diff --git a/prerender.cjs b/prerender.cjs
index 30350cb..9c1541d 100644
--- a/prerender.cjs
+++ b/prerender.cjs
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ const {
 const {
   generateProductMetaTags,
   generateProductJsonLd,
+  generateCategoryMetaTags,
   generateCategoryJsonLd,
   generateHomepageMetaTags,
   generateHomepageJsonLd,
@@ -621,19 +622,25 @@ const renderApp = async (categoryData, socket) => {
         const filename = `Kategorie/${category.seoName}`;
         const location = `/Kategorie/${category.seoName}`;
         const description = `Category "${category.name}" (ID: ${category.id})`;
+        const categoryMetaTags = generateCategoryMetaTags(
+          category,
+          shopConfig.baseUrl,
+          shopConfig
+        );
         const categoryJsonLd = generateCategoryJsonLd(
           category,
           productData?.products || [],
           shopConfig.baseUrl,
           shopConfig
         );
+        const combinedCategoryHead = categoryMetaTags + "\n" + categoryJsonLd;
 
         const success = render(
           categoryComponent,
           location,
           filename,
           description,
-          categoryJsonLd,
+          combinedCategoryHead,
           true
         );
         if (success) {
diff --git a/prerender/seo/category.cjs b/prerender/seo/category.cjs
index edd5f0b..492e1f2 100644
--- a/prerender/seo/category.cjs
+++ b/prerender/seo/category.cjs
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
+/** Safe for double-quoted HTML attributes */
+const escAttr = (str) =>
+  String(str ?? "")
+    .replace(/&/g, "&")
+    .replace(/"/g, """)
+    .replace(/</g, "&lt;");
+
+/**
+ * Head tags for prerendered category URLs — explicit canonical per /Kategorie/{slug}
+ * so Google does not cluster different listing pages (e.g. neu vs Seeds) as duplicates.
+ */
+const generateCategoryMetaTags = (category, baseUrl, config) => {
+  const root = baseUrl.endsWith("/") ? baseUrl.slice(0, -1) : baseUrl;
+  const categoryUrl = `${root}/Kategorie/${category.seoName}`;
+  const name = category.name || `Kategorie ${category.seoName}`;
+  const site = config.siteName || config.brandName;
+  const desc = `${name} bei ${config.brandName}: Growshop-Sortiment online kaufen. Schnelle Lieferung, Laden Dresden.`;
+  const descShort = desc.length > 160 ? `${desc.slice(0, 157)}...` : desc;
+  const e = escAttr;
+  const logoUrl =
+    config.images && config.images.logo
+      ? `${root}${config.images.logo}`
+      : `${root}/assets/images/nopicture.jpg`;
+
+  return `
+    <meta name="description" content="${e(descShort)}">
+    <meta property="og:title" content="${e(`${name} | ${site}`)}">
+    <meta property="og:description" content="${e(descShort)}">
+    <meta property="og:url" content="${categoryUrl}">
+    <meta property="og:type" content="website">
+    <meta property="og:image" content="${e(logoUrl)}">
+    <meta property="og:site_name" content="${e(site)}">
+    <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
+    <meta name="twitter:title" content="${e(`${name} | ${site}`)}">
+    <meta name="twitter:description" content="${e(descShort)}">
+    <meta name="robots" content="index, follow">
+    <link rel="canonical" href="${categoryUrl}">
+  `;
+};
+
 const generateCategoryJsonLd = (category, products = [], baseUrl, config) => {
   // Category IDs to skip (seeds, plants, headshop items)
   const skipCategoryIds = [689, 706, 709, 711, 714, 748, 749, 896, 710, 924, 923, 922, 921, 916, 278, 259, 258];
@@ -173,5 +213,6 @@ const generateCategoryJsonLd = (category, products = [], baseUrl, config) => {
 };
 
 module.exports = {
+  generateCategoryMetaTags,
   generateCategoryJsonLd,
-}; 
\ No newline at end of file
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prerender/seo/index.cjs b/prerender/seo/index.cjs
index f660412..003e9da 100644
--- a/prerender/seo/index.cjs
+++ b/prerender/seo/index.cjs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const {
 } = require('./product.cjs');
 
 const {
+  generateCategoryMetaTags,
   generateCategoryJsonLd,
 } = require('./category.cjs');
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ module.exports = {
   generateProductJsonLd,
   
   // Category functions
+  generateCategoryMetaTags,
   generateCategoryJsonLd,
   
   // Homepage functions