diff --git a/content/static/style/default.css b/content/static/style/default.css
index bc0974f6c..2effd19ac 100644
--- a/content/static/style/default.css
+++ b/content/static/style/default.css
@@ -808,6 +808,12 @@ p.blockquote {
         background-color: #fafafa;
 }
 
+blockquote {
+        padding: .5em .5em .5em 2em;
+        border-left: 20px solid #eee;
+        background-color: #fafafa;
+}
+
 /* -- Flattr button -- */
 
 a.flattr {
diff --git a/xsd/c3d2web.xsd b/xsd/c3d2web.xsd
index 91c6feec0..f3a2d634d 100644
--- a/xsd/c3d2web.xsd
+++ b/xsd/c3d2web.xsd
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@
     </xs:complexType>
   </xs:element>
 
+  <xs:element name="blockquote">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+	<xs:group ref="Block.class" minOccurs="0"
+		  maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+      </xs:sequence>
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+
   <xs:element name="resource">
     <xs:complexType>
       <xs:sequence>
@@ -88,6 +97,7 @@
       <xs:element ref="dl"/>
       <xs:element ref="ul"/>
       <xs:element ref="ol"/>
+      <xs:element ref="blockquote"/>
       <xs:element ref="news-list"/>
       <xs:element ref="form" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
       <xs:element ref="iframe" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
diff --git a/xsl/common.xsl b/xsl/common.xsl
index ed74e5785..70047d0e1 100644
--- a/xsl/common.xsl
+++ b/xsl/common.xsl
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
     <li><xsl:apply-templates/></li>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <xsl:template match="blockquote">
+    <blockquote><xsl:apply-templates/></blockquote>
+  </xsl:template>
+
   <!-- Bilder in News-Einträgen haben Pfad immer relativ zu /images/news/ -->
   <xsl:template match="image">
     <xsl:variable name="path">