diff --git a/src/lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte b/src/lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte
index 2fdfc73..23b76a5 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@
     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(() => {
+        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" };
+            case "info":
+                return { bar: "bg-wald-50", text: "text-wald-900", link: "text-wald-900 hover:text-wald-700" };
+            default:
+                return { bar: "bg-gray-50", text: "text-gray-900", link: "text-gray-900 hover:text-gray-700" };
+        }
+    });
+
     let dismissed = $state(false);
 
     type ResolvedItem = {
@@ -116,10 +130,10 @@
         data-block-slug={block._slug}
     >
         <div
-            class="gradient-blob-bg bg-gray-50 py-2.5"
+            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 text-gray-900">
+            <p class="my-0! flex-1 text-sm/6 {styles.text}">
                 {sentence}{#if countdownStr}{sentence ? " · " : ""}<span
                         class="font-semibold">{countdownStr}</span
                     >{/if}{#if href}
@@ -127,7 +141,7 @@
                         {href}
                         target={newTab ? "_blank" : undefined}
                         rel={newTab ? "noopener noreferrer" : undefined}
-                        class="font-semibold whitespace-nowrap text-gray-900 hover:text-gray-700"
+                        class="font-semibold whitespace-nowrap {styles.link}"
                     >
                         {ctaLabel}&nbsp;<Icon
                             icon="lucide:arrow-right"
@@ -146,7 +160,7 @@
                     <span class="sr-only">Schließen</span>
                     <Icon
                         icon="lucide:x"
-                        class="size-5 text-gray-900"
+                        class="size-5 {styles.text}"
                         aria-hidden="true"
                     />
                 </button>
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.server.ts b/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
index 1f9dd35..60e08a9 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.server.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type {
   PageConfigEntry,
   TopBannerEntry,
 } from '$lib/cms';
+import type { DeadlineBannerBlockData } from '$lib/block-types';
 import { ensureTransformedImage } from '$lib/rusty-image';
 import {
   DEFAULT_SOCIAL_IMAGE_URL,
@@ -89,13 +90,14 @@ export const load: LayoutServerLoad = async ({ locals, route }) => {
   let bootstrapFooter: FooterEntry | null = null;
   let bootstrapConfig: PageConfigEntry | null = null;
   let bootstrapTopBanner: TopBannerEntry | null = null;
+  let bootstrapDeadlineBanner: DeadlineBannerBlockData | null = null;
   try {
     // TTL-Cache über den ganzen Batch — lief vorher ungecacht bei jedem
     // SSR-Request. CSV-Key-Head: Webhook-Purge jeder beteiligten Collection
     // invalidiert den Eintrag (siehe invalidateCollection in cms.ts).
     const batch = await cached(
       'navigation',
-      'navigation,footer,page_config,top_banner:layout-bootstrap:de',
+      'navigation,footer,page_config,top_banner,deadline_banner:layout-bootstrap:de',
       () => batchFetch([
       {
         id: 'navHeader',
@@ -132,12 +134,20 @@ export const load: LayoutServerLoad = async ({ locals, route }) => {
         collection: 'top_banner',
         slug: 'site-announcement',
       },
+      {
+        id: 'deadlineBanner',
+        collection: 'deadline_banner',
+        slug: 'deadline-banner-auslegung-2026',
+        locale: 'de',
+        resolve: 'all',
+      },
     ]));
     bootstrapNavHeader = batchData<NavigationEntry>(batch.results.navHeader);
     bootstrapNavSocial = batchData<NavigationEntry>(batch.results.navSocial);
     bootstrapFooter = batchData<FooterEntry>(batch.results.footer);
     bootstrapConfig = batchData<PageConfigEntry>(batch.results.config);
     bootstrapTopBanner = batchData<TopBannerEntry>(batch.results.topBanner);
+    bootstrapDeadlineBanner = batchData<DeadlineBannerBlockData>(batch.results.deadlineBanner);
   } catch (err) {
     /* CMS nicht erreichbar — alle Felder bleiben null, Page rendert ohne. */
     logWarn('layout.bootstrap', err);
@@ -405,5 +415,6 @@ export const load: LayoutServerLoad = async ({ locals, route }) => {
     analyticsPm86SiteId:
       (pageConfig as { analyticsPm86SiteId?: string } | null)?.analyticsPm86SiteId ?? null,
     announcementBanner: bootstrapTopBanner,
+    deadlineBanner: bootstrapDeadlineBanner,
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index ad067e0..477041c 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   import Footer from '$lib/components/Footer.svelte';
   import TopBanner from '$lib/components/TopBanner.svelte';
   import AnnouncementBanner from '$lib/components/AnnouncementBanner.svelte';
+  import DeadlineBannerBlock from '$lib/components/blocks/DeadlineBannerBlock.svelte';
   import TranslationProvider from '$lib/components/TranslationProvider.svelte';
   import Breadcrumbs from '$lib/ui/Breadcrumbs.svelte';
   import type { LayoutData } from './$types';
@@ -328,6 +329,9 @@
       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}
+        <DeadlineBannerBlock block={data.deadlineBanner} />
+      {/if}
       {#if data.announcementBanner}
         <AnnouncementBanner banner={data.announcementBanner} />
       {/if}