diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/+page.svelte
index 7297ee66..b691bc0e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/+page.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { formatDate } from '$lib/shared/utils/date';
 import { formatAuthorDisplayName } from '$lib/geschichte/utils';
 import { getConfirmService } from '$lib/shared/services/confirm.svelte';
 import { csrfFetch } from '$lib/shared/cookies';
+import { parseBackendError, getErrorMessage } from '$lib/shared/errors';
 import BackButton from '$lib/shared/primitives/BackButton.svelte';
 import StoryReader from '$lib/geschichte/StoryReader.svelte';
 import JourneyReader from '$lib/geschichte/JourneyReader.svelte';
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ const authorName = $derived(formatAuthorDisplayName(g.author));
 
 const confirm = getConfirmService();
 
+let deleteError = $state<string | null>(null);
+
 async function handleDelete() {
+	deleteError = null;
 	const ok = await confirm.confirm({
 		title: m.geschichte_delete_confirm_title(),
 		body: m.geschichte_delete_confirm_body(),
@@ -36,6 +40,9 @@ async function handleDelete() {
 	const res = await csrfFetch(`/api/geschichten/${g.id}`, { method: 'DELETE' });
 	if (res.ok) {
 		goto('/geschichten');
+	} else {
+		const err = await parseBackendError(res);
+		deleteError = getErrorMessage(err?.code);
 	}
 }
 </script>
@@ -65,6 +72,15 @@ async function handleDelete() {
 			</p>
 		</header>
 
+		{#if deleteError}
+			<p
+				role="alert"
+				class="mb-4 rounded border border-danger/30 bg-danger/10 px-4 py-3 font-sans text-sm text-danger"
+			>
+				{deleteError}
+			</p>
+		{/if}
+
 		{#if isJourney}
 			<JourneyReader geschichte={g} canBlogWrite={data.canBlogWrite} ondelete={handleDelete} />
 		{:else}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/page.svelte.test.ts b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/page.svelte.test.ts
index 10172d12..6dc213a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/page.svelte.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/geschichten/[id]/page.svelte.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
-import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
 import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
-import { page } from 'vitest/browser';
+import { page, userEvent } from 'vitest/browser';
+
+vi.mock('$app/navigation', () => ({
+	beforeNavigate: () => {},
+	afterNavigate: () => {},
+	goto: vi.fn(),
+	invalidate: vi.fn(),
+	invalidateAll: vi.fn(),
+	preloadCode: vi.fn(),
+	preloadData: vi.fn(),
+	pushState: vi.fn(),
+	replaceState: vi.fn(),
+	disableScrollHandling: vi.fn(),
+	onNavigate: () => () => {}
+}));
+
+vi.mock('$lib/shared/cookies', () => ({
+	csrfFetch: vi.fn()
+}));
 
 import { createConfirmService, CONFIRM_KEY } from '$lib/shared/services/confirm.svelte.js';
+import { csrfFetch } from '$lib/shared/cookies';
+import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
 import type { components } from '$lib/generated/api';
 
 const { default: GeschichtePage } = await import('./+page.svelte');
@@ -205,4 +225,50 @@ describe('geschichten/[id] page', () => {
 		await expect.element(page.getByText(/Im Jahr 1923/)).toBeVisible();
 		await expect.element(page.getByText(/Diese Lesereise ist noch leer/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
+
+	it('delete success: navigates to /geschichten after confirmed DELETE returns ok', async () => {
+		vi.mocked(csrfFetch).mockResolvedValue(new Response(null, { status: 200 }));
+		const confirmService = createConfirmService();
+		render(GeschichtePage, {
+			context: new Map([[CONFIRM_KEY, confirmService]]),
+			props: { data: baseData({ canBlogWrite: true }) }
+		});
+
+		// Trigger delete — opens confirm dialog
+		const deleteBtn = page.getByRole('button', { name: /löschen/i });
+		userEvent.click(deleteBtn);
+
+		// Settle the confirmation dialog
+		confirmService.settle(true);
+
+		// Wait for the async delete to complete, then check goto was called
+		await vi.waitFor(() => {
+			expect(vi.mocked(goto)).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/geschichten');
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('delete failure: shows error message when DELETE returns non-ok', async () => {
+		vi.mocked(csrfFetch).mockResolvedValue(
+			new Response(JSON.stringify({ code: 'FORBIDDEN' }), {
+				status: 403,
+				headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
+			})
+		);
+		const confirmService = createConfirmService();
+		render(GeschichtePage, {
+			context: new Map([[CONFIRM_KEY, confirmService]]),
+			props: { data: baseData({ canBlogWrite: true }) }
+		});
+
+		// Trigger delete — opens confirm dialog
+		const deleteBtn = page.getByRole('button', { name: /löschen/i });
+		userEvent.click(deleteBtn);
+
+		// Settle the confirmation dialog
+		confirmService.settle(true);
+
+		// Wait for the error to appear inline
+		await expect.element(page.getByRole('alert')).toBeVisible();
+		expect(vi.mocked(goto)).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
 });