diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 00216528..ddde4b66 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 Version 1.6 ()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    * Added new rewrite option for 1&1 specific servers, because a 
+      combined htaccess for both variants could not be find. The reason
+      is the MultiViews option in certain apache configs.
+      
     * Fix PDO::SQLite to properly fetch the requested row type
       (assoc/both/num), important for staticpage plugin
       
diff --git a/include/functions_config.inc.php b/include/functions_config.inc.php
index 52f1caab..a3e6247e 100644
--- a/include/functions_config.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions_config.inc.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 <?php # $Id$
 # Copyright (c) 2003-2005, Jannis Hermanns (on behalf the Serendipity Developer Team)
 # All rights reserved.  See LICENSE file for licensing details
@@ -920,6 +921,10 @@ function serendipity_probeInstallation($item) {
             if( !function_exists('apache_get_modules') || in_array('mod_rewrite', apache_get_modules()) ) {
                 $res['rewrite'] = 'Use Apache mod_rewrite';
             }
+            if( !function_exists('apache_get_modules') || in_array('mod_rewrite', apache_get_modules()) ) {
+                $res['rewrite2'] = 'Use Apache mod_rewrite (for 1&amp;1 and problematic servers)';
+            }
+
             break;
     }
 
diff --git a/include/functions_installer.inc.php b/include/functions_installer.inc.php
index 8c78fae0..04cf6dd1 100644
--- a/include/functions_installer.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions_installer.inc.php
@@ -855,8 +855,10 @@ function serendipity_installFiles($serendipity_core = '') {
     }
 
