+      'Tier Three D',
+      'Tier Three E',
+      'Tier Three F',
+      'Tier Three G',
+      'Tier Three H',
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('defines the approved columns and conservative narrow-mobile fallback', () => {
+    expect([1, 2, 3].map((tier) => sponsorColumns(tier as 1 | 2 | 3, 'desktop'))).toEqual([2, 3, 4])
+    expect([1, 2, 3].map((tier) => sponsorColumns(tier as 1 | 2 | 3, 'tablet'))).toEqual([2, 2, 3])
+    expect([1, 2, 3].map((tier) => sponsorColumns(tier as 1 | 2 | 3, 'mobile'))).toEqual([1, 1, 2])
+    expect([1, 2, 3].map((tier) => sponsorColumns(tier as 1 | 2 | 3, 'narrow-mobile'))).toEqual([
+      1, 1, 1,
+    ])
+    expect(
+      sponsorViewport({ isMobile: false, isNarrowMobile: false, isTabletOrMobile: true }),
+    ).toBe('tablet')
+    expect(sponsorCardBasis(3, 16)).toBe('calc((100% - 32px) / 3)')
+  })
+
+  it('renders every visible sponsor-section label from Netzwerk CMS fields', () => {
+    renderNetwork(1440)
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(sponsorCopy.eyebrow)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByText(sponsorCopy.heading)).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByText(sponsorCopy.description)).toBeTruthy()
+    sponsorCopy.tiers.forEach(({ label, note }) => {
+      expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: label })).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(screen.getByText(note)).toBeTruthy()
+    })
+    expect(screen.getAllByText(sponsorCopy.detailLabel)).toHaveLength(partners.length)
+    expect(screen.queryByText(netzwerkContent.partners.description)).toBeNull()
+    netzwerkContent.partners.tiers.forEach(({ label }) =>
+      expect(screen.queryByText(label)).toBeNull(),
+    )
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    { width: 1440, viewport: 'desktop', columns: [2, 3, 4] },
+    { width: 1024, viewport: 'tablet', columns: [2, 2, 3] },
+    { width: 390, viewport: 'mobile', columns: [1, 1, 2] },
+    { width: 340, viewport: 'narrow-mobile', columns: [1, 1, 1] },
+  ])('centers independent bands at $width px', ({ width, viewport, columns }) => {
+    renderNetwork(width)
+
+    columns.forEach((columnCount, index) => {
+      const tier = index + 1
+      const band = screen.getByTestId(`sponsor-tier-${tier}`)
+      const cards = screen.getByTestId(`sponsor-tier-${tier}-cards`)
+      expect(band.getAttribute('data-columns')).toBe(String(columnCount))
+      expect(band.getAttribute('data-viewport')).toBe(viewport)
+      expect(cards.style.display).toBe('flex')
+      expect(cards.style.flexWrap).toBe('wrap')
+      expect(cards.style.justifyContent).toBe('center')
+      expect(within(band).getAllByRole('button')).toHaveLength(tier === 3 ? 8 : 2)
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('keeps sponsor defaults and legacy labels out of the rendered component source', () => {
+    const source = readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), 'src/spa/pages/Netzwerk.tsx'), 'utf8')
+    const visibleDefaults = [
+      netzwerkContent.partners.eyebrow,
+      netzwerkContent.partners.heading,
+      netzwerkContent.partners.description,
+      netzwerkContent.partners.detailLabel,
+      ...netzwerkContent.partners.tiers.map(({ label }) => label),
+      'Partner in drei Kategorien: Hauptsponsoren, Medienpartner und weitere Sponsoren. Klicken für Details.',
+    ]
+
+    visibleDefaults.forEach((copy) => {
+      expect(source).not.toContain(`'${copy}'`)
+      expect(source).not.toContain(`"${copy}"`)
+    })
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/netzwerk-video.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/netzwerk-video.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { CmsRouteProvider, type CmsRouteData, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { netzwerkContent } from '@/spa/netzwerkContent'
+import Netzwerk from '@/spa/pages/Netzwerk'
+
+vi.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  usePathname: () => '/netzwerk',
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }),
+}))
+
+const homePage = (videoUrl: string): CmsRouteDoc => ({
+  id: `home-${videoUrl}`,
+  slug: 'startseite',
+  spaPath: '/',
+  home: {
+    hero: { videoLabel: 'Homepage film' },
+    videoModal: {
+      video: { url: videoUrl },
+      title: 'Homepage video',
+      closeLabel: 'Homepage video close',
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+const networkRoute = (video?: { url: string; label: string; title: string }): CmsRouteData => ({
+  collection: 'pages',
+  doc: {
+    id: 'network-page',
+    slug: 'netzwerk',
+    spaPath: '/netzwerk',
+    netzwerk: {
+      patronage: {
+        ...(video
+          ? {
+              greetingVideo: { url: video.url },
+              greetingVideoButtonLabel: video.label,
+              greetingVideoTitle: video.title,
+              greetingVideoDescription: `${video.title} description`,
+              greetingVideoCloseLabel: `${video.title} close`,
+            }
+          : {}),
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  lists: {
+    pages: [homePage('/api/media/file/homepage.mp4')],
+    partners: [],
+    'jury-mitglieder': [],
+  },
+})
+
+describe('Netzwerk greeting video', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'matchMedia', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: vi.fn().mockImplementation((query: string) => ({
+        addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+        matches: false,
+        media: query,
+        removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+      })),
+    })
+    vi.spyOn(HTMLMediaElement.prototype, 'play').mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('does not fall back to the homepage video when Netzwerk media is empty', () => {
+    render(
+      <CmsRouteProvider value={networkRoute()}>
+        <Netzwerk />
+      </CmsRouteProvider>,
+    )
+
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: netzwerkContent.patronage.greetingVideoButtonLabel })).toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Homepage video')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('resolves the page-owned Netzwerk media independently of homepage changes', () => {
+    const firstNetworkVideo = {
+      url: '/api/media/file/network-first.mp4',
+      label: 'Play Netzwerk greeting',
+      title: 'Netzwerk greeting one',
+    }
+    const secondNetworkVideo = {
+      url: '/api/media/file/network-second.mp4',
+      label: 'Play second Netzwerk greeting',
+      title: 'Netzwerk greeting two',
+    }
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <CmsRouteProvider value={networkRoute(firstNetworkVideo)}>
+        <Netzwerk />
+      </CmsRouteProvider>,
+    )
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: firstNetworkVideo.label }))
+    expect(screen.getByRole('dialog').querySelector('video')?.getAttribute('src')).toBe(firstNetworkVideo.url)
+
+    const homeChanged = networkRoute(firstNetworkVideo)
+    homeChanged.lists = {
+      ...homeChanged.lists,
+      pages: [homePage('/api/media/file/homepage-changed.mp4')],
+    }
+    rerender(
+      <CmsRouteProvider value={homeChanged}>
+        <Netzwerk />
+      </CmsRouteProvider>,
+    )
+    expect(screen.getByRole('dialog').querySelector('video')?.getAttribute('src')).toBe(firstNetworkVideo.url)
+
+    rerender(
+      <CmsRouteProvider value={networkRoute(secondNetworkVideo)}>
+        <Netzwerk />
+      </CmsRouteProvider>,
+    )
+    expect(screen.getByRole('dialog').querySelector('video')?.getAttribute('src')).toBe(secondNetworkVideo.url)
