// function zum anzeigen von Elementen
  function showElem (id) {
    if (document.getElementById)
      document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = "visible";
  }
  
  // function zum Verbergen von Elementen
  function hideElem (id) {
    if (document.getElementById)
      document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = "hidden";
  }

  /* ---- function to forward to an Url ---- */
  function loadUrl (url){
    window.location.href = url;
  }

  // function zum Anzeigen von Händlerlisten
  var land = new Array();
  land [1] = 'german';
  land [2] = 'austria';
  land [3] = 'singapur';
  land [4] = 'switzerland';
  land [5] = 'netherlands';
  land [6] = 'belgium';
  land [7] = 'slovenia';

  function showDealer (id) {
    for (var i=1; i<=land.length; i++){
      if (document.getElementById(land[i]))
        hideElem(land[i]);
    }
    if (document.getElementById(land[id]))
      showElem(land[id]);
  }
  
  // function zum Darstellen von Email-Links
  function emailPlain (ac, domain, tld, name) {
    if (name == "") name = ac+"&#64;"+domain+"&#46;"+tld; 
    var link = "<a href='&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58; "+ac+"&#64;"+domain+"&#46;"+tld+"?subject= [- webseite s+c -]'>"+name+"</a>";
    document.write(link);
  }