function getCookie (name)
  {
    var dcookie = document.cookie; 
    var cname = name + "=";
    var clen = dcookie.length;
    var cbegin = 0;
    while (cbegin < clen) 
    {
      var vbegin = cbegin + cname.length;
      if (dcookie.substring(cbegin, vbegin) == cname) 
      { 
        var vend = dcookie.indexOf (";", vbegin);
        if (vend == -1) vend = clen;
          return unescape(dcookie.substring(vbegin, vend));
      }
      cbegin = dcookie.indexOf(" ", cbegin) + 1;
      if (cbegin == 0) 
        break;
    }
    return null;
  }

  function setCookie (name, value, expires) 
  {
    if (!expires) expires = new Date();
    document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() +  "; path=/";
  }

  function delCookie (name) 
  {
    var expireNow = new Date();
    document.cookie = name + "=" + "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT" +  "; path=/";
  }

  
  function site_select()
  {
    var language = "index-de.html"
	var URL = getCookie("URL");

    if(URL != null)
    {
      if (language != URL)
	     {
		 window.location.href = URL;
		 }
    }
  }

  function english()
  {
    var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(expire.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); 

    var URL = "index.html";

    setCookie("URL",URL,expire); 

    window.location.href= URL;
  }
  function deutsch()
  {
    var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(expire.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); 

    var URL = "index-de.html";

    setCookie("URL",URL,expire); 

    window.location.href= URL;
  }
  function spanish()
  {
    var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(expire.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); 

    var URL = "index-es.html";

    setCookie("URL",URL,expire); 

    window.location.href= URL;
  }
  function french()
  {
    var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(expire.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); 

    var URL = "index-fr.html";

    setCookie("URL",URL,expire); 

    window.location.href= URL;
  }
  function italian()
  {
    var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(expire.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); 

    var URL = "index-it.html";

    setCookie("URL",URL,expire); 

    window.location.href= URL;
  }
  function portuguese()
  {
    var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(expire.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); 

    var URL = "index-pt.html";

    setCookie("URL",URL,expire); 

    window.location.href= URL;
  }
    function danish()
  {
    var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(expire.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); 

    var URL = "index-da.html";

    setCookie("URL",URL,expire); 

    window.location.href= URL;
  }
    function dutch()
  {
    var expire = new Date();
    expire.setTime(expire.getTime() +  (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); 

    var URL = "index-nl.html";

    setCookie("URL",URL,expire); 

    window.location.href= URL;
  }