diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c5ea97e67..2b4ce95e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Version 1.6 (unreleased)
 
 Participants:
 - Disabled widgets by default.
+- Added form field for multiple creation of new participants.
 Files:
 - Enabled update and delete view for uploader refering to his own files.
 Other:
diff --git a/openslides/participant/forms.py b/openslides/participant/forms.py
index 4724c8f2b..34c844af3 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/forms.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/forms.py
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ class UserCreateForm(CssClassMixin, forms.ModelForm):
         return cleaned_data
 
 
+class UserMultipleCreateForm(forms.Form):
+    participants_block = forms.CharField(
+        widget=forms.Textarea,
+        label=ugettext_lazy('Participants'),
+        help_text=ugettext_lazy('Use one line per participant for its name (first name and last name).'))
+
+
 class UserUpdateForm(UserCreateForm):
     """
     Form to update an user. It raises a validation error, if a non-superuser
diff --git a/openslides/participant/templates/participant/overview.html b/openslides/participant/templates/participant/overview.html
index 210d4a152..670423b0c 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/templates/participant/overview.html
+++ b/openslides/participant/templates/participant/overview.html
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         <small class="pull-right">
         {% if perms.participant.can_manage_participant %}
             <a href="{% url 'user_new' %}" class="btn btn-mini btn-primary" rel="tooltip" data-original-title="{% trans 'New participant' %}"><i class="icon-plus icon-white"></i> {% trans "New" %}</a>
+            <a href="{% url 'user_new_multiple' %}" class="btn btn-mini" rel="tooltip" data-original-title="{% trans 'New multiple participants' %}"><i class="icon-plus"></i> {% trans 'New multiple' %}</a>
             <a href="{% url 'user_group_overview' %}" class="btn btn-mini" rel="tooltip" data-original-title="{% trans 'All groups' %}"><i class="icon-group"></i> {% trans "Groups" %}</a>
             <a href="{% url 'user_import' %}" class="btn btn-mini" rel="tooltip" data-original-title="{% trans 'Import participants' %}"><i class="icon-import"></i> {% trans 'Import' %}</a>
         {% endif %}
diff --git a/openslides/participant/templates/participant/user_form_multiple.html b/openslides/participant/templates/participant/user_form_multiple.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fff47d803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openslides/participant/templates/participant/user_form_multiple.html
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block title %}
+    {% trans 'New multiple participants' %} – {{ block.super }}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    <h1>
+        {% trans 'New multiple participants' %}
+        <small class="pull-right">
+            <a href="{% url 'user_overview' %}" class="btn btn-mini">
+                <i class="icon-chevron-left"></i> {% trans 'Back to overview' %}
+            </a>
+        </small>
+    </h1>
+    <form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
+        {% include 'form.html' %}
+        <p>
+        {% include 'formbuttons_save.html' %}
+        <a href="{% url 'user_overview' %}" class="btn">
+            {% trans 'Cancel' %}
+        </a>
+        </p>
+        <small>* {% trans 'required' %}</small>
+    </form>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/openslides/participant/urls.py b/openslides/participant/urls.py
index 8d5bbbbd5..dcacd8e6b 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/urls.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/urls.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
         views.UserCreateView.as_view(),
         name='user_new'),
 
+    url(r'^new_multiple/$',
+        views.UserMultipleCreateView.as_view(),
+        name='user_new_multiple'),
+
     url(r'^(?P<pk>\d+)/$',
         views.UserDetailView.as_view(),
         name='user_view'),
diff --git a/openslides/participant/views.py b/openslides/participant/views.py
index accfbb909..bf0fdb415 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/views.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/views.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import PasswordChangeForm
+from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
 from django.contrib.auth.views import login as django_login
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ from openslides.utils.views import (CreateView, DeleteView, DetailView,
                                     RedirectView, SingleObjectMixin, UpdateView)
 
 from .api import gen_password, gen_username, import_users
-from .forms import (GroupForm, UserCreateForm, UserImportForm, UsersettingsForm,
-                    UserUpdateForm)
+from .forms import (GroupForm, UserCreateForm, UserMultipleCreateForm, UserImportForm,
+                    UsersettingsForm, UserUpdateForm)
 from .models import get_protected_perm, Group, User
 from .pdf import participants_to_pdf, participants_passwords_to_pdf
 
@@ -91,6 +92,33 @@ class UserCreateView(CreateView):
         self.object.groups.add(registered)
 
 
+class UserMultipleCreateView(FormView):
+    """
+    View to create multiple users at once using a big text field.
+    """
+    permission_required = 'participant.can_manage_participant'
+    template_name = 'participant/user_form_multiple.html'
+    form_class = UserMultipleCreateForm
+    success_url_name = 'user_overview'
+
+    def form_valid(self, form):
+        # TODO: Use bulk_create after rework of participant.models.User
+        for number, line in enumerate(form.cleaned_data['participants_block'].splitlines()):
+            names_list = line.split()
+            first_name = ' '.join(names_list[:-1])
+            last_name = names_list[-1]
+            username = gen_username(first_name, last_name)
+            default_password = gen_password()
+            User.objects.create(
+                username=username,
+                first_name=first_name,
+                last_name=last_name,
+                default_password=default_password,
+                password=make_password(default_password, '', 'md5'))
+        messages.success(self.request, _('%(number)d users successfully created.') % {'number': number + 1})
+        return super(UserMultipleCreateView, self).form_valid(form)
+
+
 class UserUpdateView(UpdateView):
     """
     Update an existing participant.
diff --git a/tests/participant/test_views.py b/tests/participant/test_views.py
index 13e7c1800..61cec524a 100644
--- a/tests/participant/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/participant/test_views.py
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ class UserViews(TestCase):
         response = self.client.post('/participant/new/', {'first_name': 'test_name_ho8hui2niz4nohSupahb'})
         self.assertRedirects(response, '/participant/')
 
+    def test_create_multiple(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/participant/new_multiple/')
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'participant/user_form_multiple.html')
+        self.assertContains(response, 'New multiple participants')
+        self.assertEqual(User.objects.count(), 1)
+        block = ('first_name_ksdjfhkjsdhf75utgeitrten last_name_khonizt958zh8fh\n'
+                 'first_name_1_bmgnf7z8ru first_name_2_kjc98vivt last_name_dfg76kjkjuibv')
+        response = self.client.post('/participant/new_multiple/',
+                                    {'participants_block': block})
+        self.assertEqual(User.objects.count(), 3)
+
     def test_update(self):
         response = self.client.get('/participant/1/edit/')
         self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'participant/edit.html')