diff --git a/.run/DevEnvironment.run.xml b/.run/DevEnvironment.run.xml
index 71551fb..8f98fd7 100644
--- a/.run/DevEnvironment.run.xml
+++ b/.run/DevEnvironment.run.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@
           <list />
         </option>
         <option name="commandLineOptions" value="--build" />
-        <!-- Dev overlay: applied LAST so it wins (host ports, local web build, and
-             the pb_data_dev volume replacing the Unraid bind mount). In Rider the
-             sourceFilePath is merged first and secondarySourceFiles after it, so
-             the overlay must sit in secondarySourceFiles, not the other way round --
-             otherwise the base file overrides it and PocketBase mounts the empty
-             /mnt/user prod path locally. -->
+        <!-- The dev overlay must win over the base, so it is listed here:
+             secondarySourceFiles are merged after sourceFilePath. -->
         <option name="secondarySourceFiles">
           <list>
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/compose.dev.yaml" />
@@ -24,7 +20,7 @@
             <option value="eb-web" />
           </list>
         </option>
-        <!-- Base compose (production-like), merged first. -->
+        <!-- Base compose, merged first. -->
         <option name="sourceFilePath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/compose.yaml" />
         <option name="upForceRecreate" value="true" />
       </settings>
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/NavBuilderTests.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/NavBuilderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcaf642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/NavBuilderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+using Elternbeirat.Contracts;
+using Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Layout;
+
+namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Unit tests for the navigation builder. Pure logic, no PocketBase needed.
+/// </summary>
+public class NavBuilderTests
+{
+    private static Page Page(string slug, string location, double order, string title) =>
+        new() { Slug = slug, Location = location, Order = order, Title = title };
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Header_keeps_only_header_pages_ordered_by_order()
+    {
+        var pages = new[]
+        {
+            Page("board", "header", 2, "Vorstandsteam"),
+            Page("home", "header", 1, "Start"),
+            Page("imprint", "footer", 1, "Impressum"),
+            Page("hidden", "", 1, "Unterseite"),
+        };
+
+        var header = NavBuilder.Header(pages);
+
+        header.Select(link => link.Title).ShouldBe(["Start", "Vorstandsteam"]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Footer_keeps_only_footer_pages_ordered_by_order()
+    {
+        var pages = new[]
+        {
+            Page("privacy", "footer", 2, "Datenschutz"),
+            Page("imprint", "footer", 1, "Impressum"),
+            Page("home", "header", 1, "Start"),
+        };
+
+        var footer = NavBuilder.Footer(pages);
+
+        footer.Select(link => link.Title).ShouldBe(["Impressum", "Datenschutz"]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Home_page_maps_to_root_every_other_slug_to_its_path()
+    {
+        var pages = new[]
+        {
+            Page("home", "header", 1, "Start"),
+            Page("board", "header", 2, "Vorstandsteam"),
+        };
+
+        var header = NavBuilder.Header(pages);
+
+        header[0].Href.ShouldBe("/");
+        header[1].Href.ShouldBe("/board");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Pages_without_a_location_never_appear_in_a_menu()
+    {
+        var pages = new[] { Page("hidden", "", 1, "Unterseite") };
+
+        NavBuilder.Header(pages).ShouldBeEmpty();
+        NavBuilder.Footer(pages).ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/PocketBaseFixture.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/PocketBaseFixture.cs
index d95ad8b..1160e7b 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/PocketBaseFixture.cs
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/PocketBaseFixture.cs
@@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ public sealed class PocketBaseFixture : IAsyncLifetime
         });
         await CreateRecordAsync(http, "pages", new
         {
+            // Carries an embed so the ContentPage embed path is covered: /patrons
+            // renders its body plus the FAQ teaser.
             title = "Förderverein", body = "# Förderverein", location = "header",
-            order = 3, slug = "patrons", embed = Array.Empty<string>(), @public = true,
+            order = 3, slug = "patrons", embed = new[] { "faqs" }, @public = true,
         });
         // Nav placeholder for the FAQ list (route /faqs is served by FaqList,
         // which shadows this page). Slug matches production's "faqs" nav entry.
