diff --git a/src/lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte b/src/lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte
index 23b76a5..e6b9913 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
 <script lang="ts">
     import { getBlockLayoutClasses } from "$lib/block-layout";
     import type { DeadlineBannerBlockData } from "$lib/block-types";
-    import Icon from "@iconify/svelte";
-    import "$lib/iconify-offline";
 
     let { block }: { block: DeadlineBannerBlockData } = $props();
 
     const layoutClasses = $derived(getBlockLayoutClasses(block.layout));
     const showCountdown = $derived(block.showCountdown !== false);
 
-    // Farbgebung nach variant — "urgent" fällt auf (rot), damit die Frist wirkt.
-    const styles = $derived.by(() => {
+    // Look wie AnnouncementBanner (kompakte, zentrierte Leiste) — nur farbig.
+    // "urgent" = rot, damit die Frist wirkt.
+    const barClass = $derived.by(() => {
         switch (block.variant) {
-            case "urgent":
-                return { bar: "bg-fire-600", text: "text-white", link: "text-white hover:text-white/80" };
             case "accent":
-                return { bar: "bg-himmel-100", text: "text-himmel-900", link: "text-himmel-900 hover:text-himmel-700" };
+                return "bg-himmel-600";
             case "info":
-                return { bar: "bg-wald-50", text: "text-wald-900", link: "text-wald-900 hover:text-wald-700" };
+                return "bg-wald-600";
+            case "urgent":
+                return "bg-fire-600";
             default:
-                return { bar: "bg-gray-50", text: "text-gray-900", link: "text-gray-900 hover:text-gray-700" };
+                return "bg-stein-700";
         }
     });
 
-    let dismissed = $state(false);
-
     type ResolvedItem = {
         title?: string;
         terminZeit?: string;
@@ -116,56 +113,37 @@
     const sentence = $derived.by(() => {
         const parts: string[] = [];
         if (text) parts.push(text);
-        if (dateStr) parts.push(`am ${dateStr}`);
+        // Datum nur im Auto-Modus anhängen — im Manual-Text steht es meist schon.
+        if (dateStr && block.mode === "auto") parts.push(`am ${dateStr}`);
         return parts.join(" ");
     });
 
     const hasContent = $derived(!!(sentence || countdownStr));
 </script>
 
-{#if hasContent && !dismissed}
+{#if hasContent}
     <div
-        class="deadline-banner {layoutClasses}"
+        class="deadline-banner {layoutClasses} w-full {barClass} text-white print:hidden"
         data-block="DeadlineBanner" data-block-type="deadline_banner"
         data-block-slug={block._slug}
+        role="note"
+        style="font-size: 0.7rem;"
     >
-        <div
-            class="gradient-blob-bg {styles.bar} py-2.5"
-        >
-            <div class="container-custom flex items-center gap-x-6">
-            <p class="my-0! flex-1 text-sm/6 {styles.text}">
-                {sentence}{#if countdownStr}{sentence ? " · " : ""}<span
-                        class="font-semibold">{countdownStr}</span
-                    >{/if}{#if href}
-                    {" "}<a
-                        {href}
-                        target={newTab ? "_blank" : undefined}
-                        rel={newTab ? "noopener noreferrer" : undefined}
-                        class="font-semibold whitespace-nowrap {styles.link}"
-                    >
-                        {ctaLabel}&nbsp;<Icon
-                            icon="lucide:arrow-right"
-                            class="inline-block size-4 align-[-0.15em]"
-                            aria-hidden="true"
-                        />
-                    </a>
-                {/if}
-            </p>
-            <div class="shrink-0">
-                <button
-                    type="button"
-                    onclick={() => (dismissed = true)}
-                    class="-m-3 p-3 focus-visible:-outline-offset-4"
-                >
-                    <span class="sr-only">Schließen</span>
-                    <Icon
-                        icon="lucide:x"
-                        class="size-5 {styles.text}"
-                        aria-hidden="true"
-                    />
-                </button>
-            </div>
-            </div>
+        <div class="container-custom flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-x-3 gap-y-1.5 py-2 text-center">
+            {#if sentence}
+                <span>{sentence}</span>
+            {/if}
+            {#if countdownStr}
+                <span class="whitespace-nowrap rounded-full bg-black/20 px-2 py-0.5 font-bold">{countdownStr}</span>
+            {/if}
+            {#if href}
+                <a
+                    {href}
+                    target={newTab ? "_blank" : undefined}
+                    rel={newTab ? "noopener noreferrer" : undefined}
+                    class="whitespace-nowrap font-semibold underline underline-offset-2 hover:no-underline"
+                >{ctaLabel} →</a>
+            {/if}
         </div>
     </div>
 {/if}
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index 477041c..90d673b 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@
    */
   const isEmbed = $derived(($page.route.id ?? '').startsWith('/(embed)'));
 
+  // Nur EIN Balken über der Navi: aktive Frist hat Vorrang, sonst NEU-Banner.
+  const deadlineActive = $derived.by(() => {
+    const b = data.deadlineBanner as { mode?: string; date?: string; items?: unknown[] } | null;
+    if (!b) return false;
+    if (b.mode === 'auto') return (b.items ?? []).length > 0;
+    if (!b.date) return false;
+    const d = new Date(b.date);
+    if (Number.isNaN(d.getTime())) return false;
+    const today = new Date(); today.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    const t = new Date(d); t.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    return t.getTime() >= today.getTime();
+  });
+
   // Live-preview reload bridge: when the page was loaded with
   // `?preview_draft=...`, accept `rustycms:reload` postMessage events from the
   // admin iframe parent and re-run the SvelteKit `load()` so the iframe
@@ -329,10 +342,9 @@
       class="sr-only focus:not-sr-only focus:fixed focus:top-2 focus:left-2 focus:z-[100] focus:bg-white focus:px-3 focus:py-2 focus:shadow focus:outline focus:outline-2 focus:outline-wald-600 focus:rounded-xs"
     >Zum Inhalt springen</a>
     <div class="flex min-h-screen flex-col text-stein-900">
-      {#if data.deadlineBanner}
+      {#if deadlineActive && data.deadlineBanner}
         <DeadlineBannerBlock block={data.deadlineBanner} />
-      {/if}
-      {#if data.announcementBanner}
+      {:else if data.announcementBanner}
         <AnnouncementBanner banner={data.announcementBanner} />
       {/if}
       {#if pageData?.preview || pageData?.previewDraft}