diff --git a/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
index 52ad807eb..f089d3c78 100644
Binary files a/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo and b/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index b5e53225d..ea2c90f44 100644
--- a/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/openslides/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: OpenSlides 1.x\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-11-03 08:56+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2012-11-03 09:32+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2012-07-28 11:07+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Emanuel Schuetze <emanuel@intevation.de>\n"
 "Language-Team: support@openslides.de\n"
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ msgid "Text"
 msgstr "Text"
 
 #: agenda/models.py:44 agenda/templates/agenda/overview.html:65
-#: agenda/templates/agenda/view.html:13 participant/models.py:53
+#: agenda/templates/agenda/view.html:13 participant/models.py:56
 #: participant/templates/participant/overview.html:72
-#: participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html:40
+#: participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html:45
 msgid "Comment"
 msgstr "Kommentar"
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ msgstr "Abgeschlossen"
 msgid "Name"
 msgstr "Name"
 
-#: assignment/models.py:55 participant/models.py:117
+#: assignment/models.py:55 participant/models.py:120
 msgid "Description"
 msgstr "Beschreibung"
 
@@ -1789,31 +1789,40 @@ msgstr "Typ"
 msgid "Committee"
 msgstr "Amt"
 
+#: participant/models.py:53
+#: participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html:39
+msgid "About me"
+msgstr "Über mich"
+
 #: participant/models.py:54
+msgid "Your profile text"
+msgstr "Ihr Profiltext"
+
+#: participant/models.py:57
 msgid "Only for notes."
 msgstr "Nur für Notizen."
 
-#: participant/models.py:57
+#: participant/models.py:60
 msgid "Default password"
 msgstr "Vorgegebenes Passwort"
 
-#: participant/models.py:105
+#: participant/models.py:108
 msgid "Can see participant"
 msgstr "Darf die Teilnehmer/inen sehen"
 
-#: participant/models.py:107
+#: participant/models.py:110
 msgid "Can manage participant"
 msgstr "Darf die Teilnehmer/inen verwalten"
 
-#: participant/models.py:116
+#: participant/models.py:119
 msgid "Use this user group as participant"
 msgstr "Verwende diese Benutzerrolle als Teilnehmer/in"
 
-#: participant/models.py:116
+#: participant/models.py:119
 msgid "For example as submitter of a motion."
 msgstr "Zum Beispiel als Antragsteller."
 
-#: participant/models.py:198
+#: participant/models.py:201
 msgid "Welcome to OpenSlides!"
 msgstr "Willkommen bei OpenSlides!"
 
@@ -2079,7 +2088,7 @@ msgid "of"
 msgstr "von"
 
 #: participant/templates/participant/overview.html:73
-#: participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html:44
+#: participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html:49
 msgid "Last Login"
 msgstr "Letzer Login"
 
@@ -2137,7 +2146,7 @@ msgstr "Ich bin Kandidat/in bei folgenden Wahlen:"
 msgid "The participant is not member of any group."
 msgstr "Teilnehmer/in ist kein Mitglieder einer Gruppe."
 
-#: participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html:48
+#: participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html:53
 msgid "The participant has not logged in yet."
 msgstr "Teilnehmer/in hat sich noch nicht angemeldet."
 
diff --git a/openslides/participant/forms.py b/openslides/participant/forms.py
index 672b3ae4e..2f4739558 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/forms.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/forms.py
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ class UserCreateForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
     class Meta:
         model = User
         fields = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'is_active', 'groups', 'detail',
-                  'gender', 'type', 'committee', 'comment', 'default_password')
+                  'gender', 'type', 'committee', 'about_me', 'comment', 'default_password')
 
 
 class UserUpdateForm(UserCreateForm):
     class Meta:
         model = User
         fields = ('username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'is_active', 'groups',
-                  'detail', 'gender', 'type', 'committee', 'comment',
+                  'detail', 'gender', 'type', 'committee', 'about_me', 'comment',
                   'default_password')
 
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class GroupForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
 class UsersettingsForm(forms.ModelForm, CssClassMixin):
     class Meta:
         model = User
-        fields = ('username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'gender')
+        fields = ('username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'gender', 'email', 'committee', 'about_me' )
 
 
 class UserImportForm(forms.Form, CssClassMixin):
diff --git a/openslides/participant/models.py b/openslides/participant/models.py
index 36260055a..17c5ef832 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/models.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/models.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class User(DjangoUser, PersonMixin, Person):
     committee = models.CharField(
         max_length=100, blank=True, default='', verbose_name=_("Committee"),
         help_text=_('Only for filtering the participant list.'))
+    about_me = models.TextField(
+        blank=True, default='', verbose_name=_('About me'),
+        help_text=_('Your profile text'))
     comment = models.TextField(
         blank=True, default='', verbose_name=_('Comment'),
         help_text=_('Only for notes.'))
diff --git a/openslides/participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html b/openslides/participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html
index e1af3f4e4..cf738c6b2 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html
+++ b/openslides/participant/templates/participant/user_detail.html
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 <p>{{ shown_user.committee }}</p>
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if shown_user.about_me %}
+    <h2>{% trans "About me" %}</h2>
+    <p>{{ shown_user.about_me }}</p>
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if perms.participant.can_manage_participant %}
     {% if shown_user.comment %}
     <h2>{% trans "Comment" %}</h2>