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/participation-eligibility.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/participation-eligibility.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { CmsRouteProvider, type CmsRouteData } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import Participation from '@/spa/pages/Participation'
+
+const viewport = vi.hoisted(() => ({ mobile: false }))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile', () => ({
+  useIsMobile: () => viewport.mobile,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  usePathname: () => '/teilnahme',
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/WegZurAuszeichnungSection', () => ({
+  default: () => <section data-testid="timeline-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/AwardsGridSection', () => ({
+  default: () => <section data-testid="awards-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/forms/ApplicationFormSection', () => ({
+  ApplicationFormSection: () => <section data-testid="application-form-stub" />,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/components/ui/UnoptimizedImage', () => ({
+  default: ({ alt }: { alt: string }) => <div role="img" aria-label={alt} />,
+}))
+
+const participationRoute: CmsRouteData = {
+  collection: 'pages',
+  doc: {
+    id: 'participation-page',
+    slug: 'teilnahme',
+    spaPath: '/teilnahme',
+    participation: {
+      eligibility: {
+        eyebrow: 'CMS eligibility eyebrow',
+        heading: 'CMS ELIGIBILITY\nHEADING',
+        description: 'CMS eligibility introduction.',
+        primaryCta: { label: 'CMS eligibility CTA', url: '/kontakt' },
+        criteria: [
+          {
+            num: 'A',
+            title: 'First CMS criterion',
+            body: 'First CMS criterion body.',
+            icon: 'mapPin',
+          },
+          {
+            num: 'B',
+            title: 'Second CMS criterion',
+            body: 'Second CMS criterion body.',
+            icon: 'users',
+          },
+        ],
+        notes: [
+          { title: 'First CMS note', body: 'First CMS note body.', icon: 'building2' },
+          { title: 'Second CMS note', body: 'Second CMS note body.', icon: 'userCheck' },
+        ],
+        nudgeText: 'CMS eligibility conclusion.',
+      },
+      datesBanner: {
+        heading: 'CMS important dates',
+        description: 'CMS dates description.',
+        mobileItems: [{ date: 'Mobile date', label: 'Mobile label' }],
+        desktopItems: [{ date: 'Desktop date', label: 'Desktop label' }],
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+const renderParticipation = () =>
+  render(
+    <CmsRouteProvider value={participationRoute}>
+      <Participation />
+    </CmsRouteProvider>,
+  )
+
+describe('participation eligibility hierarchy', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    viewport.mobile = false
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('keeps CMS eligibility content and its CTA authoritative inside semantic groups', () => {
+    renderParticipation()
+
+    const section = screen.getByTestId('eligibility-section')
+    const criteria = within(section).getAllByTestId('eligibility-criterion')
+    const notes = within(section).getAllByTestId('eligibility-note')
+    const cta = within(section).getByRole('link', { name: 'CMS eligibility CTA' })
+
+    expect(within(section).getByRole('heading', { level: 2 }).textContent).toBe(
+      'CMS ELIGIBILITYHEADING',
+    )
+    expect(within(section).getByText('CMS eligibility introduction.')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(criteria.map((row) => row.textContent)).toEqual([
+      'AFirst CMS criterionFirst CMS criterion body.',
+      'BSecond CMS criterionSecond CMS criterion body.',
+    ])
+    expect(criteria.every((row) => row.tagName === 'LI')).toBe(true)
+    expect(criteria[0]?.parentElement?.tagName).toBe('OL')
+    expect(notes.map((note) => note.textContent)).toEqual([
+      'First CMS noteFirst CMS note body.',
+      'Second CMS noteSecond CMS note body.',
+    ])
+    expect(within(section).getByText('CMS eligibility conclusion.')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(cta.getAttribute('href')).toBe('/kontakt')
+    expect(within(section).getAllByRole('link')).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
+
+  it('provides restrained group and dates-transition hooks on desktop', () => {
+    renderParticipation()
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('eligibility-header').style.background).toBe('rgb(255, 255, 255)')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('eligibility-criteria-group').style.background).toBe(
+      'rgb(244, 246, 248)',
+    )
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('eligibility-summary').style.background).toBe('rgb(17, 29, 85)')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('important-dates-transition').style.borderTopWidth).toBe('8px')
+    expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'CMS important dates', level: 3 })).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByText('Desktop date')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Mobile date')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps criteria, notes, and conclusion in a single readable mobile order', () => {
+    viewport.mobile = true
+    renderParticipation()
+
+    const section = screen.getByTestId('eligibility-section')
+    const criteriaGroup = within(section).getByTestId('eligibility-criteria-group')
+    const notesGroup = within(section).getByTestId('eligibility-notes-group')
+    const summary = within(section).getByTestId('eligibility-summary')
+    const rows = within(criteriaGroup).getAllByTestId('eligibility-criterion')
+
+    expect(rows.map((row) => row.getAttribute('data-order'))).toEqual(['1', '2'])
+    expect(rows.every((row) => row.style.gridTemplateColumns === '40px 1fr')).toBe(true)
+    expect(
+      criteriaGroup.compareDocumentPosition(notesGroup) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING,
+    ).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(
+      notesGroup.compareDocumentPosition(summary) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING,
+    ).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('important-dates-transition').style.borderTopWidth).toBe('5px')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('important-date-item').getAttribute('data-order')).toBe('1')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('important-date-item').style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe(
+      'minmax(112px, 0.9fr) minmax(0, 1.1fr)',
+    )
+    expect(screen.getByText('Mobile date')).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Desktop date')).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/participation-timeline.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/participation-timeline.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import WegZurAuszeichnungSection from '@/spa/components/WegZurAuszeichnungSection'
+import {
+  getActiveTimelineStep,
+  getTimelineScrollBehavior,
+  getTimelineStepScrollLeft,
+} from '@/spa/components/ui/process-timeline'
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile', () => ({
+  useIsMobile: () => false,
+}))
+
+let reduceMotion = false
+
+describe('participation timeline', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    reduceMotion = false
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'matchMedia', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: vi.fn().mockImplementation((query: string) => ({
+        addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+        matches: query === '(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)' && reduceMotion,
+        media: query,