 
-    if ($rewrite == 'rewrite') {
-        $template = 'htaccess' . $htaccess_cgi . '_rewrite.tpl';
+    if ($rewrite == 'rewrite2') {
+         $template = 'htaccess' . $htaccess_cgi . '_rewrite2.tpl';
+    } elseif ($rewrite == 'rewrite') {
+         $template = 'htaccess' . $htaccess_cgi . '_rewrite.tpl';
     } elseif ($rewrite == 'errordocs') {
         $template = 'htaccess' . $htaccess_cgi . '_errordocs.tpl';
     } else {
diff --git a/include/tpl/htaccess_cgi_rewrite.tpl b/include/tpl/htaccess_cgi_rewrite.tpl
index c8d56b67..258b4540 100644
--- a/include/tpl/htaccess_cgi_rewrite.tpl
+++ b/include/tpl/htaccess_cgi_rewrite.tpl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RewriteRule ^{PAT_FEED} rss.php?file=$1&ext=$2
 RewriteRule ^{PAT_PLUGIN} {indexFile}?url=$1/$2 [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^{PAT_SEARCH} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_SEARCH}/$1 [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^{PAT_COMMENTS} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_COMMENTS}/$1 [L,QSA]
-RewriteRule ^{PAT_CSS} {indexFile}?url=/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_CSS}$ {indexFile}?url=/$1 [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^index\.(html?|php.+) {indexFile}?url=index.html [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^htmlarea/(.*) htmlarea/$1 [L,QSA]
 #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-U
diff --git a/include/tpl/htaccess_cgi_rewrite2.tpl b/include/tpl/htaccess_cgi_rewrite2.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8d56b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/tpl/htaccess_cgi_rewrite2.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# BEGIN s9y
+ErrorDocument 404 {PREFIX}{indexFile}
+DirectoryIndex {PREFIX}{indexFile}
+
+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteBase {PREFIX}
+RewriteRule ^serendipity_admin.php serendipity_admin.php [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK_AUTHORS}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK_FEEDCATEGORIES}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK_FEEDAUTHORS}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK_CATEGORIES}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_ARCHIVES} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_ARCHIVES}/$1.html [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)[_\-][0-9a-z_\-]*\.html {indexFile}?url=$1-article.html [L,NC,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_FEEDS}/(.*) {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_FEEDS}/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_UNSUBSCRIBE} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_UNSUBSCRIBE}/$1/$2 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_APPROVE} {indexFile}?url={PATH_APPROVE}/$1/$2/$3 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_DELETE} {indexFile}?url={PATH_DELETE}/$1/$2/$3 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_ADMIN} {indexFile}?url={PATH_ADMIN}/ [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_ARCHIVE} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_ARCHIVE} [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_FEED} rss.php?file=$1&ext=$2
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_PLUGIN} {indexFile}?url=$1/$2 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_SEARCH} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_SEARCH}/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_COMMENTS} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_COMMENTS}/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_CSS} {indexFile}?url=/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^index\.(html?|php.+) {indexFile}?url=index.html [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^htmlarea/(.*) htmlarea/$1 [L,QSA]
+#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-U
+RewriteRule (.*\.html?) {indexFile}?url=/$1 [L,QSA]
+
+<Files *.tpl.php>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files *.tpl>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files *.sql>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files *.inc.php>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files *.db>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+# END s9y
diff --git a/include/tpl/htaccess_rewrite.tpl b/include/tpl/htaccess_rewrite.tpl
index a4801852..d70aad2b 100644
--- a/include/tpl/htaccess_rewrite.tpl
+++ b/include/tpl/htaccess_rewrite.tpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RewriteRule ^{PAT_FEED} rss.php?file=$1&ext=$2
 RewriteRule ^{PAT_PLUGIN} {indexFile}?url=$1/$2 [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^{PAT_SEARCH} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_SEARCH}/$1 [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^{PAT_COMMENTS} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_COMMENTS}/$1 [L,QSA]
-RewriteRule ^{PAT_CSS} {indexFile}?url=/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_CSS}$ {indexFile}?url=/$1 [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^index\.(html?|php.+) {indexFile}?url=index.html [L,QSA]
 RewriteRule ^htmlarea/(.*) htmlarea/$1 [L,QSA]
 #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-U
diff --git a/include/tpl/htaccess_rewrite2.tpl b/include/tpl/htaccess_rewrite2.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4801852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/tpl/htaccess_rewrite2.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# BEGIN s9y
+ErrorDocument 404 {PREFIX}{indexFile}
+DirectoryIndex {PREFIX}{indexFile}
+php_value session.use_trans_sid 0
+php_value register_globals off
+
+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteBase {PREFIX}
+RewriteRule ^serendipity_admin.php serendipity_admin.php [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK_AUTHORS}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK_FEEDCATEGORIES}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK_FEEDAUTHORS}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^({PAT_PERMALINK_CATEGORIES}) {indexFile}?/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_ARCHIVES} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_ARCHIVES}/$1.html [NC,L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)[_\-][0-9a-z_\-]*\.html {indexFile}?url=$1-article.html [L,NC,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_FEEDS}/(.*) {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_FEEDS}/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_UNSUBSCRIBE} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_UNSUBSCRIBE}/$1/$2 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_APPROVE} {indexFile}?url={PATH_APPROVE}/$1/$2/$3 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_DELETE} {indexFile}?url={PATH_DELETE}/$1/$2/$3 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_ADMIN} {indexFile}?url={PATH_ADMIN}/ [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_ARCHIVE} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_ARCHIVE} [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_FEED} rss.php?file=$1&ext=$2
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_PLUGIN} {indexFile}?url=$1/$2 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_SEARCH} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_SEARCH}/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_COMMENTS} {indexFile}?url=/{PATH_COMMENTS}/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^{PAT_CSS} {indexFile}?url=/$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^index\.(html?|php.+) {indexFile}?url=index.html [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^htmlarea/(.*) htmlarea/$1 [L,QSA]
+#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-U
+RewriteRule (.*\.html?) {indexFile}?url=/$1 [L,QSA]
+
+<Files *.tpl.php>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files *.tpl>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files *.sql>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files *.inc.php>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files *.db>
+    deny from all
+</Files>
+
+# END s9y