// faderImage object for page "Start"
			var faderImage1 = new FaderImage('slideshow', 'slideshow-image');
			faderImage1.AddImage('img/index/hotel-maximilian-meran.jpg', 4000);
			faderImage1.AddImage('img/index/garten-im-eingangsbereich.jpg', 4000);
			faderImage1.AddImage('img/index/hotelansicht-garten.jpg', 4000);

			var fader = new Fader();

			if (page == 'start') {
				fader.AddFaderImage(faderImage1);
			}

			fader.SetPreload(true);
			fader.SetStartDelay(2000);
		
			// start all needed faders
			function startFaders() {
				fader.Start();
			}

			// common, reusable function for attaching events to DOM elements
			function addEvent(obj, evType, fn) {
				if (obj.addEventListener) {
					obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, false); 
					return true; 
				} else if (obj.attachEvent) {
					var r = obj.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn); 
					return r; 
				} else { 
					return false; 
				} 
			}

			// attach startFaders() to the window's object onload event
			addEvent(window, 'load', startFaders);