+        removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+      })),
+    })
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('maps the real horizontal scroll range to deterministic steps', () => {
+    expect(getActiveTimelineStep(0, 600, 4)).toBe(0)
+    expect(getActiveTimelineStep(200, 600, 4)).toBe(1)
+    expect(getActiveTimelineStep(400, 600, 4)).toBe(2)
+    expect(getActiveTimelineStep(600, 600, 4)).toBe(3)
+    expect(getTimelineStepScrollLeft(2, 600, 4)).toBe(400)
+    expect(getTimelineStepScrollLeft(99, 600, 4)).toBe(600)
+  })
+
+  it('updates progress from native track scroll state', () => {
+    render(<WegZurAuszeichnungSection />)
+    const track = screen.getByTestId('timeline-track')
+    Object.defineProperties(track, {
+      clientWidth: { configurable: true, value: 400 },
+      scrollLeft: { configurable: true, value: 400, writable: true },
+      scrollWidth: { configurable: true, value: 1000 },
+    })
+
+    fireEvent.scroll(track)
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('timeline-progress-label').textContent).toContain('03 / 04')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('timeline-progress').style.width).toBe('75%')
+    expect(screen.getAllByTestId(/timeline-step-/)).toHaveLength(4)
+  })
+
+  it('uses immediate scrolling in reduced-motion mode while keeping controls operable', () => {
+    reduceMotion = true
+    render(<WegZurAuszeichnungSection />)
+    const track = screen.getByTestId('timeline-track')
+    const scrollTo = vi.fn()
+    Object.defineProperties(track, {
+      clientWidth: { configurable: true, value: 400 },
+      scrollTo: { configurable: true, value: scrollTo },
+      scrollWidth: { configurable: true, value: 1000 },
+    })
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Nächster Schritt' }))
+
+    expect(getTimelineScrollBehavior(true)).toBe('auto')
+    expect(scrollTo).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ behavior: 'auto', left: 200 })
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('timeline-progress-label').textContent).toContain('02 / 04')
+  })
+
+  it('supports direct keyboard navigation across the track', () => {
+    render(<WegZurAuszeichnungSection />)
+    const track = screen.getByTestId('timeline-track')
+    const scrollTo = vi.fn()
+    Object.defineProperties(track, {
+      clientWidth: { configurable: true, value: 400 },
+      scrollTo: { configurable: true, value: scrollTo },
+      scrollWidth: { configurable: true, value: 1000 },
+    })
+
+    fireEvent.keyDown(track, { key: 'End' })
+
+    expect(scrollTo).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ behavior: 'smooth', left: 600 })
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('timeline-progress-label').textContent).toContain('04 / 04')
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/partner-ticker.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/partner-ticker.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import {
+  PARTNER_TICKER_ITEM_WIDTH_PX,
+  PARTNER_TICKER_MIN_DURATION_SECONDS,
+  PARTNER_TICKER_SPEED_PX_PER_SECOND,
+  PartnerTicker,
+  partnerTickerDurationSeconds,
+} from '@/spa/components/ui/partner-ticker'
+
+const logos = ['RSM', 'WWK', 'münchen.tv'].map((name) => ({
+  id: name,
+  label: <span>{name}</span>,
+}))
+
+describe('homepage partner ticker', () => {
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('derives a calm duration from the exact single-copy track length', () => {
+    expect(partnerTickerDurationSeconds(0)).toBe(0)
+    expect(partnerTickerDurationSeconds(1)).toBe(PARTNER_TICKER_MIN_DURATION_SECONDS)
+    expect(partnerTickerDurationSeconds(12)).toBe(
+      (12 * PARTNER_TICKER_ITEM_WIDTH_PX) / PARTNER_TICKER_SPEED_PX_PER_SECOND,
+    )
+    expect(partnerTickerDurationSeconds(12)).toBe(65)
+  })
+
+  it('duplicates one identical track and translates by exactly one copy', () => {
+    render(<PartnerTicker ariaLabel="Unsere Partner" logos={logos} />)
+
+    const copies = screen.getAllByTestId('partner-ticker-copy')
+    expect(copies).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(copies[1].getAttribute('aria-hidden')).toBe('true')
+    expect(within(copies[0]).getAllByText(/RSM|WWK|münchen.tv/)).toHaveLength(logos.length)
+    expect(within(copies[1]).getAllByText(/RSM|WWK|münchen.tv/)).toHaveLength(logos.length)
+
+    const ticker = screen.getByTestId('partner-ticker')
+    const styles = ticker.querySelector('style')?.textContent || ''
+    expect(styles).toContain('to { transform: translateX(-50%); }')
+  })
+
+  it('pauses for pointer hover and keyboard focus within the ticker', () => {
+    render(<PartnerTicker ariaLabel="Unsere Partner" logos={logos} />)
+
+    const ticker = screen.getByTestId('partner-ticker')
+    const track = screen.getByTestId('partner-ticker-track')
+    expect(track.style.animationPlayState).toBe('running')
+
+    fireEvent.mouseEnter(ticker)
+    expect(track.style.animationPlayState).toBe('paused')
+    fireEvent.mouseLeave(ticker)
+    expect(track.style.animationPlayState).toBe('running')
+
+    fireEvent.focus(ticker)
+    expect(track.style.animationPlayState).toBe('paused')
+    fireEvent.blur(ticker)
+    expect(track.style.animationPlayState).toBe('running')
+  })
+
+  it('provides a non-animated, horizontally accessible reduced-motion presentation', () => {
+    render(<PartnerTicker ariaLabel="Unsere Partner" logos={logos} />)
+
+    const ticker = screen.getByTestId('partner-ticker')
+    const styles = ticker.querySelector('style')?.textContent || ''
+    expect(ticker.getAttribute('tabindex')).toBe('0')
+    expect(styles).toContain('@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)')
+    expect(styles).toContain('overflow-x: auto !important')
+    expect(styles).toContain('animation: none !important')
+    expect(styles).toContain('.partner-ticker-copy[aria-hidden="true"]')
+    expect(styles).toContain('display: none !important')
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/partners-admin-ordering.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/partners-admin-ordering.int.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import type { Field, NumberField, NumberFieldSingleValidation } from 'payload'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { Partners } from '@/collections/Partners'
+
+function partnerField(name: string): Field {
+  const field = Partners.fields.find((candidate) => 'name' in candidate && candidate.name === name)
+  if (!field) throw new Error(`Missing Partners field: ${name}`)
+  return field
+}
+
+describe('Partners admin ordering contract', () => {
+  it('shows the title and ordering state needed for content operations', () => {
+    expect(Partners.admin?.useAsTitle).toBe('name')
+    expect(Partners.admin?.defaultColumns).toEqual([
+      'name',
+      'tier',
+      'sortOrder',
+      '_status',
+      'active',
+      'showOnHomepage',
+      'updatedAt',
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('accepts only numeric tiers 1, 2, and 3', async () => {
+    const tierField = partnerField('tier')
+
+    expect(tierField).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'number',
+      min: 1,
+      max: 3,
+      required: true,
+      admin: { step: 1 },
+    })
+
+    const validate = (tierField as NumberField).validate as NumberFieldSingleValidation | undefined
+    expect(validate).toBeTypeOf('function')
+
+    for (const value of [1, 2, 3]) {
+      expect(await validate?.(value, {} as never)).toBe(true)
+    }
+
+    for (const value of [0, 1.5, 4, Number.NaN, null, undefined]) {
+      expect(await validate?.(value, {} as never)).toBe('Tier must be one of 1, 2, or 3.')