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/RouteSmokeTests.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/RouteSmokeTests.cs
index a805f4e..c5fd147 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/RouteSmokeTests.cs
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web.Tests/RouteSmokeTests.cs
@@ -98,4 +98,47 @@ public sealed class RouteSmokeTests : IDisposable
         html.ShouldContain("Wann gibt es Mittagessen?");
         html.ShouldContain("Mensa und Mittagessen"); // German topic heading
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Layout_navigation_is_built_from_the_pages()
+    {
+        // The header and footer menus are generated from the "pages" records, not
+        // hard-coded. Assert a header link, a footer link, and that the non-public
+        // draft page never leaks into the menu.
+        var client = _factory.CreateClient();
+
+        var html = await client.GetStringAsync(new Uri("/", UriKind.Relative));
+
+        html.ShouldContain("href=\"/board\""); // header page
+        html.ShouldContain("href=\"/imprint\""); // footer page
+        html.ShouldNotContain("href=\"/draft\""); // public=false, filtered out
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Home_renders_the_embeds_its_page_opts_into()
+    {
+        // The home page's embed field is ["posts","events"], so the root route
+        // renders the posts teaser and the events teaser below the intro.
+        var client = _factory.CreateClient();
+
+        var html = await client.GetStringAsync(new Uri("/", UriKind.Relative));
+
+        html.ShouldContain("Aktuelle Beiträge"); // posts embed heading
+        html.ShouldContain("Neuer Vorstand"); // a seeded post title
+        html.ShouldContain("Kommende Termine"); // events embed heading
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Content_page_renders_the_embed_its_page_opts_into()
+    {
+        // /patrons is a catch-all content page whose embed field is ["faqs"], so it
+        // shows its body plus the FAQ teaser -- proving the ContentPage embed path.
+        var client = _factory.CreateClient();
+
+        var html = await client.GetStringAsync(new Uri("/patrons", UriKind.Relative));
+
+        html.ShouldContain("Förderverein"); // the page body
+        html.ShouldContain("Häufige Fragen"); // faqs embed heading
+        html.ShouldContain("Wann gibt es Mittagessen?"); // a seeded question
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor
index 4d2d293..175f8a5 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@
         <div class="header-inner">
             <a class="brand" href="/">Elternbeirat IGMH</a>
             <nav class="main-nav">
-                <NavLink href="/" Match="NavLinkMatch.All">Start</NavLink>
-                <NavLink href="/board">Vorstandsteam</NavLink>
-                <NavLink href="/patrons">Förderverein</NavLink>
-                <NavLink href="/posts">Beiträge</NavLink>
-                <NavLink href="/events">Termine</NavLink>
-                <NavLink href="/faqs">FAQ</NavLink>
-                <NavLink href="/downloads">Downloads</NavLink>
-                <NavLink href="/contact">Kontakt</NavLink>
+                @foreach (var link in _header)
+                {
+                    <NavLink href="@link.Href" Match="@(link.Href == "/" ? NavLinkMatch.All : NavLinkMatch.Prefix)">@link.Title</NavLink>
+                }
             </nav>
         </div>
     </header>
@@ -25,9 +21,10 @@
         <div class="footer-inner">
             <span>Elternbeirat der IGMH</span>
             <nav class="footer-nav">
-                <a href="/contact">Kontakt</a>
-                <a href="/imprint">Impressum</a>
-                <a href="/privacy">Datenschutz</a>
+                @foreach (var link in _footer)
+                {
+                    <a href="@link.Href">@link.Title</a>
+                }
             </nav>
         </div>
     </footer>
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7edd795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Components/Layout/MainLayout.razor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using Elternbeirat.PocketBase;
+using Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Layout;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
+
+namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Components.Layout;
+
+public partial class MainLayout
+{
+    [LoggerMessage(Level = LogLevel.Warning, Message = "Could not load navigation pages from PocketBase.")]
+    private static partial void LogLoadFailed(ILogger logger, Exception exception);
+
+    [Inject]
+    private PocketBaseClient PocketBase { get; set; } = default!;
+
+    [Inject]
+    private ILogger<MainLayout> Logger { get; set; } = default!;
+
+    private IReadOnlyList<NavLinkItem> _header = [];
+    private IReadOnlyList<NavLinkItem> _footer = [];
+
+    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var pages = await PocketBase.GetPagesAsync();
+            _header = NavBuilder.Header(pages);
+            _footer = NavBuilder.Footer(pages);
+        }
+        catch (HttpRequestException ex)
+        {
+            // Source unreachable -> render the chrome with an empty menu instead of
+            // a 500. The brand link still leads home.
