diff --git a/src/routers/incidents.py b/src/routers/incidents.py
index a2d2fc9..5585b15 100644
--- a/src/routers/incidents.py
+++ b/src/routers/incidents.py
@@ -337,12 +337,17 @@ async def get_snapshots(
     current_user: dict = Depends(get_current_user),
     db: aiosqlite.Connection = Depends(db_dependency),
 ):
-    """Lageberichte (Snapshots) einer Lage abrufen."""
+    """Lageberichte (Snapshots) einer Lage abrufen — schlanke Liste.
+
+    Liefert nur Metadaten und einen 300-Zeichen-Preview des Summary.
+    Der Volltext (summary + sources_json) wird per Einzel-Endpunkt
+    ``GET /{incident_id}/snapshots/{snapshot_id}`` bei Bedarf geladen.
+    """
     tenant_id = current_user.get("tenant_id")
     await _check_incident_access(db, incident_id, current_user["id"], tenant_id)
     cursor = await db.execute(
-        """SELECT id, incident_id, summary, sources_json,
-                  article_count, fact_check_count, created_at
+        """SELECT id, incident_id, article_count, fact_check_count, created_at,
+                  SUBSTR(summary, 1, 300) AS summary_preview
            FROM incident_snapshots WHERE incident_id = ?
            ORDER BY created_at DESC""",
         (incident_id,),
@@ -351,6 +356,55 @@ async def get_snapshots(
     return [dict(row) for row in rows]
 
 
+@router.get("/{incident_id}/snapshots/search")
+async def search_snapshots(
+    incident_id: int,
+    q: str = Query(..., min_length=2, max_length=200),
+    current_user: dict = Depends(get_current_user),
+    db: aiosqlite.Connection = Depends(db_dependency),
+):
+    """Volltextsuche über alle Snapshots einer Lage.
+
+    Liefert dieselbe schlanke Shape wie der Listen-Endpunkt,
+    gefiltert per ``summary LIKE '%q%'``.
+    """
+    tenant_id = current_user.get("tenant_id")
+    await _check_incident_access(db, incident_id, current_user["id"], tenant_id)
+    like = f"%{q}%"
+    cursor = await db.execute(
+        """SELECT id, incident_id, article_count, fact_check_count, created_at,
+                  SUBSTR(summary, 1, 300) AS summary_preview
+           FROM incident_snapshots
+           WHERE incident_id = ? AND summary LIKE ?
+           ORDER BY created_at DESC""",
+        (incident_id, like),
+    )
+    rows = await cursor.fetchall()
+    return [dict(row) for row in rows]
+
+
+@router.get("/{incident_id}/snapshots/{snapshot_id}")
+async def get_snapshot(
+    incident_id: int,
+    snapshot_id: int,
+    current_user: dict = Depends(get_current_user),
+    db: aiosqlite.Connection = Depends(db_dependency),
+):
+    """Einzelnen Snapshot mit vollem Summary + sources_json abrufen (Lazy-Load)."""
+    tenant_id = current_user.get("tenant_id")
+    await _check_incident_access(db, incident_id, current_user["id"], tenant_id)
+    cursor = await db.execute(
+        """SELECT id, incident_id, summary, sources_json,
+                  article_count, fact_check_count, created_at
+           FROM incident_snapshots WHERE id = ? AND incident_id = ?""",
+        (snapshot_id, incident_id),
+    )
+    row = await cursor.fetchone()
+    if not row:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Snapshot nicht gefunden")
+    return dict(row)
+
+
 @router.get("/{incident_id}/factchecks")
 async def get_factchecks(
     incident_id: int,
diff --git a/src/static/js/api.js b/src/static/js/api.js
index ae26f92..1dbdfa5 100644
--- a/src/static/js/api.js
+++ b/src/static/js/api.js
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ const API = {
         return this._request('GET', `/incidents/${incidentId}/snapshots`);
     },
 
+    getSnapshot(incidentId, snapshotId) {
+        return this._request('GET', `/incidents/${incidentId}/snapshots/${snapshotId}`);
+    },
+
+    searchSnapshots(incidentId, query) {
+        return this._request('GET', `/incidents/${incidentId}/snapshots/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`);
+    },
+
     getLocations(incidentId) {
         return this._request('GET', `/incidents/${incidentId}/locations`);
     },
diff --git a/src/static/js/app.js b/src/static/js/app.js
index 2040592..9f3d1e1 100644
--- a/src/static/js/app.js
+++ b/src/static/js/app.js
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ const App = {
     _refreshingIncidents: new Set(),
     _editingIncidentId: null,
     _currentArticles: [],
+    _currentSnapshots: [],
+    _snapshotFullCache: new Map(),
     _currentIncidentType: 'adhoc',
     _sidebarFilter: 'all',
     _currentUsername: '',
@@ -954,6 +956,7 @@ const App = {
         // Timeline - Artikel + Snapshots zwischenspeichern und rendern
         this._currentArticles = articles;
         this._currentSnapshots = snapshots || [];
+        this._snapshotFullCache = new Map();
         this._currentIncidentType = incident.type;
 