+    }
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/payload-field-inventory.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/payload-field-inventory.int.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+import type { Field } from 'payload'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { ApplicationForm } from '@/ApplicationForm/config'
+import { ApplicationPhase } from '@/ApplicationPhase/config'
+import { Footer } from '@/Footer/config'
+import { Header } from '@/Header/config'
+import { NewsletterForm } from '@/NewsletterForm/config'
+import { SiteSettings } from '@/SiteSettings/config'
+import { aboutFields } from '@/collections/Pages/aboutFields'
+import { homeFields } from '@/collections/Pages/homeFields'
+import { netzwerkFields } from '@/collections/Pages/netzwerkFields'
+import { participationFields } from '@/collections/Pages/participationFields'
+import { pressIndexFields } from '@/collections/Pages/pressIndexFields'
+
+function fieldPaths(fields: Field[], prefix = ''): string[] {
+  return fields.flatMap((field) => {
+    if (!('name' in field) || typeof field.name !== 'string') {
+      return 'fields' in field && Array.isArray(field.fields) ? fieldPaths(field.fields, prefix) : []
+    }
+
+    const path = prefix ? `${prefix}.${field.name}` : field.name
+    const children = 'fields' in field && Array.isArray(field.fields) ? fieldPaths(field.fields, path) : []
+    return [path, ...children]
+  })
+}
+
+function findField(fields: Field[], path: string): Field | undefined {
+  const [name, ...rest] = path.split('.')
+  const field = fields.find((candidate) => 'name' in candidate && candidate.name === name)
+  if (!field || rest.length === 0) return field
+  if (!('fields' in field) || !Array.isArray(field.fields)) return undefined
+  return findField(field.fields, rest.join('.'))
+}
+
+describe('Payload field inventory', () => {
+  it('keeps obsolete page controls out of the schema', () => {
+    const paths = [
+      ...fieldPaths(homeFields),
+      ...fieldPaths(participationFields),
+      ...fieldPaths(aboutFields),
+      ...fieldPaths(pressIndexFields),
+      ...fieldPaths(netzwerkFields),
+    ]
+
+    expect(paths).not.toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        'home.application',
+        'home.form',
+        'participation.applicationForm',
+        'participation.form',
+        'participation.eligibility.secondaryCta',
+        'participation.eligibility.nudgeCta',
+        'participation.applicationWays.recommendedLabel',
+        'participation.applicationWays.fallbackCta',
+        'participation.applicationWays.ways.featured',
+        'participation.applicationWays.ways.cta',
+        'about.highlights',
+        'pressIndex.events.detailLabel',
+        'pressIndex.news.readMoreLabel',
+        'pressIndex.downloads.kitLabel',
+        'pressIndex.downloads.kitMeta',
+        'pressIndex.downloads.kitFile',
+        'pressIndex.downloads.kitUrl',
+        'pressIndex.downloads.kitDownloadName',
+        'pressIndex.accreditation',
+        'netzwerk.jury.note',
+        'netzwerk.partners.premiumLabel',
+        'netzwerk.partners.defaultLogoColor',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoring.footnotePrefix',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoring.footnoteLabel',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoring.footnoteUrl',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoring.formEyebrow',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoringForm.packages',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoringForm.step1Eyebrow',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoringForm.step1Heading',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoringForm.requiredPackageError',
+      ]),
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('retains rendered page controls and authoritative relationships', () => {
+    const paths = [
+      ...fieldPaths(homeFields),
+      ...fieldPaths(participationFields),
+      ...fieldPaths(aboutFields),
+      ...fieldPaths(pressIndexFields),
+      ...fieldPaths(netzwerkFields),
+    ]
+
+    expect(paths).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        'home.hero',
+        'home.winners.featured',
+        'home.videoModal.video',
+        'participation.process.steps',
+        'participation.awardsGrid.cards',
+        'about.testimonials.items',
+        'pressIndex.events.statusLabels',
+        'pressIndex.downloads.contactName',
+        'pressIndex.downloads.contactImage',
+        'pressIndex.downloads.contactImageAlt',
+        'netzwerk.jury.members',
+        'netzwerk.patronage.greetingVideo',
+        'netzwerk.patronage.greetingVideoButtonLabel',
+        'netzwerk.patronage.greetingVideoTitle',
+        'netzwerk.patronage.greetingVideoDescription',
+        'netzwerk.patronage.greetingVideoCloseLabel',
+        'netzwerk.partners.eyebrow',
+        'netzwerk.partners.heading',
+        'netzwerk.partners.description',
+        'netzwerk.partners.detailLabel',
+        'netzwerk.partners.tiers',
+        'netzwerk.partners.tiers.label',
+        'netzwerk.partners.tiers.note',
+        'netzwerk.partners.modal.websiteLabel',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoringForm.steps',
+        'netzwerk.sponsoringForm.requiredFieldError',
+      ]),
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('keeps shared multi-page and site-wide content in Globals', () => {
+    const globals = [ApplicationForm, ApplicationPhase, NewsletterForm, Header, Footer, SiteSettings]
+    const slugs = globals.map((global) => global.slug)
+
+    expect(slugs).toEqual([
+      'application-form',
+      'application-phase',
+      'newsletter-form',
+      'header',
+      'footer',
+      'site-settings',
+    ])
+    expect(fieldPaths(ApplicationForm.fields)).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(['section', 'form']))
+    expect(fieldPaths(ApplicationPhase.fields)).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(['activePhase', 'phases']))
+    expect(fieldPaths(NewsletterForm.fields)).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(['evaluation', 'completed']))
+  })
+
+  it('exposes exactly two editable sponsoring step labels', () => {
+    expect(findField(netzwerkFields, 'netzwerk.sponsoringForm.steps')).toMatchObject({
+      minRows: 2,
+      maxRows: 2,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('limits the Netzwerk greeting upload to video media', () => {
+    const field = findField(netzwerkFields, 'netzwerk.patronage.greetingVideo')
+
+    expect(field).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'upload',
+      relationTo: 'media',
+      filterOptions: {
+        mimeType: {
+          contains: 'video',
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    expect(field).not.toHaveProperty('defaultValue')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps sponsor tier copy separate from collection-owned tier assignment and ordering', () => {
+    expect(findField(netzwerkFields, 'netzwerk.partners.tiers')).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'array',
+      dbName: 'network_tiers',
+    })
+    expect(findField(netzwerkFields, 'netzwerk.partners.tiers.label')).toMatchObject({ type: 'text' })
+    expect(findField(netzwerkFields, 'netzwerk.partners.tiers.note')).toMatchObject({ type: 'text' })
+  })
+
+  it('limits the press contact upload to image media', () => {
+    const field = findField(pressIndexFields, 'pressIndex.downloads.contactImage')
+
+    expect(field).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'upload',
+      relationTo: 'media',
+      filterOptions: {
+        mimeType: {
+          contains: 'image',
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    expect(field).not.toHaveProperty('defaultValue')
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/press-collection-items.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/press-collection-items.int.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { pressEventsFromCms, pressNewsFromCms } from '@/spa/pressCollectionItems'
+import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent'
+
+describe('press collection items', () => {
+  it('does not replace an empty published events collection with demo event rows', () => {
+    expect(
+      pressEventsFromCms([], '/images/event-placeholder.jpg', {}, pressIndexContent.events),