+            LogLoadFailed(Logger, ex);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cae3aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<section class="embed embed-events">
+    <h2>Kommende Termine</h2>
+
+    @if (_upcoming.Count == 0)
+    {
+        <p>Zurzeit sind keine Termine geplant.</p>
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        <ul class="event-list">
+            @foreach (var ev in _upcoming)
+            {
+                <li>
+                    <time datetime="@ev.Start.ToString("s")">@EventFormat.Range(ev)</time>
+                    <span class="event-title">@ev.Title</span>
+                    @if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ev.Location))
+                    {
+                        <span class="event-location">@ev.Location</span>
+                    }
+                </li>
+            }
+        </ul>
+        <p><a href="/events">Alle Termine &rarr;</a></p>
+    }
+</section>
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c42bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using Elternbeirat.Contracts;
+using Elternbeirat.PocketBase;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
+
+namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Embeds;
+
+public partial class EventsEmbed
+{
+    [LoggerMessage(Level = LogLevel.Warning, Message = "Could not load events for an embed from PocketBase.")]
+    private static partial void LogLoadFailed(ILogger logger, Exception exception);
+
+    [Inject]
+    private PocketBaseClient PocketBase { get; set; } = default!;
+
+    [Inject]
+    private ILogger<EventsEmbed> Logger { get; set; } = default!;
+
+    private IReadOnlyList<Event> _upcoming = [];
+
+    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
+    {
+        IReadOnlyList<Event> events;
+        try
+        {
+            events = await PocketBase.GetEventsAsync();
+        }
+        catch (HttpRequestException ex)
+        {
+            // Source unreachable -> show no teaser instead of a 500.
+            LogLoadFailed(Logger, ex);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Teaser: the three soonest upcoming events, earliest first. An event
+        // earlier today still counts as upcoming.
+        var today = DateOnly.FromDateTime(DateTime.Today);
+        _upcoming = events
+            .Where(e => DateOnly.FromDateTime(e.Start) >= today)
+            .OrderBy(e => e.Start)
+            .Take(3)
+            .ToList();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor.css b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c51138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/EventsEmbed.razor.css
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+.embed-events {
+    margin-top: 2rem;
+}
+
+.event-list {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+.event-list li {
+    padding: 0.75rem 0;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
+}
+
+.event-list time {
+    display: block;
+    color: #777;
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
+}
+
+.event-title {
+    font-size: 1.1rem;
+    font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.event-location::before {
+    content: " · ";
+    color: #777;
+}
+
+.event-location {
+    color: #555;
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9460bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<section class="embed embed-faqs">
+    <h2>Häufige Fragen</h2>
+
+    @if (_faqs.Count == 0)
+    {
+        <p>Zurzeit gibt es keine Fragen.</p>
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        @foreach (var faq in _faqs)
+        {
+            <details class="faq-item">
+                <summary>@faq.Question</summary>
+                <div class="faq-answer">
+                    @((MarkupString)Markdown.ToHtml(faq.Answer))
+                </div>
+            </details>
+        }
+        <p><a href="/faqs">Alle Fragen &rarr;</a></p>
+    }
+</section>
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a90562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using Elternbeirat.Contracts;
+using Elternbeirat.PocketBase;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
+
+namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Embeds;
+
+public partial class FaqsEmbed
+{
+    [LoggerMessage(Level = LogLevel.Warning, Message = "Could not load FAQs for an embed from PocketBase.")]
+    private static partial void LogLoadFailed(ILogger logger, Exception exception);
+
+    [Inject]
+    private PocketBaseClient PocketBase { get; set; } = default!;
+
+    [Inject]
+    private ILogger<FaqsEmbed> Logger { get; set; } = default!;
+
+    private IReadOnlyList<Faq> _faqs = [];
+
+    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // Teaser: the first three questions, with a link to the full hub.
+            var faqs = await PocketBase.GetFaqsAsync();
+            _faqs = [.. faqs.Take(3)];
+        }
+        catch (HttpRequestException ex)
+        {
+            // Source unreachable -> show no teaser instead of a 500.
