* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

body {
  background: #a0bad4 url("../img/background.jpg") no-repeat 50% 0;
  font-family: arial;
}

.frame {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 960px;
}

  .header {
    height: 95px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 960px;
  }

    .contactbar {
      color: #222222;
      font-size: 11px;
      position: absolute;
      text-align: right;
      top: 4px;
      right: 110px;
    }

    .logo {
      height: 50px;
      position: absolute;
      top: 30px;
      width: 250px;
    }

    .menu {
      height: 32px;
      position: absolute;
      top: 42px;
      right: 0;
    }

      .menuitem {
        float: left;
        position: relative;
      }

      .menuitem a {
        color: #222222;
        display: block;
        float: left;
        font-size: 12px;
        height: 25px;
        line-height: 12px;
        padding: 0 10px;
        padding-top: 7px;
        text-decoration: none;
      }

      .menuitem a:hover {
        color: #12578b;
      }

      .menuitem_active .menuitem_background_left {
        background-image: url("../img/menu_active_left.png");
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        float: left;
        height: 25px;
        width: 5px;
      }

      .menuitem_active .menuitem_background_right {
        background-image: url("../img/menu_active_right.png");
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        float: left;
        height: 25px;
        width: 5px;
      }

      .menuitem_active a {
        background-image: url("../img/menu_active_middle.png");
        background-position: 50% 0;
        background-repeat: repeat-x;
        color: #ffffff;
        padding-left: 5px;
        padding-right: 5px;
      }

      .menuitem_active a:hover {
        color: #ffffff;
      }

    .flags {
      background-color: white;
      padding: 0 5px;
      position: absolute;
      right: 0;
    }
    
      .flags img {
        display: block;
        float: left;
        padding: 5px;
      }

    .intro {
      height: 250px;
      margin-bottom: 20px;
      position: relative;
    }

      .intro img {
        position: absolute;
      }

  .content {
    overflow: hidden;
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 960px;
  }

    .boxes {
      margin-top: 20px;
      overflow: hidden;
      width: 960px;
    }

      .box_left {
        background-color: white;
        float: left;
        height: 204px;
        padding: 30px;
        width: 410px;
      }
  
      .box_right {
        float: right;
        height: 264px;
        overflow: hidden;
        width: 470px;
      }

    .submenu {
      float: left;
      width: 220px;
    }

      .submenu a, .submenu_topic {
        background-image: url("../img/arrow.png");
        background-position: 1px 6px;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        color: #222222;
        display: block;
        font-size: 11px;
        font-weight: bold;
        line-height: 14px;
        padding: 3px 0;
        padding-left: 15px;
        text-decoration: none;
      }

      .submenu a:hover {
        color: #12578b;
      }

      .submenu_topic, a.submenu_topic {
        background-image: url("../img/arrow_down.png");
        background-position: 0 7px;
      }

    .submenu_2 {
      border-left: 1px solid #ffffff;
      border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;
      margin-bottom: 10px;
      margin-left: 15px;
      padding-bottom: 5px;
    }

      .submenu_2 a {
        background-image: none;
        font-weight: normal;
      }

    .submenu_3 {
      display: none;
    }

      .submenu_3 a {
        padding-left: 30px;
      }

    .sidebar {
      float: left;
      width: 250px;
    }

      .sidebar a {
        color: white;
        display: block;
        font-size: 12px;
        line-height: 12px;
        text-align: center;
        text-decoration: none;
      }

    .column {
      float: right;
      width: 690px;
    }

      .column_image {
        position: relative;
        width: 690px;
      }

      .column_content,
      .column_content_small {
        background-color: #ffffff;
        overflow: hidden;
        padding: 20px;
        width: 650px;
      }

      .column_content_sidebar {
        float: left;
        width: 210px;
      }

      .reference {
        float: left;
        font-size: 11px;
        height: 142px;
        overflow: hidden;
        position: relative;
        text-align: center;
        width: 130px;
      }

        .reference_thumbnail {
          background-position: 50% 50%;
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          border: 1px solid silver;
          display: block;
          height: 100px;
          margin: 13px;
          margin-bottom: 0;
          width: 100px;
        }

  .footer {
    border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;
    color: #ffffff;
    font-size: 11px;
    line-height: 15px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding: 10px 0 20px 0;
    position: relative;
    width: 960px;
  }

    .footer a {
      text-decoration: underline;
    }

    .copyright {
    }

      .copyright a {
        color: white;
      }

  .contactform2 {
    overflow: hidden;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 105px;
    width: 120px;
  }

    .contactform2 .contactform_top {
      background: url("../img/contactform_tab.png") no-repeat;
      color: white;
      cursor: pointer;
      font-size: 11px;
      left: 0;
      line-height: 15px;
      padding: 8px 10px;
      position: absolute;
      margin-top: 5px;
      width: 115px;
    }

    .contactform2 .contactform_bottom {
      background-color: white;
      border: 1px solid #a0bad4;
      border-right: 0;
      margin-left: 121px;
      padding: 20px;
      width: 210px;
    }

    .contactform2 input,
    .contactform2 textarea {
      width: 204px;
    }

      .contactform2 textarea {
        height: 80px;
      }


/*
 * other classes
 *
 */

.blue {
  color: #12578b;
}

.red {
  color: red;
}

.arrowlink {
  background-image: url("../img/arrow.png");
  background-position: 0 6px;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  color: #222222;
  display: block;
  padding: 3px 0;
  padding-left: 15px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.buttonlink {
  height: 25px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

  .buttonlink a {
    background-image: url("../img/menu_active_middle.png");
  }

/*
 * html-elements
 *
 */

input, select, textarea {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
  border-left: 1px solid gray;
  border-right: 1px solid #cccccc;
  border-top: 1px solid gray;
  display: block;
  font-family: arial;
  font-size: 11px;
  padding: 2px;
  width: 250px;
}

  input.button {
    background-color: #eeeeee;
    border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
    border-left: 1px solid #cccccc;
    border-right: 1px solid gray;
    border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;
    padding: 2px 5px;
    width: auto;
  }

  input.button:active {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
    border-left: 1px solid gray;
    border-right: 1px solid #cccccc;
    border-top: 1px solid gray;
  }

  input.checkbox {
    width: auto;
  }

  input.wide {
    width: 450px;
  }

  select {
    padding: 1px;
  }
  
  textarea {
    height: 100px;
  }

object {
  display: block;
}