+    ).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('does not replace an empty published posts collection with demo news cards', () => {
+    expect(pressNewsFromCms([], '/images/news-placeholder.jpg', pressIndexContent.news)).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/press-contact-image.int.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/int/press-contact-image.int.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { CmsRouteProvider, type CmsRouteData } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent'
+import Press from '@/spa/pages/Press'
+
+const viewport = vi.hoisted(() => ({ mobile: false }))
+
+vi.mock('@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile', () => ({
+  useIsMobile: () => viewport.mobile,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  usePathname: () => '/presse',
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }),
+}))
+
+const pressRoute = (contactImage?: unknown, contactImageAlt?: string): CmsRouteData => ({
+  collection: 'pages',
+  doc: {
+    id: 'press-page',
+    slug: 'presse',
+    spaPath: '/presse',
+    pressIndex: {
+      downloads: {
+        contactImage,
+        contactImageAlt,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  lists: {
+    events: [],
+    posts: [],
+  },
+})
+
+describe('Presse contact image', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    viewport.mobile = false
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => cleanup())
+
+  it('renders selected media and page-owned alt text in the desktop right column', () => {
+    render(
+      <CmsRouteProvider
+        value={pressRoute(
+          { url: '/api/media/file/press-contact.jpg', alt: 'Media default alt' },
+          'Press team portrait',
+        )}
+      >
+        <Press />
+      </CmsRouteProvider>,
+    )
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('press-contact-layout')
+    const imageColumn = screen.getByTestId('press-contact-image')
+    const image = within(imageColumn).getByRole('img', { name: 'Press team portrait' })
+
+    expect(layout.getAttribute('data-layout')).toBe('two-column')
+    expect(layout.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(320px, 1fr)')
+    expect(image.getAttribute('src')).toBe('/api/media/file/press-contact.jpg')
+    expect(
+      screen.getByTestId('press-contact-copy').compareDocumentPosition(imageColumn) &
+        Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING,
+    ).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('clears only the visual and keeps the contact copy in a compact fallback-free layout', () => {
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <CmsRouteProvider
+        value={pressRoute({ url: '/api/media/file/press-contact.jpg' }, 'Press contact')}
+      >
+        <Press />
+      </CmsRouteProvider>,
+    )
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('press-contact-image')).toBeTruthy()
+
+    rerender(
+      <CmsRouteProvider value={pressRoute(undefined, '')}>
+        <Press />
+      </CmsRouteProvider>,
+    )
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('press-contact-layout')
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('press-contact-image')).toBeNull()
+    expect(layout.getAttribute('data-layout')).toBe('copy-only')
+    expect(layout.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('1fr')
+    expect(
+      within(screen.getByTestId('press-contact-copy')).getByText(
+        pressIndexContent.downloads.contactName,
+      ),
+    ).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(within(layout).queryByRole('img')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('stacks copy before the selected image on mobile', () => {
+    viewport.mobile = true
+
+    render(
+      <CmsRouteProvider
+        value={pressRoute({ filename: 'press-contact-mobile.jpg' }, 'Mobile press contact')}
+      >
+        <Press />
+      </CmsRouteProvider>,
+    )
+
+    const layout = screen.getByTestId('press-contact-layout')
+    const copy = screen.getByTestId('press-contact-copy')
+    const imageColumn = screen.getByTestId('press-contact-image')
+
+    expect(layout.getAttribute('data-layout')).toBe('stacked')
+    expect(layout.style.gridTemplateColumns).toBe('1fr')
+    expect(
+      within(imageColumn).getByRole('img', { name: 'Mobile press contact' }).getAttribute('src'),
+    ).toBe('/api/media/file/press-contact-mobile.jpg')
+    expect(
+      copy.compareDocumentPosition(imageColumn) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING,
+    ).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/public-route-hydration.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/public-route-hydration.int.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,464 @@
+import config from '@/payload.config'
+import { resolveHomeWinners } from '@/spa/homeWinnerSelection'
+import { selectJuryDocs } from '@/spa/juryMembers'
+import type { CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { getPublicationQueryOptions } from '@/utilities/publicationQuery'
+import type { Payload } from 'payload'
+import { getPayload } from 'payload'
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const lexicalDocument = {
+  root: {
+    children: [
+      {
+        children: [
+          {
+            detail: 0,
+            format: 0,
+            mode: 'normal' as const,
+            style: '',
+            text: 'Route hydration fixture',
+            type: 'text',
+            version: 1,
+          },
+        ],
+        direction: 'ltr' as const,
+        format: '' as const,
+        indent: 0,
+        textFormat: 0,
+        type: 'paragraph',
+        version: 1,
+      },
+    ],
+    direction: 'ltr' as const,
+    format: '' as const,
+    indent: 0,
+    type: 'root',
+    version: 1,
+  },
+}
+
+const fixtureKey = `route-hydration-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}`
+
+let payload: Payload
+let mediaID: number
+const cleanup: Array<() => Promise<unknown>> = []
+
+async function findFixtureDocs(
+  collection: 'events' | 'jury-mitglieder' | 'partners' | 'posts' | 'preistraeger',
+  ids: Array<number | string>,
+  preview: boolean,
+  sort?: string,
+): Promise<CmsRouteDoc[]> {
+  const result = await payload.find({
+    collection,
+    ...getPublicationQueryOptions(preview),
+    depth: 1,
+    limit: 20,
+    pagination: false,
+    ...(sort ? { sort } : {}),
+    where: { id: { in: ids } },
+  })
+
+  return result.docs as unknown as CmsRouteDoc[]
+}
+
+describe('public route hydration', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    payload = await getPayload({ config })
+
+    const imageData = Buffer.from(
+      'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNk+A8AAQUBAScY42YAAAAASUVORK5CYII=',
+      'base64',
+    )
+    const media = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'media',
+      data: { alt: 'Route hydration fixture' },
+      file: {
+        data: imageData,
+        mimetype: 'image/png',
+        name: `${fixtureKey}.png`,
+        size: imageData.length,
+      },
+    })
+    mediaID = media.id
+  })
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    for (const remove of cleanup.reverse()) await remove()
+    if (mediaID) await payload.delete({ collection: 'media', id: mediaID })
+  })
+
+  it('omits an unpublished jury member selected on /netzwerk and restores it in preview', async () => {
+    const first = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'jury-mitglieder',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: { _status: 'published', name: `${fixtureKey} jury first`, sortOrder: 10 },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const unpublished = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'jury-mitglieder',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: { _status: 'draft', name: `${fixtureKey} jury unpublished`, sortOrder: 20 },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const third = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'jury-mitglieder',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: { _status: 'published', name: `${fixtureKey} jury third`, sortOrder: 30 },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'jury-mitglieder',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: first.id,
+        }),
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'jury-mitglieder',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: unpublished.id,
+        }),
