diff --git a/article_server.py b/article_server.py
index cef1bc4..101d4bc 100644
--- a/article_server.py
+++ b/article_server.py
@@ -1112,6 +1112,12 @@ h1{color:#c0392b;}p{color:#888;}</style></head>
                     body_match = re.search(r'(?:</header>|</head>)(.*?)(?:<footer|<div class="quellen"|</body)', html_content, re.DOTALL)
                 article_body = body_match.group(1) if body_match else html_content
 
+                # ── Strip H1 + Meta-Zeile aus dem Body ─────────────────
+                # Daniel 19.06.: Titel und Lesezeit-Zeile dürfen NICHT im
+                # Fließtext landen — sie werden von Joomla separat gerendert.
+                article_body = re.sub(r'<h1[^>]*>.*?</h1>\s*', '', article_body, flags=re.DOTALL)
+                article_body = re.sub(r'<p\s+class="meta"[^>]*>.*?</p>\s*', '', article_body, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
                 # Extract Joomla ID if present (for updates)
                 jid_match = re.search(r'<meta\s+name="joomla-id"\s+content="(\d+)"', html_content, re.IGNORECASE)
                 joomla_id = jid_match.group(1) if jid_match else None
@@ -1297,15 +1303,10 @@ h1{color:#c0392b;}p{color:#888;}</style></head>
                         with open(filepath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                             f.write(html_content)
 
-                    # ── Auto-delete associated images ───────────────────────
+                    # ── Image mapping cleanup: remove association but keep files ──
+                    # Daniel 19.06.: Bilder NICHT löschen — sie werden für
+                    # spätere Live-Schaltungen und Referenz benötigt.
                     if fname in img_map:
-                        for img_path in img_map[fname]:
-                            if os.path.exists(img_path):
-                                try:
-                                    os.remove(img_path)
-                                    images_deleted_total += 1
-                                except OSError as e:
-                                    errors.append(f"{fname}: Bild {img_path} konnte nicht gelöscht werden: {e}")
                         del img_map[fname]
                         save_image_map(img_map)