diff --git a/web/src/pages/Categories.jsx b/web/src/pages/Categories.jsx
index 2d1bad8..cb24026 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Categories.jsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Categories.jsx
@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ export default function Categories() {
   const nameById = Object.fromEntries(categories.map((c) => [c.id, c.name]));
   const parentOf = Object.fromEntries(categories.map((c) => [c.id, c.parent_id]));
   const childCount = (id) => categories.filter((c) => c.parent_id === id).length;
+  // Eigene Unterkategorien (rekursiv) – als Ziel beim Verschieben ausgeschlossen,
+  // sonst entstünde ein Ring.
+  function descendantIds(id) {
+    const result = new Set();
+    const stack = [id];
+    while (stack.length) {
+      const cur = stack.pop();
+      for (const kid of categories.filter((c) => c.parent_id === cur)) {
+        if (!result.has(kid.id)) { result.add(kid.id); stack.push(kid.id); }
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
   function versteckt(id) {
     let p = parentOf[id];
     while (p != null) {
@@ -135,6 +148,7 @@ export default function Categories() {
                 <tr>
                   <th>Kategorie</th>
                   <th>Art</th>
+                  <th>Übergeordnet</th>
                   <th className="num">Artikel</th>
                   <th></th>
                 </tr>
@@ -143,6 +157,12 @@ export default function Categories() {
                 {sichtbar.map((c) => {
                   const kinder = childCount(c.id);
                   const zu = collapsed.has(c.id);
+                  // Mögliche neue Elternkategorien: gleicher Typ, nicht sie selbst
+                  // und keine ihrer Unterkategorien.
+                  const desc = descendantIds(c.id);
+                  const parentOptions = tree.filter(
+                    (o) => o.tracking === c.tracking && o.id !== c.id && !desc.has(o.id),
+                  );
                   return (
                   <tr key={c.id} className={feldKat && feldKat.id === c.id ? "row-active" : ""}>
                     <td data-label="Kategorie">
@@ -164,9 +184,6 @@ export default function Categories() {
                         {zu && kinder > 0 && (
                           <span className="badge nowrap">{kinder} ausgeblendet</span>
                         )}
-                        {c.depth > 0 && c.parent_id && nameById[c.parent_id] && (
-                          <span className="badge nowrap">in {nameById[c.parent_id]}</span>
-                        )}
                       </span>
                     </td>
                     <td data-label="Art">
@@ -180,6 +197,21 @@ export default function Categories() {
                         <span className="badge">{MODUS[c.tracking] || c.tracking}</span>
                       )}
                     </td>
+                    <td data-label="Übergeordnet">
+                      {isAdmin ? (
+                        <select value={c.parent_id ?? ""} style={{ marginTop: 0, minWidth: 150 }}
+                          onChange={(e) => patch(c, {
+                            parent_id: e.target.value === "" ? null : Number(e.target.value),
+                          })}>
+                          <option value="">– oberste Ebene –</option>
+                          {parentOptions.map((o) => (
+                            <option key={o.id} value={o.id}>{"— ".repeat(o.depth)}{o.name}</option>
+                          ))}
+                        </select>
+                      ) : (
+                        <span className="muted">{c.parent_id ? nameById[c.parent_id] : "–"}</span>
+                      )}
+                    </td>
                     <td data-label="Artikel" className="num muted">{c.product_count}</td>
                     <td className="num">
                       <button className="btn-icon" title="Felder verwalten"
@@ -196,7 +228,7 @@ export default function Categories() {
                   );
                 })}
                 {categories.length === 0 && (
-                  <tr><td colSpan={4} className="empty">Noch keine Kategorien.</td></tr>
+                  <tr><td colSpan={5} className="empty">Noch keine Kategorien.</td></tr>
                 )}
               </tbody>
             </table>