diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/search/NlSearchRateLimitProperties.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/search/NlSearchRateLimitProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e71f8a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/search/NlSearchRateLimitProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.search;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+@ConfigurationProperties("app.nl-search.rate-limit")
+@Data
+public class NlSearchRateLimitProperties {
+    private int maxRequestsPerMinute = 5;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/search/OllamaProperties.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/search/OllamaProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..673006e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/search/OllamaProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.search;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+@ConfigurationProperties("app.ollama")
+@Data
+public class OllamaProperties {
+    private String baseUrl;
+    private String model;
+    private int timeoutSeconds = 30;
+    private int healthCheckTimeoutSeconds = 2;
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application-dev.yaml b/backend/src/main/resources/application-dev.yaml
index 54e4a972..954e430b 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application-dev.yaml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application-dev.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ springdoc:
   swagger-ui:
     enabled: true
     path: /swagger-ui.html
+
+app:
+  ollama:
+    base-url: http://localhost:11434
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 1e4558e0..36d5298a 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ app:
     # The loader maps columns by header name — no positional indices (see ADR-025).
     dir: ${IMPORT_DIR:/import}
 
+  ollama:
+    base-url: http://ollama:11434
+    model: qwen2.5:7b-instruct-q4_K_M
+    timeout-seconds: 30
+    health-check-timeout-seconds: 2
+
+  nl-search:
+    rate-limit:
+      max-requests-per-minute: 5
+
 ocr:
   sender-model:
     activation-threshold: 100