diff --git a/backend/src/tools/media/routes.js b/backend/src/tools/media/routes.js
index 3e5366f..b968021 100644
--- a/backend/src/tools/media/routes.js
+++ b/backend/src/tools/media/routes.js
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ const BLOCKED_LANGS = new Set(['tr', 'hi', 'te', 'ta', 'ml', 'kn', 'bn', 'mr', '
 // 16=Animation, 99=Documentary – aber nur rausfiltern wenn explizit kein Spielfilm-Genre dabei
 const DOC_GENRE_ID = 99;
 
+// Umlaut-Normalisierung für xREL-Suche (Nürnberg → Nuernberg etc.)
+function normalizeUmlauts(s) {
+  return (s||'')
+    .replace(/ä/g,'ae').replace(/ö/g,'oe').replace(/ü/g,'ue')
+    .replace(/Ä/g,'Ae').replace(/Ö/g,'Oe').replace(/Ü/g,'Ue')
+    .replace(/ß/g,'ss');
+}
+
 // ── SQLite Cache ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 function cacheGet(key) {
   const row = db.prepare('SELECT value, expires_at FROM xrel_cache WHERE cache_key=?').get(key);
@@ -125,7 +133,7 @@ async function getXrelData(tmdbId, imdbId, title, originalTitle) {
   const searchResults = await Promise.all(queries.map(async q => {
     try {
       return await xrelFetch('/search/ext_info.json', {
-        q: q.replace(/[*#!?:]/g,''), type:'movie', limit:10
+        q: normalizeUmlauts(q).replace(/[*#!?:]/g,''), type:'movie', limit:10
       });
     } catch(_) { return null; }
   }));