+            LogLoadFailed(Logger, ex);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor.css b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1022fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/FaqsEmbed.razor.css
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.embed-faqs {
+    margin-top: 2rem;
+}
+
+.faq-item {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
+    padding: 0.5rem 0;
+}
+
+.faq-item summary {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.faq-answer {
+    padding: 0.5rem 0 0.25rem;
+    color: #333;
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PageEmbeds.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PageEmbeds.razor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f3263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PageEmbeds.razor
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+@* Renders the dynamic blocks a page opts into via its "embed" field, in the
+   given order. Unknown keys are ignored so a typo in PocketBase can never break
+   a page. Each block loads its own data. *@
+
+@foreach (var key in Embed)
+{
+    switch (key)
+    {
+        case "posts":
+            <PostsEmbed />
+            break;
+        case "events":
+            <EventsEmbed />
+            break;
+        case "faqs":
+            <FaqsEmbed />
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+@code {
+    /// <summary>The page's embed keys ("posts", "events", "faqs"), in order.</summary>
+    [Parameter]
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> Embed { get; set; } = [];
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4de3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<section class="embed embed-posts">
+    <h2>Aktuelle Beiträge</h2>
+
+    @if (_latest.Count == 0)
+    {
+        <p>Zurzeit gibt es keine Beiträge.</p>
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        <ul class="post-list">
+            @foreach (var post in _latest)
+            {
+                <li>
+                    <a href="@($"/posts/{post.Slug}")">@post.Title</a>
+                    <time datetime="@post.Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")">
+                        @post.Date.ToString("d. MMMM yyyy", German)
+                    </time>
+                </li>
+            }
+        </ul>
+        <p><a href="/posts">Alle Beiträge &rarr;</a></p>
+    }
+</section>
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6468fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using Elternbeirat.Contracts;
+using Elternbeirat.PocketBase;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
+
+namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Embeds;
+
+public partial class PostsEmbed
+{
+    private static readonly CultureInfo German = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("de-DE");
+
+    [LoggerMessage(Level = LogLevel.Warning, Message = "Could not load posts for an embed from PocketBase.")]
+    private static partial void LogLoadFailed(ILogger logger, Exception exception);
+
+    [Inject]
+    private PocketBaseClient PocketBase { get; set; } = default!;
+
+    [Inject]
+    private ILogger<PostsEmbed> Logger { get; set; } = default!;
+
+    private IReadOnlyList<Post> _latest = [];
+
+    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // Teaser: the three most recent posts, with a link to the full list.
+            var posts = await PocketBase.GetPostsAsync();
+            _latest = [.. posts.Take(3)];
+        }
+        catch (HttpRequestException ex)
+        {
+            // Source unreachable -> show no teaser instead of a 500.
+            LogLoadFailed(Logger, ex);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor.css b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4fa3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Embeds/PostsEmbed.razor.css
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.embed-posts {
+    margin-top: 2rem;
+}
+
+.post-list {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+.post-list li {
+    padding: 0.75rem 0;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
+}
+
+.post-list a {
+    font-size: 1.1rem;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.post-list time {
+    display: block;
+    color: #777;
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Events/EventList.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Events/EventList.razor
index def16d1..bf6af2e 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Events/EventList.razor
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Events/EventList.razor
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
         @foreach (var ev in _upcoming)
         {
             <li>
-                <time datetime="@ev.Start.ToString("s")">@Format(ev)</time>
+                <time datetime="@ev.Start.ToString("s")">@EventFormat.Range(ev)</time>
                 <span class="event-title">@ev.Title</span>
                 @if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ev.Location))
                 {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ else
         @foreach (var ev in _past)
         {
             <li>
-                <time datetime="@ev.Start.ToString("s")">@Format(ev)</time>
+                <time datetime="@ev.Start.ToString("s")">@EventFormat.Range(ev)</time>
                 <span class="event-title">@ev.Title</span>
                 @if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ev.Location))
                 {
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Events/EventList.razor.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Events/EventList.razor.cs
index e4d066c..67bf41f 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Events/EventList.razor.cs
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Events/EventList.razor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System.Globalization;
 using Elternbeirat.Contracts;
 using Elternbeirat.PocketBase;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
@@ -7,8 +6,6 @@ namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Events;
 
 public partial class EventList
 {
-    private static readonly CultureInfo German = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("de-DE");
-
     [LoggerMessage(Level = LogLevel.Warning, Message = "Could not load events from PocketBase.")]
     private static partial void LogLoadFailed(ILogger logger, Exception exception);
 
@@ -48,36 +45,4 @@ public partial class EventList
             .OrderByDescending(e => e.Start)
             .ToList();
     }
-
-    // An event counts as all-day when its start carries no wall-clock time
-    // (00:00); PocketBase has no separate flag.
