diff --git a/check_local_webservice.sh b/check_local_webservice.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1bd3bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_local_webservice.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+
+script_name="$(basename $(realpath $0))"
+working_dir="$(dirname $(realpath $0))"
+conf_file="${working_dir}/conf/${script_name%%.*}.conf"
+
+LOCK_DIR="/tmp/check_local_webservice.LOCK"
+
+RESTART_CHECK_FILE="/tmp/${script_name%%.*}.NEED-RESTART"
+
+declare -a alert_email_arr
+
+# -------------
+# --- Read Configurations from $conf_file
+# -------------
+
+if [[ ! -f "$conf_file" ]]; then
+   echo ""
+   echo -e "   [ Fatal ] Configuration file '$(basename ${conf_file})' not found!"
+   echo ""
+   echo -e "\tScript terminated.."
+   echo ""
+   exit 1
+else
+   source "$conf_file"
+fi
+
+for _email in $alert_email_addresses ; do
+   alert_email_arr+=("$_email")
+done
+
+[[ -n "$sender_address" ]] || sender_address="check_local_webservice@$(hostname -f)"
+[[ -n "$content_type" ]] || content_type='Content-Type: text/plain;\n charset="utf-8"'
+
+[[ -n "$TIME_OUT" ]] || TIME_OUT=30
+TIME_OUT_MAX="$(expr ${TIME_OUT} + 5)"
+
+
+# -------------
+# - Job is already running?
+# -------------
+
+# - If job already runs, stop execution..
+# -
+if mkdir "$LOCK_DIR" 2> /dev/null ; then
+
+   ## - Remove lockdir when the script finishes, or when it receives a signal
+   trap clean_up SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM
+
+else
+
+   datum="$(date +"%d.%m.%Y %H:%M")"
+
+   msg="[ Error ]: A previos instance of \"`basename $0`\" seems already be running.\n\n           Exiting now.."
+
+   echo ""
+   echo "[ Error ]: A previos instance of that script \"`basename $0`\" seems already be running."
+   echo ""
+   echo -e "           Exiting now.."
+   echo ""
+
+   for _email in ${alert_email_arr[@]} ; do
+      echo -e "To:${_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:Error cronjob `basename $0` -- $datum\n${msg}\n" \
+         | sendmail -F "Error `hostname -f`" -f $sender_address $_email
+   done
+
+   exit 1
+
+fi
+
+
+# -------------
+# --- Some functions
+# -------------
+
+clean_up() {
+
+   # Perform program exit housekeeping
+   rm -rf "$LOCK_DIR"
+   if $LOGGING ; then
+      echo ""
+   fi
+   exit $1
+}
+
+echononl(){
+   if $terminal && $LOGGING ; then
+      echo X\\c > /tmp/shprompt$$
+      if [ `wc -c /tmp/shprompt$$ | awk '{print $1}'` -eq 1 ]; then
+         echo -e -n "$*\\c" 1>&2
+      else
+         echo -e -n "$*" 1>&2
+      fi
+      rm /tmp/shprompt$$
+   fi
+}
+
+fatal(){
+   echo ""
+   if $terminal ; then
+      echo -e "[ \033[31m\033[1mError\033[m ]: $*"
+      echo ""
+      echo -e "\t\033[31m\033[1mScript was interupted\033[m!"
+   else
+      echo "   [ Fatal ]: $*"
+      echo ""
+      echo "              Script was terminated...."
+   fi
+   echo ""
+   clean_up 1
+}
+
+error (){
+   echo ""
+   if $terminal ; then
+      echo -e "\t[ \033[31m\033[1mError\033[m ]: $*"
+   else
+      echo "[ Error ]: $*"
+   fi
+   echo ""
+}
+
+warn (){
+   echo ""
+   if $terminal ; then
+      echo -e "\t[ \033[33m\033[1mWarning\033[m ]: $*"
+   else
+      echo "[ Warning ]: $*"
+   fi
+   echo ""
+}
+
+echo_done() {
+   if $terminal && $LOGGING ; then
+      echo -e "\033[75G[ \033[32mdone\033[m ]"
+   else
+      if $LOGGING ; then
+         echo " [ done ]"
+      fi
+   fi
+}
+echo_ok() {
+   if $terminal && $LOGGING ; then
+      echo -e "\033[75G[ \033[32mok\033[m ]"
+   else
+      if $LOGGING ; then
+         echo " [ ok ]"
+      fi
+   fi
+}
+echo_failed(){
+   if $terminal && $LOGGING ; then
+      echo -e "\033[75G[ \033[1;31mfailed\033[m ]"
+   else
+      if $LOGGING ; then
+         echo " [ failed ]"
+      fi
+   fi
+}
+echo_skipped() {
+   if $terminal && $LOGGING ; then
+      echo -e "\033[75G[ \033[33m\033[1mskipped\033[m ]"
+   else
+      if $LOGGING ; then
+         echo " [ skipped ]"
+      fi
+   fi
+}
+
+reboot_system() {
+
+   content_type='Content-Type: text/plain;\n charset="utf-8"'
+   datum="$(date +"%d.%m.%Y")"
+   from_address="root@$(hostname --long)"
+ 
+ 
+   for _email in ${alert_email_arr[@]} ; do
+
+      echo -e "To:${_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:[Fatal: Local Webservice NOT rsponding] - Reboot System\n$*" \
+         | sendmail -F "Error `hostname -f`" -f $sender_address $_email
+   done
+
+   sleep 10
+   /sbin/reboot -f
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+# -------------
+# --- Check some prerequisites
+# -------------
+
+# - Running in a terminal?