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'jury-mitglieder',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: third.id,
+        }),
+    )
+
+    const ids = [first.id, unpublished.id, third.id]
+    const selection = [third, unpublished, first]
+    const publicDocs = await findFixtureDocs('jury-mitglieder', ids, false, 'sortOrder')
+    const previewDocs = await findFixtureDocs('jury-mitglieder', ids, true, 'sortOrder')
+
+    expect(selectJuryDocs(selection, publicDocs).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([third.id, first.id])
+    expect(selectJuryDocs(selection, previewDocs).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      third.id,
+      unpublished.id,
+      first.id,
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('omits an unpublished selected homepage winner and restores it after republishing without a page edit', async () => {
+    const first = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'preistraeger',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-winner-first`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} winner first`,
+        year: 2026,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const unpublished = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'preistraeger',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'draft',
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-winner-unpublished`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} winner unpublished`,
+        year: 2026,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const third = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'preistraeger',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-winner-third`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} winner third`,
+        year: 2026,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'preistraeger',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: first.id,
+        }),
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'preistraeger',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: unpublished.id,
+        }),
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'preistraeger',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: third.id,
+        }),
+    )
+
+    const ids = [first.id, unpublished.id, third.id]
+    const selection = [third, unpublished, first]
+    const publicDocs = await findFixtureDocs('preistraeger', ids, false)
+    const previewDocs = await findFixtureDocs('preistraeger', ids, true)
+
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, publicDocs).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      third.id,
+      first.id,
+    ])
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, previewDocs).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      third.id,
+      unpublished.id,
+      first.id,
+    ])
+
+    await payload.update({
+      collection: 'preistraeger',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      id: unpublished.id,
+      data: { _status: 'published' },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const republishedDocs = await findFixtureDocs('preistraeger', ids, false)
+
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, republishedDocs).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      third.id,
+      unpublished.id,
+      first.id,
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('omits an unpublished partner from the homepage ticker and preserves sort order', async () => {
+    const first = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'partners',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        logo: mediaID,
+        name: `${fixtureKey} partner first`,
+        sortOrder: 10,
+        stableId: `${fixtureKey}-partner-first`,
+        tier: 1,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const unpublished = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'partners',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'draft',
+        logo: mediaID,
+        name: `${fixtureKey} partner unpublished`,
+        sortOrder: 20,
+        stableId: `${fixtureKey}-partner-unpublished`,
+        tier: 2,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const third = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'partners',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        logo: mediaID,
+        name: `${fixtureKey} partner third`,
+        sortOrder: 30,
+        stableId: `${fixtureKey}-partner-third`,
+        tier: 3,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'partners',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: first.id,
+        }),
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'partners',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: unpublished.id,
+        }),
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'partners',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: third.id,
+        }),
+    )
+
+    const ids = [first.id, unpublished.id, third.id]
+    const publicDocs = await findFixtureDocs('partners', ids, false, 'sortOrder')
+    const previewDocs = await findFixtureDocs('partners', ids, true, 'sortOrder')
+
+    expect(publicDocs.map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([first.id, third.id])
+    expect(previewDocs.map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([first.id, unpublished.id, third.id])
+  })
+
+  it('leaves no event row after the final /presse event is unpublished', async () => {
+    const event = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'events',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-event-final`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} event final`,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(() =>
+      payload.delete({
+        collection: 'events',
+        context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+        id: event.id,
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect((await findFixtureDocs('events', [event.id], false)).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      event.id,
+    ])
+
+    await payload.update({
+      collection: 'events',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      id: event.id,
+      data: { _status: 'draft' },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+
+    expect(await findFixtureDocs('events', [event.id], false)).toEqual([])
+    expect((await findFixtureDocs('events', [event.id], true)).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      event.id,
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('omits an unpublished event previously rendered on /presse', async () => {
+    const published = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'events',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-event-published`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} event published`,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const unpublished = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'events',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'draft',
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-event-unpublished`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} event unpublished`,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'events',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: published.id,
+        }),
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'events',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: unpublished.id,
+        }),
+    )
+
+    const ids = [published.id, unpublished.id]
+    const publicDocs = await findFixtureDocs('events', ids, false)
+    const previewDocs = await findFixtureDocs('events', ids, true)
+
+    expect(publicDocs.map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([published.id])
+    expect(previewDocs.map((doc) => doc.id).sort()).toEqual(ids.sort())
+  })
+
+  it('leaves no news card after the final /presse article is unpublished', async () => {
+    const post = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'posts',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        content: lexicalDocument,
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-post-final`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} post final`,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(() =>
+      payload.delete({
+        collection: 'posts',
+        context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+        id: post.id,
