function load() {
	if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
		var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
		map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
		map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
		map.setCenter(new GLatLng(51.467697, 10.151367), 6);

		// 53.529799,7.303891
		var places = [  
			[ 53.378017,  7.19957,  "Emden, East Frisia. 10/1969 - 08/1991"],
			[ 50.928209,  6.93542,  "Cologne. 09/1991 - 12/1998 " ],
			[ 49.034597,  8.387901, "Karlsruhe. 01/1999 - 09/2000" ],
			[ 53.567338,  9.96725,  "Hamburg 10/2000 - 02/2001" ],
			[ 53.589814, 10.002864, "Hamburg, Winterhude 06/2005 - today" ],
			[ 53.589273, 10.000423, "Hamburg, Winterhude 03/2001 - 06/2005" ]
		];
	
		function createMarker(point, msg) {
			var marker = new GMarker(point);
			GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
				marker.openInfoWindowHtml(msg);
			});
			return marker;
		}

		for (var i = 0; i < places.length; i++) {
			var point = new GLatLng(places[i][0], places[i][1])
			map.addOverlay(createMarker(point, places[i][2]));
		}
	}
}