         // Tab-Auswahl: gemerkt pro Lage (localStorage), Default = erster Tab
@@ -1001,7 +1004,9 @@ const App = {
         if (filterType === 'all' || filterType === 'snapshots') {
             let snapshots = this._currentSnapshots || [];
             if (searchTerm) {
-                snapshots = snapshots.filter(s => (s.summary || '').toLowerCase().includes(searchTerm));
+                // Suche erfolgt clientseitig ueber Preview (Snapshots-Liste enthaelt keinen Volltext mehr).
+                // Die asynchrone Volltext-Server-Suche wird separat ausgeloest (rerenderTimeline).
+                snapshots = snapshots.filter(s => (s.summary_preview || s.summary || '').toLowerCase().includes(searchTerm));
             }
             snapshots.forEach(s => entries.push({ kind: 'snapshot', data: s, timestamp: s.created_at || '' }));
         }
@@ -1503,6 +1508,7 @@ const App = {
 
     /**
      * Snapshot/Lagebericht-Eintrag für den Zeitstrahl rendern.
+     * Volltext + sources_json werden erst beim Aufklappen lazy nachgeladen.
      */
     _renderSnapshotEntry(snapshot) {
         const time = snapshot.created_at
@@ -1514,24 +1520,58 @@ const App = {
         if (snapshot.fact_check_count) stats.push(`${snapshot.fact_check_count} Fakten`);
         const statsText = stats.join(', ');
 
-        // Vorschau: erste 200 Zeichen der Zusammenfassung
-        const summaryText = snapshot.summary || '';
-        const preview = summaryText.length > 200 ? summaryText.substring(0, 200) + '...' : summaryText;
+        // Vorschau: erste 200 Zeichen aus summary_preview (vom Server gekuerzt) oder Fallback summary
+        const previewText = snapshot.summary_preview || snapshot.summary || '';
+        const preview = previewText.length > 200 ? previewText.substring(0, 200) + '...' : previewText;
 
-        // Vollständige Zusammenfassung via UI.renderSummary
-        const fullSummary = UI.renderSummary(snapshot.summary, snapshot.sources_json, this._currentIncidentType);
+        // Volltext aus Cache (falls bereits geladen), sonst Platzhalter fuer Lazy-Load
+        const cached = this._snapshotFullCache && this._snapshotFullCache.get(snapshot.id);
+        const detailHtml = cached
+            ? UI.renderSummary(cached.summary, cached.sources_json, this._currentIncidentType)
+            : '<div class="vt-snapshot-loading">Lagebericht wird geladen…</div>';
+        const loadedAttr = cached ? ' data-loaded="yes"' : '';
 
-        return `<div class="vt-entry vt-snapshot expandable" onclick="App.toggleTimelineEntry(this)">
+        return `<div class="vt-entry vt-snapshot expandable" data-snapshot-id="${snapshot.id}"${loadedAttr} onclick="App.toggleTimelineEntry(this)">
             <div class="vt-snapshot-header">
                 <span class="vt-snapshot-badge">Lagebericht</span>
                 <span class="vt-snapshot-time">${time}</span>
                 <span class="vt-snapshot-stats">${UI.escape(statsText)}</span>
             </div>
             <div class="vt-snapshot-preview">${UI.escape(preview)}</div>
-            <div class="vt-snapshot-detail">${fullSummary}</div>
+            <div class="vt-snapshot-detail">${detailHtml}</div>
         </div>`;
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Volltext eines Snapshots bei Bedarf nachladen und in das DOM einsetzen.
+     * Ergebnis wird in _snapshotFullCache gecacht.
+     */
+    async lazyLoadSnapshotDetail(el) {
+        if (!el || el.dataset.loaded === 'yes' || el.dataset.loaded === 'loading') return;
+        const snapId = parseInt(el.dataset.snapshotId || '0', 10);
+        if (!snapId || !this.currentIncidentId) return;
+        el.dataset.loaded = 'loading';
+        try {
+            let snap = this._snapshotFullCache.get(snapId);
+            if (!snap) {
+                snap = await API.getSnapshot(this.currentIncidentId, snapId);
+                this._snapshotFullCache.set(snapId, snap);
+            }
+            const detailEl = el.querySelector('.vt-snapshot-detail');
+            if (detailEl) {
+                detailEl.innerHTML = UI.renderSummary(snap.summary, snap.sources_json, this._currentIncidentType);
+            }
+            el.dataset.loaded = 'yes';
+            // Nach dem Laden die Timeline-Kachel an neue Hoehe anpassen
+            if (el.classList.contains('expanded')) this._resizeTimelineTile();
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.error('Snapshot-Volltext laden fehlgeschlagen:', err);
+            el.dataset.loaded = '';
+            const detailEl = el.querySelector('.vt-snapshot-detail');
+            if (detailEl) detailEl.innerHTML = '<div class="vt-snapshot-error">Fehler beim Laden des Lageberichts.</div>';
+        }
+    },
+
     /**
      * Timeline-Eintrag auf-/zuklappen (mutual-exclusive pro Zeitgruppe).
      */
@@ -1544,6 +1584,10 @@ const App = {
         }
         el.classList.toggle('expanded');
         if (el.classList.contains('expanded')) {
+            // Snapshots: Volltext lazy nachladen (nur wenn noch nicht geladen)
+            if (el.classList.contains('vt-snapshot') && el.dataset.snapshotId) {
+                this.lazyLoadSnapshotDetail(el);
+            }
             requestAnimationFrame(() => {
                 var scrollParent = el.closest('.ht-detail-content');
                 if (scrollParent && el.classList.contains('vt-snapshot')) {