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect((await findFixtureDocs('posts', [post.id], false)).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      post.id,
+    ])
+
+    await payload.update({
+      collection: 'posts',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      id: post.id,
+      data: { _status: 'draft' },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+
+    expect(await findFixtureDocs('posts', [post.id], false)).toEqual([])
+    expect((await findFixtureDocs('posts', [post.id], true)).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      post.id,
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('omits an unpublished press article previously rendered on /presse', async () => {
+    const published = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'posts',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        content: lexicalDocument,
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-post-published`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} post published`,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    const unpublished = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'posts',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'draft',
+        content: lexicalDocument,
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-post-unpublished`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} post unpublished`,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'posts',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: published.id,
+        }),
+      () =>
+        payload.delete({
+          collection: 'posts',
+          context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+          id: unpublished.id,
+        }),
+    )
+
+    const ids = [published.id, unpublished.id]
+    const publicDocs = await findFixtureDocs('posts', ids, false)
+    const previewDocs = await findFixtureDocs('posts', ids, true)
+
+    expect(publicDocs.map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([published.id])
+    expect(previewDocs.map((doc) => doc.id).sort()).toEqual(ids.sort())
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/publication-contract.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/publication-contract.int.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+import config from '@/payload.config'
+import { getPublicationQueryOptions } from '@/utilities/publicationQuery'
+import type { Payload, RequiredDataFromCollectionSlug } from 'payload'
+import { getPayload } from 'payload'
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const publicationCollections = [
+  'pages',
+  'preistraeger',
+  'jury-mitglieder',
+  'partners',
+  'events',
+  'posts',
+] as const
+
+type PublicationCollection = (typeof publicationCollections)[number]
+
+type PublicationCase<TCollection extends PublicationCollection = PublicationCollection> = {
+  collection: TCollection
+  data: (label: string) => RequiredDataFromCollectionSlug<TCollection>
+  hasPublicDetailRoute: boolean
+}
+
+const lexicalDocument = {
+  root: {
+    children: [
+      {
+        children: [
+          {
+            detail: 0,
+            format: 0,
+            mode: 'normal' as const,
+            style: '',
+            text: 'Publication contract fixture',
+            type: 'text',
+            version: 1,
+          },
+        ],
+        direction: 'ltr' as const,
+        format: '' as const,
+        indent: 0,
+        textFormat: 0,
+        type: 'paragraph',
+        version: 1,
+      },
+    ],
+    direction: 'ltr' as const,
+    format: '' as const,
+    indent: 0,
+    type: 'root',
+    version: 1,
+  },
+}
+
+let mediaID: number
+const cleanup: Array<() => Promise<unknown>> = []
+
+const publicationCases: PublicationCase[] = [
+  {
+    collection: 'pages',
+    data: (label) => ({
+      layout: [{ blockType: 'content', columns: [] }],
+      _status: 'published',
+      slug: `publication-${label}`,
+      spaPath: `/publication-${label}`,
+      title: `Publication ${label}`,
+    }),
+    hasPublicDetailRoute: true,
+  },
+  {
+    collection: 'preistraeger',
+    data: (label) => ({
+      _status: 'published',
+      slug: `publication-${label}`,
+      spaPath: `/preistraeger/publication-${label}`,
+      title: `Publication ${label}`,
+    }),
+    hasPublicDetailRoute: true,
+  },
+  {
+    collection: 'jury-mitglieder',
+    data: (label) => ({ _status: 'published', name: `Publication ${label}` }),
+    hasPublicDetailRoute: false,
+  },
+  {
+    collection: 'partners',
+    data: (label) => ({
+      _status: 'published',
+      logo: mediaID,
+      name: `Publication ${label}`,
+      stableId: `publication-${label}`,
+      tier: 3,
+    }),
+    hasPublicDetailRoute: false,
+  },
+  {
+    collection: 'events',
+    data: (label) => ({
+      _status: 'published',
+      slug: `publication-${label}`,
+      spaPath: `/presse/events/publication-${label}`,
+      title: `Publication ${label}`,
+    }),
+    hasPublicDetailRoute: true,
+  },
+  {
+    collection: 'posts',
+    data: (label) => ({
+      _status: 'published',
+      content: lexicalDocument,
+      slug: `publication-${label}`,
+      spaPath: `/presse/blog/publication-${label}`,
+      title: `Publication ${label}`,
+    }),
+    hasPublicDetailRoute: true,
+  },
+]
+
+let payload: Payload
+
+describe('draft-enabled collection publication contract', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    payload = await getPayload({ config })
+
+    const imageData = Buffer.from(
+      'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNk+A8AAQUBAScY42YAAAAASUVORK5CYII=',
+      'base64',
+    )
+    const media = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'media',
+      data: { alt: 'Publication contract fixture' },
+      file: {
+        data: imageData,
+        mimetype: 'image/png',
+        name: `publication-contract-${process.pid}.png`,
+        size: imageData.length,
+      },
+    })
+    mediaID = media.id
+  })
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    for (const removeFixture of cleanup.reverse()) {
+      await removeFixture()
+    }
+
+    if (mediaID) {
+      await payload.delete({ collection: 'media', id: mediaID })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('keeps anonymous public and authenticated preview query modes explicit', () => {
+    expect(getPublicationQueryOptions(false)).toEqual({
+      draft: false,
+      overrideAccess: false,
+    })
+    expect(getPublicationQueryOptions(true)).toEqual({
+      draft: true,
+      overrideAccess: true,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it.each(publicationCases)(
+    'returns only published $collection documents to anonymous public reads',
+    async ({ collection, data, hasPublicDetailRoute }) => {
+      const published = await payload.create({
+        collection,
+        context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+        data: data(`${collection}-published`),
+        draft: false,
+      })
+      const unpublished = await payload.create({
+        collection,
+        context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+        data: data(`${collection}-unpublished`),
+        draft: false,
+      })
+      cleanup.push(
+        () =>
+          payload.delete({
+            collection,
+            context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+            id: published.id,
+          }),
+        () =>
+          payload.delete({
+            collection,
+            context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+            id: unpublished.id,
+          }),
+      )
+
+      const storedDraft = await payload.update({
+        collection,
+        context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+        id: unpublished.id,
+        data: { _status: 'draft' },
+        draft: false,
+      })
+
+      expect(published._status).toBe('published')
+      expect(storedDraft._status).toBe('draft')
+
+      const publicResult = await payload.find({
+        collection,
+        ...getPublicationQueryOptions(false),
+        pagination: false,
+        where: {
+          id: {
+            in: [published.id, unpublished.id],
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(publicResult.docs.map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([published.id])
+      expect(publicResult.docs.every((doc) => doc._status === 'published')).toBe(true)
+
+      const previewResult = await payload.find({