-    private static bool HasTime(Event ev) => ev.Start.TimeOfDay != TimeSpan.Zero;
-
-    // Formats the entry's date range for display: a single day, a date with a
-    // time, or a span across days.
-    private static string Format(Event ev)
-    {
-        var start = HasTime(ev)
-            ? ev.Start.ToString("dddd, d. MMMM yyyy, HH:mm", German) + " Uhr"
-            : ev.Start.ToString("dddd, d. MMMM yyyy", German);
-
-        if (ev.End is not { } end)
-        {
-            return start;
-        }
-
-        // Same day: append just the end time. Different days: append the full
-        // end date.
-        if (end.Date == ev.Start.Date)
-        {
-            return HasTime(ev)
-                ? start + "–" + end.ToString("HH:mm", German) + " Uhr"
-                : start;
-        }
-
-        var endText = HasTime(ev)
-            ? end.ToString("d. MMMM yyyy, HH:mm", German) + " Uhr"
-            : end.ToString("d. MMMM yyyy", German);
-        return start + " – " + endText;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor
index 3cc5e19..318c1a8 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor
@@ -9,26 +9,4 @@
     Antworten auf häufige Fragen und Unterlagen rund um die Elternarbeit.
 </p>
 
-<section class="home-news">
-    <h2>Aktuelle Beiträge</h2>
-
-    @if (_latest.Count == 0)
-    {
-        <p>Zurzeit gibt es keine Beiträge.</p>
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        <ul class="post-list">
-            @foreach (var post in _latest)
-            {
-                <li>
-                    <a href="@($"/posts/{post.Slug}")">@post.Title</a>
-                    <time datetime="@post.Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")">
-                        @post.Date.ToString("d. MMMM yyyy", German)
-                    </time>
-                </li>
-            }
-        </ul>
-        <p><a href="/posts">Alle Beiträge &rarr;</a></p>
-    }
-</section>
+<PageEmbeds Embed="_embed" />
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor.cs
index dfc36f9..e5739c1 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor.cs
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-using System.Globalization;
-using Elternbeirat.Contracts;
 using Elternbeirat.PocketBase;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
 
@@ -7,9 +5,7 @@ namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Home;
 
 public partial class Home
 {
-    private static readonly CultureInfo German = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("de-DE");
-
-    [LoggerMessage(Level = LogLevel.Warning, Message = "Could not load posts for the home teaser from PocketBase.")]
+    [LoggerMessage(Level = LogLevel.Warning, Message = "Could not load the home page from PocketBase.")]
     private static partial void LogLoadFailed(ILogger logger, Exception exception);
 
     [Inject]
@@ -18,19 +14,22 @@ public partial class Home
     [Inject]
     private ILogger<Home> Logger { get; set; } = default!;
 
-    private IReadOnlyList<Post> _latest = [];
+    // Which dynamic blocks the home page shows is editorial: it comes from the
+    // "home" page's embed field in PocketBase, not from hard-coded markup.
+    private IReadOnlyList<string> _embed = [];
 
     protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
     {
         try
         {
-            // Show the three most recent posts as a teaser on the home page.
-            var posts = await PocketBase.GetPostsAsync();
-            _latest = [.. posts.Take(3)];
+            var pages = await PocketBase.GetPagesAsync();
+            var home = pages.FirstOrDefault(
+                p => string.Equals(p.Slug, "home", StringComparison.Ordinal));
+            _embed = home?.Embed ?? [];
         }
         catch (HttpRequestException ex)
         {
-            // Source unreachable -> show no teaser instead of a 500.
+            // Source unreachable -> render the intro without embeds instead of a 500.
