diff --git a/.idea/dataSources.local.xml b/.idea/dataSources.local.xml
index 707e2b3..b341a8a 100644
--- a/.idea/dataSources.local.xml
+++ b/.idea/dataSources.local.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
-  <component name="dataSourceStorageLocal" created-in="IU-253.32098.101">
+  <component name="dataSourceStorageLocal" created-in="IU-261.25134.95">
     <data-source name="articles" uuid="315cb5c9-2b0f-435b-b602-59823b160908">
       <database-info product="SQLite" version="3.51.1" jdbc-version="4.2" driver-name="SQLite JDBC" driver-version="3.51.1.0" dbms="SQLITE" exact-version="3.51.1" exact-driver-version="3.51">
         <identifier-quote-string>&quot;</identifier-quote-string>
diff --git a/content/home.php b/content/home.php
index c148fe8..17814bb 100644
--- a/content/home.php
+++ b/content/home.php
@@ -19,28 +19,34 @@ include_once 'php/controller/home-controller.php';
         sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
     </p>
 
-    <!-- Flexbox -->
-     <div class="flexbox">
-        <div class="container">
-            <a href="index.php?pfad=showCategory&category=informatik" class="category-link">Informatik</a>
-            <div class="article-link">
-                <a href="index.php?pfad=showArticle&id=<?php echo $dummy3->getId()?>"><?php if(isset($dummy3)){echo $dummy3->getTitle();}else{echo "Fehler: Beitrag nicht gefunden!";} ?></a>
-            </div>
-        </div>
+    <!-- Flexbox für aktive Kategorien -->
+    <div class="flexbox">
+        <?php
+        if (!empty($categoriesWithArticles) && is_array($categoriesWithArticles)):
+            foreach ($categoriesWithArticles as $category):
+                ?>
+                <div class="container">
+                    <a href="index.php?pfad=showCategory&category=<?php echo htmlspecialchars($category['slug']); ?>" class="category-link">
+                        <?php echo htmlspecialchars($category['name']); ?>
+                    </a>
 
-        <div class="container">
-            <a href="index.php?pfad=showCategory&category=mathe" class="category-link">Mathe</a>
-            <div class="article-link">
-                <a href="index.php?pfad=showArticle&id=<?php echo $dummy1->getId()?>"><?php if(isset($dummy1)){echo $dummy1->getTitle();}else{echo "Fehler: Beitrag nicht gefunden!";} ?></a>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-        
-        <div class="container">
-            <a href="index.php?pfad=showCategory&category=physik" class="category-link">Physik</a>
-            <div class="article-link">
-                <a href="index.php?pfad=showArticle&id=<?php echo $dummy2->getId()?>"><?php if(isset($dummy2)){echo $dummy2->getTitle();}else{echo "Fehler: Beitrag nicht gefunden!";} ?></a>
-            </div>
-        </div>
+                    <!-- die 5 neuesten Beiträge der Kategorie -->
+                    <div class="article-links-wrapper">
+                        <?php foreach ($category['articles'] as $article): ?>
+                            <div class="article-link">
+                                <a href="index.php?pfad=showArticle&id=<?php echo htmlspecialchars($article->getId()); ?>">
+                                    <?php echo htmlspecialchars($article->getTitle()); ?>
+                                </a>
+                            </div>
+                        <?php endforeach; ?>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            <?php
+            endforeach;
+        else:
+            ?>
+            <p>Aktuell sind keine Beiträge in den Kategorien vorhanden.</p>
+        <?php endif; ?>
     </div>
 
 </main>
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diff --git a/php/controller/home-controller.php b/php/controller/home-controller.php
index d9f6006..5143907 100644
--- a/php/controller/home-controller.php
+++ b/php/controller/home-controller.php
@@ -6,14 +6,44 @@ require_once 'php/model/Article.php';
 require_once 'php/model/ArticleManager.php';
 require_once 'php/model/LocalArticleManager.php';
 
+$categoriesWithArticles = [];
+
+$allowedCategories = [
+    'deutsch', 'englisch', 'franzoesisch', 'latein', 'literatur',
+    'mathe', 'biologie', 'chemie', 'physik', 'informatik', 'astronomie',
+    'geschichte', 'erdkunde', 'sozialkunde', 'wirtschaft', 'religion',
+    'ethik', 'philosophie', 'psychologie', 'kunst', 'musik', 'theater',
+    'technik', 'werken', 'hauswirtschaft', 'sport'
+];
+
 try {
     $articleManager = ArticleManager::getInstance();
-    // Beziehen der Dummy-Beiträge aus dem ArticleManager:
-    $dummy1 = $articleManager->getArticle(1);
-    $dummy2 = $articleManager->getArticle(2);
-    $dummy3 = $articleManager->getArticle(3);
+
+    foreach ($allowedCategories as $categorySlug) {
+        $allCategoryArticles = $articleManager->getArticlesByCategory($categorySlug);
+
+        // nur Kategorien, die Beiträge enthält:
+        if (!empty($allCategoryArticles) && is_array($allCategoryArticles)) {
+
+            // Beiträge nach Erstellungsdatum sortieren:
+            usort($allCategoryArticles, function($a, $b) {
+                $dateA = strtotime($a->getCreationDate());
+                $dateB = strtotime($b->getCreationDate());
+                return $dateB <=> $dateA; // Absteigende Sortierung
+            });
+
+            // auf die 5 zuletzt hinzugefügten Beiträge begrenzen:
+            $limitedArticles = array_slice($allCategoryArticles, 0, 5);
+
+            $categoriesWithArticles[] = [
+                'slug'     => $categorySlug,
+                'name'     => ucfirst($categorySlug), // Erster Buchstabe groß für die Ansicht
+                'articles' => $limitedArticles
+            ];
+        }
+    }
+
 } catch (Exception $e){
     $_SESSION["message"] = "internal_error";
-    echo "Fehler aufgetreten: " . $e->getMessage();
 }
 ?>
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