function Fader(einstellungen) {
            if (!einstellungen.id || !document.getElementById(einstellungen.id)
                || einstellungen.images.length < 2) {

                return new Boolean(false);
            }

            var i, original = document.getElementById(einstellungen.id);

            this.id = einstellungen.id;
            this.images = new Array();
            this.counter = 0;

            this.element = document.createElement("span");
            this.element.className = "fader";
            original.parentNode.replaceChild(this.element, original);

            
	for (i = 0; i < einstellungen.images.length; i++) {
                this.images[i] = document.createElement("img");
                this.images[i].src = einstellungen.images[i];
                this.images[i].alt = "Bild";

                if (i == 0) {
                	this.images[0].className="first";
                    this.element.appendChild(this.images[i]);
                }
            }


            this.fade = function (step) {
                var fader = this, imgs = this.element.getElementsByTagName("img");

                step = step || 0;

                imgs[1].style.opacity = step/100;
                imgs[1].style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + step + ")"; // IE?

                step = step + 2;

                if (step <= 100) {
                    window.setTimeout(function () { fader.fade(step); }, 1);
                } else {
                    imgs[1].className = "first";
                    this.element.removeChild(imgs[0]);
                    window.setTimeout(function () { fader.next(); }, 3000);
                }
            };

            this.next = function () {
                this.counter = (this.counter < this.images.length -1) ? this.counter +1 : 0;

                this.element.appendChild(this.images[this.counter]);
                this.images[this.counter].className = "next";
                this.fade();
            };
        }

            
        function erstelleFader () {
            var einstellungen = {
                id: "slideshow",
                images: ["/_images/fader/1.jpg", "/_images/fader/1.jpg", "/_images/fader/2.jpg","/_images/fader/3.jpg","/_images/fader/4.jpg",
                         "/_images/fader/5.jpg", "/_images/fader/6.jpg", "/_images/fader/7.jpg", "/_images/fader/8.jpg"]
            };

            if (!window.meine_slideshow) {
                window.meine_slideshow = new Fader(einstellungen);
                if (window.meine_slideshow){ 
                	window.setTimeout( function () {meine_slideshow.next(); }, 2000);
        	} 
            }
        }