             LogLoadFailed(Logger, ex);
         }
     }
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor.css b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor.css
index 016ae11..8a7e962 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor.css
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Home/Home.razor.css
@@ -2,28 +2,3 @@
     font-size: 1.1rem;
     color: #444;
 }
-
-.home-news {
-    margin-top: 2rem;
-}
-
-.post-list {
-    list-style: none;
-    padding: 0;
-}
-
-.post-list li {
-    padding: 0.75rem 0;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
-}
-
-.post-list a {
-    font-size: 1.1rem;
-    text-decoration: none;
-}
-
-.post-list time {
-    display: block;
-    color: #777;
-    font-size: 0.85rem;
-}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Layout/NavBuilder.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Layout/NavBuilder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08414fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Layout/NavBuilder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using Elternbeirat.Contracts;
+
+namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Layout;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Builds the header and footer navigation from the public pages. Pages carry a
+/// <see cref="Page.Location"/> ("header"/"footer"/"") and an <see cref="Page.Order"/>;
+/// pages without a location are sub-pages and never appear in a menu.
+/// </summary>
+public static class NavBuilder
+{
+    /// <summary>Header links, ordered, built from pages with location "header".</summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyList<NavLinkItem> Header(IReadOnlyList<Page> pages) =>
+        Build(pages, "header");
+
+    /// <summary>Footer links, ordered, built from pages with location "footer".</summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyList<NavLinkItem> Footer(IReadOnlyList<Page> pages) =>
+        Build(pages, "footer");
+
+    private static List<NavLinkItem> Build(IReadOnlyList<Page> pages, string location) =>
+        [.. pages
+            .Where(page => string.Equals(page.Location, location, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            .OrderBy(page => page.Order)
+            .Select(page => new NavLinkItem(HrefFor(page.Slug), page.Title))];
+
+    // The home page owns "/" (served by the Home component); every other slug is
+    // reached at "/{slug}", where either a literal route or the catch-all content
+    // page renders it.
+    private static string HrefFor(string slug) =>
+        string.Equals(slug, "home", StringComparison.Ordinal) ? "/" : $"/{slug}";
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Layout/NavLinkItem.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Layout/NavLinkItem.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ec5090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Layout/NavLinkItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Layout;
+
+/// <summary>A single navigation entry derived from a page record.</summary>
+/// <param name="Href">Target URL; the "home" page maps to "/".</param>
+/// <param name="Title">Link text shown to the visitor.</param>
+public sealed record NavLinkItem(string Href, string Title);
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Pages/ContentPage.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Pages/ContentPage.razor
index 63adb59..69f6617 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Pages/ContentPage.razor
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Features/Pages/ContentPage.razor
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ else
     <article>
         @Body
     </article>
+    <PageEmbeds Embed="_page.Embed" />
 }
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/Shared/EventFormat.cs b/Elternbeirat.Web/Shared/EventFormat.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..274e8ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/Shared/EventFormat.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+using Elternbeirat.Contracts;
+
+namespace Elternbeirat.Web.Shared;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Formats an <see cref="Event"/>'s date range for display in German. Shared by
+/// the full event list and the home-page events embed so both render dates the
+/// same way.
+/// </summary>
+public static class EventFormat
+{
+    private static readonly CultureInfo German = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("de-DE");
+
+    // An event counts as all-day when its start carries no wall-clock time
+    // (00:00); PocketBase has no separate flag.
+    private static bool HasTime(Event ev) => ev.Start.TimeOfDay != TimeSpan.Zero;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Formats the entry's date range: a single day, a date with a time, or a
+    /// span across days.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string Range(Event ev)
+    {
+        var start = HasTime(ev)
+            ? ev.Start.ToString("dddd, d. MMMM yyyy, HH:mm", German) + " Uhr"
+            : ev.Start.ToString("dddd, d. MMMM yyyy", German);
+
+        if (ev.End is not { } end)
+        {
+            return start;
+        }
+
+        // Same day: append just the end time. Different days: append the full
+        // end date.
+        if (end.Date == ev.Start.Date)
+        {
+            return HasTime(ev)
+                ? start + "–" + end.ToString("HH:mm", German) + " Uhr"
+                : start;
+        }
+
+        var endText = HasTime(ev)
+            ? end.ToString("d. MMMM yyyy, HH:mm", German) + " Uhr"
+            : end.ToString("d. MMMM yyyy", German);
+        return start + " – " + endText;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Elternbeirat.Web/_Imports.razor b/Elternbeirat.Web/_Imports.razor
index cf7ad57..403085e 100644
--- a/Elternbeirat.Web/_Imports.razor
+++ b/Elternbeirat.Web/_Imports.razor
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 @using Microsoft.JSInterop
 @using Elternbeirat.Web
 @using Elternbeirat.Web.Shared
+@using Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Layout
+@using Elternbeirat.Web.Features.Embeds