diff --git a/src/lib/components/TemplateGalleryDialog.svelte b/src/lib/components/TemplateGalleryDialog.svelte
index 6772cc6..87be2a7 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/TemplateGalleryDialog.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/TemplateGalleryDialog.svelte
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@
     <div class="grid">
       {#each TEMPLATES as entry (entry.id)}
         <button class="tpl" onclick={() => pick(entry)}>
-          <!-- A stylized letter page: address block, info column, body lines. -->
+          <!-- A stylized letter page: address block, info column or date line, body lines. -->
           <span class="thumb" aria-hidden="true">
             <span class="addr"></span>
-            <span class="info"></span>
+            {#if entry.id === 'din5008b'}
+              <span class="info"></span>
+            {:else}
+              <span class="date"></span>
+            {/if}
             <span class="line l1"></span>
             <span class="line l2"></span>
             <span class="line l3"></span>
@@ -155,6 +159,7 @@
   }
   .addr { top: 26px; left: 12px; width: 28px; height: 16px; }
   .info { top: 26px; left: 52px; width: 22px; height: 16px; }
+  .date { top: 48px; right: 12px; width: 20px; height: 3px; }
   .line { left: 12px; height: 3px; }
   .l1 { top: 56px; width: 40px; background: #8a94a0; }
   .l2 { top: 66px; width: 60px; }
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
index 850a5b3..b76969b 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
@@ -680,6 +680,10 @@ const de: Messages = {
       name: 'Brief nach DIN 5008',
       description: 'Geschäftsbrief (Form B): Anschriftfeld fürs Fensterkuvert, Infoblock, Falzmarken.',
     },
+    privateLetter: {
+      name: 'Privatbrief',
+      description: 'Privater Brief auf derselben Geometrie: Anschriftfeld fürs Fensterkuvert, Ort/Datum-Zeile, Falzmarken.',
+    },
     letter: {
       companyName: 'Firmenname',
       returnAddress: 'Absender · Straße · PLZ Ort',
@@ -697,6 +701,7 @@ const de: Messages = {
       date: 'Datum',
       phoneNumber: 'Nummer',
       emailAddress: 'Adresse',
+      place: 'Ort',
       subject: 'Betreff',
       salutation: 'Anrede',
       bodyText: 'Brieftext',
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
index afb88be..426d5dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -686,6 +686,10 @@ const en = {
       name: 'DIN 5008 letter',
       description: 'Business letter (Form B): address field for a window envelope, info block, fold marks.',
     },
+    privateLetter: {
+      name: 'Personal letter',
+      description: 'Private letter on the same geometry: window envelope address field, place and date line, fold marks.',
+    },
     letter: {
       companyName: 'Company name',
       returnAddress: 'Sender · Street · Postal code City',
@@ -703,6 +707,7 @@ const en = {
       date: 'Date',
       phoneNumber: 'Number',
       emailAddress: 'Address',
+      place: 'Place',
       subject: 'Subject',
       salutation: 'Salutation',
       bodyText: 'Letter text',
diff --git a/src/lib/templates/privateLetter.ts b/src/lib/templates/privateLetter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d66dc7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/templates/privateLetter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { t } from '../i18n/i18n.svelte';
+import { toDateValue, DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT } from '../utils/dateTime';
+import type { TemplateData, TemplateEntry } from './types';
+
+// Personal letter on the DIN 5008 window-envelope geometry: same 45mm address field
+// and fold marks as Form B, but no info block — just a right-aligned place/date line.
+
+// Sender block height in pt; the space that lands the return-address line at 45mm.
+const LINE_PT = 12 * 1.15;
+const MM_TO_PT = 72 / 25.4;
+// 45mm target − 20mm margin − the three sender-address lines.
+const RETURN_SPACE_BEFORE_PT = Math.round((45 - 20) * MM_TO_PT - 3 * LINE_PT);
+// The return-address zone is 5mm tall; its 8pt line fills ~3.25mm of it.
+const RETURN_SPACE_AFTER_PT = Math.round((5 * MM_TO_PT - 8 * 1.15) * 10) / 10;
+
+type N = Record<string, unknown>;
+const T = (text: string, ...marks: N[]): N => ({ type: 'text', text, ...(marks.length ? { marks } : {}) });
+const PLH = (text: string, ...marks: N[]): N => ({ type: 'placeholderField', attrs: { text }, ...(marks.length ? { marks } : {}) });
+const P = (attrs: N | null, ...content: N[]): N => ({ type: 'paragraph', ...(attrs ? { attrs } : {}), ...(content.length ? { content } : {}) });
+const SMALL = { type: 'textStyle', attrs: { fontSize: '8pt' } };
+const BOLD = { type: 'bold' };
+
+function buildLetter(): TemplateData {
+  const L = t().templates.letter;
+  const date: N = { type: 'dateTimeField', attrs: { kind: 'date', format: DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT, fixed: true, value: toDateValue(new Date()) } };
+  return {
+    margins: { top: 2, bottom: 2, left: 2.5, right: 2 },
+    foldMarks: true,
+    content: {
+      type: 'doc',
+      content: [
+        P(null, PLH(L.recipientName)),
+        P(null, PLH(L.recipientStreet)),
+        P(null, PLH(L.recipientCity)),
+        // The one-line return address opens the address field at 45mm from the top.
+        // fontSize also shrinks the paragraph mark, so the line box is 8pt tall.
+        P({ spaceBefore: RETURN_SPACE_BEFORE_PT, spaceAfter: RETURN_SPACE_AFTER_PT, fontSize: '8pt' }, PLH(L.returnAddress, SMALL)),
+        P(null, PLH(L.recipientName)),
+        P(null, PLH(L.recipientStreet)),
+        P(null, PLH(L.recipientCity)),
+        P(null),
+        P({ textAlign: 'right' }, PLH(L.place), T(', '), date),
+        P(null),
+        P(null),
+        P(null, PLH(L.subject, BOLD)),
+        P(null),
+        P(null, PLH(L.salutation)),
+        P(null),
+        P(null, PLH(L.bodyText)),
+        P(null),
+        P(null, T(L.closing)),
+        P(null),
+        P(null),
+        P(null),
+        P(null, PLH(L.signature)),
+      ],
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export const privateLetter: TemplateEntry = {
+  id: 'privateLetter',
+  name: () => t().templates.privateLetter.name,
+  description: () => t().templates.privateLetter.description,
+  build: buildLetter,
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/templates/registry.ts b/src/lib/templates/registry.ts
index c553f97..cee23dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/templates/registry.ts
+++ b/src/lib/templates/registry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { din5008b } from './din5008b';
+import { privateLetter } from './privateLetter';
 import type { TemplateEntry } from './types';
 
-export const TEMPLATES: TemplateEntry[] = [din5008b];
+export const TEMPLATES: TemplateEntry[] = [din5008b, privateLetter];