Dear Bernhard, Thanks a lot! i understand the problem now. I will create a custom projection. With regards Klaus -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Transforming-Gauss-Krueger-3-to-ETRS-89-UTM32N-tp4998294p4998307.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.