+        collection,
+        ...getPublicationQueryOptions(true),
+        pagination: false,
+        where: {
+          id: {
+            in: [published.id, unpublished.id],
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(previewResult.docs.map((doc) => doc.id).sort()).toEqual(
+        [published.id, unpublished.id].sort(),
+      )
+
+      if (hasPublicDetailRoute) {
+        await expect(
+          payload.findByID({
+            collection,
+            id: published.id,
+            ...getPublicationQueryOptions(false),
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ id: published.id, _status: 'published' })
+
+        await expect(
+          payload.findByID({
+            collection,
+            id: unpublished.id,
+            ...getPublicationQueryOptions(false),
+          }),
+        ).rejects.toThrow()
+
+        await expect(
+          payload.findByID({
+            collection,
+            id: unpublished.id,
+            ...getPublicationQueryOptions(true),
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ id: unpublished.id, _status: 'draft' })
+      }
+    },
+  )
+})
--- a/tests/int/sitemap-routes.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/sitemap-routes.int.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
+
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { getSitemapBaseURL, normalizeSitemapBaseURL } from '@/utilities/sitemapBaseURL.cjs'
+
+type SitemapCollection = 'pages' | 'posts' | 'events' | 'preistraeger'
+
+type SitemapDocument = {
+  _status: 'draft' | 'published'
+  slug?: string
+  spaPath?: string
+  updatedAt?: string
+}
+
+type SitemapFindQuery = {
+  collection: SitemapCollection
+  draft?: boolean
+  overrideAccess?: boolean
+  where?: {
+    _status?: {
+      equals?: string
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const routeState = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  docs: {
+    events: [],
+    pages: [],
+    posts: [],
+    preistraeger: [],
+  } as Record<SitemapCollection, SitemapDocument[]>,
+  queries: [] as SitemapFindQuery[],
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@payload-config', () => ({ default: {} }))
+
+vi.mock('next/cache', () => ({
+  unstable_cache: (callback: () => unknown) => callback,
+}))
+
+vi.mock('payload', () => ({
+  getPayload: async () => ({
+    find: async (query: SitemapFindQuery) => {
+      routeState.queries.push(query)
+
+      const isPublishedPublicQuery =
+        query.draft === false &&
+        query.overrideAccess === false &&
+        query.where?._status?.equals === 'published'
+
+      return {
+        docs: isPublishedPublicQuery
+          ? routeState.docs[query.collection].filter((document) => document._status === 'published')
+          : routeState.docs[query.collection],
+      }
+    },
+  }),
+}))
+
+import { GET as getPagesSitemap } from '@/app/(frontend)/(sitemaps)/pages-sitemap.xml/route'
+import { GET as getPostsSitemap } from '@/app/(frontend)/(sitemaps)/posts-sitemap.xml/route'
+
+const productionURL = 'https://www.bayerischer-mittelstandspreis.de'
+
+async function sitemapLocations(response: Response): Promise<string[]> {
+  const xml = await response.text()
+  return [...xml.matchAll(/<loc>([^<]+)<\/loc>/g)].map((match) => match[1])
+}
+
+describe('sitemap route generation', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL = `${productionURL}/`
+    process.env.VERCEL_PROJECT_PRODUCTION_URL = ''
+
+    for (const collection of Object.keys(routeState.docs) as SitemapCollection[]) {
+      routeState.docs[collection] = []
+    }
+    routeState.queries = []
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      label: 'stored homepage path',
+      document: { _status: 'published', slug: 'startseite', spaPath: '/' },
+      expectedPath: '/',
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'home slug fallback',
+      document: { _status: 'published', slug: 'home' },
+      expectedPath: '/',
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'startseite slug fallback',
+      document: { _status: 'published', slug: 'startseite' },
+      expectedPath: '/',
+    },
+    {
+      label: 'normal stored page path',
+      document: { _status: 'published', slug: 'legacy-contact', spaPath: '/kontakt' },
+      expectedPath: '/kontakt',
+    },
+  ] as const)('emits the $label', async ({ document, expectedPath }) => {
+    routeState.docs.pages = [document]
+
+    await expect(sitemapLocations(await getPagesSitemap())).resolves.toEqual([
+      `${productionURL}${expectedPath}`,
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    { collection: 'posts', prefix: '/presse/blog', slug: 'presseartikel' },
+    { collection: 'events', prefix: '/presse/events', slug: 'preisverleihung' },
+    { collection: 'preistraeger', prefix: '/preistraeger', slug: 'muster-gmbh' },
+  ] as const)(
+    'emits $collection detail routes under $prefix',
+    async ({ collection, prefix, slug }) => {
+      routeState.docs[collection] = [
+        {
+          _status: 'published',
+          slug,
+          spaPath: `${prefix}/${slug}`,
+        },
+      ]
+
+      await expect(sitemapLocations(await getPostsSitemap())).resolves.toContain(
+        `${productionURL}${prefix}/${slug}`,
+      )
+    },
+  )
+
+  it('excludes unpublished documents through the established anonymous public query contract', async () => {
+    routeState.docs.pages = [
+      { _status: 'published', slug: 'sichtbar', spaPath: '/sichtbar' },
+      { _status: 'draft', slug: 'entwurf', spaPath: '/entwurf' },
+    ]
+    routeState.docs.posts = [
+      { _status: 'published', slug: 'sichtbar', spaPath: '/presse/blog/sichtbar' },
+      { _status: 'draft', slug: 'entwurf', spaPath: '/presse/blog/entwurf' },
+    ]
+
+    const locations = [
+      ...(await sitemapLocations(await getPagesSitemap())),
+      ...(await sitemapLocations(await getPostsSitemap())),
+    ]
+
+    expect(locations).toContain(`${productionURL}/sichtbar`)
+    expect(locations).toContain(`${productionURL}/presse/blog/sichtbar`)
+    expect(locations.some((location) => location.includes('entwurf'))).toBe(false)
+    expect(routeState.queries).toHaveLength(4)
+    expect(routeState.queries).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          draft: false,
+          overrideAccess: false,
+          where: { _status: { equals: 'published' } },
+        }),
+      ]),
+    )
+  })
+})
+
+describe('sitemap production base URL', () => {
+  it.each([
+    [
+      'trailing path and slash',
+      'https://www.bayerischer-mittelstandspreis.de/path///',
+      productionURL,
+    ],
+    ['bare deployment hostname', 'bmp-production.vercel.app', 'https://bmp-production.vercel.app'],
+  ])('normalizes a %s', (_label, configuredURL, expectedURL) => {
+    expect(normalizeSitemapBaseURL(configuredURL)).toBe(expectedURL)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a localhost production origin', () => {
+    expect(() => normalizeSitemapBaseURL('http://localhost:3000', { production: true })).toThrow(
+      'Production sitemap base URL must be a public HTTPS origin.',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('fails instead of emitting a fallback when no public URL is configured', () => {
+    expect(() => getSitemapBaseURL({ NODE_ENV: 'production' })).toThrow(
+      'Sitemap base URL is not configured.',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('uses the normalized production origin for the robots sitemap URLs', () => {
+    const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+    const configPath = require.resolve('../../next-sitemap.config.cjs')
+
+    delete require.cache[configPath]
+    process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL = `${productionURL}/deployment/path/`
+
+    const config = require(configPath) as {
+      robotsTxtOptions: { additionalSitemaps: string[] }
+      siteUrl: string
+    }
+
+    expect(config.siteUrl).toBe(productionURL)
+    expect(config.robotsTxtOptions.additionalSitemaps).toEqual([
+      `${productionURL}/pages-sitemap.xml`,
+      `${productionURL}/posts-sitemap.xml`,
+    ])
+  })
+})
--- a/vitest.config.mts
+++ b/vitest.config.mts
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
  test: {
    environment: 'jsdom',
    setupFiles: ['./vitest.setup.ts'],
-    include: ['tests/int/**/*.int.spec.ts'],
+    include: ['tests/int/**/*.int.spec.{ts,tsx}'],
  },
 })
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