+# -
+if [[ -t 1 ]] ; then
+   terminal=true
+   LOGGING=true
+else
+   terminal=false
+   LOGGING=false
+fi
+
+
+# - Systemd supported ?
+# -
+systemd=$(which systemd)
+systemctl=$(which systemctl)
+
+systemd_supported=false
+if [[ -n "$systemd" ]] && [[ -n "$systemctl" ]] ; then
+   systemd_supported=true
+fi
+
+ 
+if $LOGGING ; then
+   echo ""
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$LOCAL_WEBSITES_TO_CHECK" ]] ; then
+   for _site in $LOCAL_WEBSITES_TO_CHECK ; do
+      echononl "   Check site \033[1m$_site\033[m .."
+
+      declare -i i=0
+
+      while [[ $i -lt 3 ]] ; do 
+         response="$(curl --max-time $TIME_OUT_MAX --connect-timeout $TIME_OUT \
+                     -I -k -L --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null $_site 2> ${LOCK_DIR}/err.msg)"
+
+         # 200 - OK
+         # 401 - Unauthorized (response of roundcube webmailer (since version 1.4)
+         if [[ "$response" -eq 200 ]] || [[ "$response" -eq 401 ]]; then
+            echo_ok
+            if [[ -f "$RESTART_CHECK_FILE" ]] ; then
+                rm -f "$RESTART_CHECK_FILE"
+            fi
+            clean_up 0
+         fi
+         sleep 2
+         ((i++))
+      done
+      echo_failed
+
+   done
+else
+   warn "No Website to check given (empty var 'LOCAL_WEBSITES_TO_CHECK')"
+   clean_up 10
+fi
+
+
+if [[ ! -f "$RESTART_CHECK_FILE" ]]; then
+
+   touch "$RESTART_CHECK_FILE"
+
+   error "The local webservice seems to be down. Some Websites do not respond as expected:"
+   err_msg="\n[ Error ]: The local webservice seems to be down. Some Websites do not respond as expected::\n\n"
+
+   for _site in $LOCAL_WEBSITES_TO_CHECK ; do
+      err_msg+="   $_site\n"
+      if $LOGGING ; then
+         echo -e "\t           \033[1m$_site\033[m"
+      else
+         echo "   $_site"
+      fi
+
+   done
+
+   datum="$(date +"%d.%m.%Y %H:%M")"
+   for _email in ${alert_email_arr[@]} ; do
+
+      echo -e "To:${_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:[Warn: Local Webservice NOT rsponding] - Do nothing for now\n$err_msg" \
+         | sendmail -F "Error `hostname -f`" -f $sender_address $_email
+  done
+
+   clean_up 20
+else
+
+   rm -f "$RESTART_CHECK_FILE"
+   reboot_system "The local web service is still down - a system restart is triggered."
+
+fi
+
+ 
+if $LOGGING ; then
+   echo ""
+fi
+clean_up 0
+
diff --git a/conf/check_local_webservice.conf.sample b/conf/check_local_webservice.conf.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91eb69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/check_local_webservice.conf.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#---------------------------------------
+#-----------------------------
+# Settings for script check_local_webservice.sh
+#-----------------------------
+#---------------------------------------
+
+# - LOCAL_WEBSITES_TO_CHECK
+# -
+# - Contains a list of websites, whichn will be checked
+# -
+# - blank seperated list of URLs
+# -
+# - Example: LOCAL_WEBSITES_TO_CHECK="
+# -             https://https://kontext3.warenform.de
+# -             www.die-linke-europa.de
+# -          "
+# -
+LOCAL_WEBSITES_TO_CHECK=""
+
+# - TIME_OUT
+# -
+# - Timeout for curl request of each website
+# -
+# - Defaults to: TIME_OUT=30
+# -
+#TIME_OUT=30
+
+
+# ---
+# - E-Mail settings for sending script messages
+# ---
+
+# - company
+# -
+# - Example: company="O.OPEN"
+# -
+company=""
+
+# - sender_address
+# -
+# - Defaults to: sender_address="root@$(hostname -f)"
+# -
+#sender_address="check_websites@$(hostname -f)"
+
+# - content_type
+# -
+# - Defaults to: content_type='Content-Type: text/plain;\n charset="utf-8"'
+# -
+#content_type='Content-Type: text/plain;\n charset="utf-8"'
+
+# - alert_email_addresses
+# -
+# - blank separated list of e-mail addresses
+# 
+# - Example: alert_email_addresses="ckubu@oopen.de axel@warenform.net"
+# -
+alert_email_addresses=""
+