diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/+page.server.ts b/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/+page.server.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/+page.server.ts
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+import { redirect, fail } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import type { PageServerLoad, Actions } from './$types';
+import { apiClient } from '$lib/server/api';
+
+export const load: PageServerLoad = async ({ fetch }) => {
+	const api = apiClient(fetch);
+	const { data, error } = await api.GET('/v1/tags', {});
+
+	const allTags = error || !data ? [] : data;
+	const categories = allTags
+		.filter((t) => t.tagType === 'category')
+		.map((t) => ({ id: t.id!, name: t.name!, tagType: t.tagType }));
+
+	return { recipe: null, categories };
+};
+
+export const actions: Actions = {
+	create: async ({ request, fetch }) => {
+		const formData = await request.formData();
+		const name = formData.get('name') as string;
+		const serves = formData.get('serves');
+		const cookTimeMin = formData.get('cookTimeMin');
+		const effort = formData.get('effort') as string;
+		const ingredientsJson = formData.get('ingredientsJson') as string;
+		const stepsJson = formData.get('stepsJson') as string;
+		const tagIds = formData.getAll('tagIds') as string[];
+
+		if (!name?.trim()) return fail(422, { error: 'Name ist erforderlich' });
+		if (!effort) return fail(422, { error: 'Schwierigkeitsgrad ist erforderlich' });
+		if (!tagIds.length) return fail(422, { error: 'Mindestens eine Kategorie ist erforderlich' });
+
+		const parsedIngredients = JSON.parse(ingredientsJson || '[]');
+		const parsedSteps = JSON.parse(stepsJson || '[]');
+
+		const api = apiClient(fetch);
+		const { error: apiError } = await api.POST('/v1/recipes', {
+			body: {
+				name: name.trim(),
+				serves: serves ? Number(serves) : undefined,
+				cookTimeMin: cookTimeMin ? Number(cookTimeMin) : undefined,
+				effort,
+				ingredients: parsedIngredients
+					.filter((ing: { name: string }) => ing.name?.trim())
+					.map((ing: { name: string; quantity: string; unit: string }, i: number) => ({
+						newIngredientName: ing.name.trim(),
+						quantity: Number(ing.quantity) || 0,
+						unit: ing.unit || '',
+						sortOrder: i
+					})),
+				steps: parsedSteps
+					.filter((s: string) => s?.trim())
+					.map((s: string, i: number) => ({ stepNumber: i + 1, instruction: s.trim() })),
+				tagIds
+			}
+		});
+
+		if (apiError) return fail(500, { error: 'Fehler beim Speichern' });
+
+		redirect(303, '/recipes');
+	}
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/+page.svelte
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+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/+page.svelte
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+<script lang="ts">
+	import RecipeForm from '$lib/recipes/RecipeForm.svelte';
+	import type { PageData } from './$types';
+
+	let { data }: { data: PageData } = $props();
+</script>
+
+<svelte:head>
+	<title>Neues Rezept — Mealplan</title>
+</svelte:head>
+
+<div class="p-[24px]">
+	<h1 class="font-[var(--font-display)] text-[24px] md:text-[28px] font-medium text-[var(--color-text)] mb-[24px]">
+		Neues Rezept
+	</h1>
+	<RecipeForm recipe={data.recipe} categories={data.categories} action="?/create" />
+</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/page.server.test.ts b/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/page.server.test.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(app)/recipes/new/page.server.test.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('$env/dynamic/private', () => ({
+	env: { BACKEND_URL: 'http://localhost:8080' }
+}));
+
+const mockGet = vi.fn();
+const mockPost = vi.fn();
+vi.mock('$lib/server/api', () => ({
+	apiClient: () => ({ GET: mockGet, POST: mockPost })
+}));
+
+describe('new recipe page — load', () => {
+	let load: any;
+
+	beforeEach(async () => {
+		mockGet.mockReset();
+		mockPost.mockReset();
+		vi.resetModules();
+		const mod = await import('./+page.server');
+		load = mod.load;
+	});
+
+	const mockTags = [
+		{ id: 't1', name: 'Pasta', tagType: 'category' },
+		{ id: 't2', name: 'Fleisch', tagType: 'category' }
+	];
+
+	it('fetches tags from GET /v1/tags', async () => {
+		mockGet.mockResolvedValue({ data: mockTags, error: undefined });
+		await load({ fetch: vi.fn() } as any);
+		expect(mockGet).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/v1/tags', expect.anything());
+	});
+
+	it('returns categories filtered from tags', async () => {
+		mockGet.mockResolvedValue({ data: mockTags, error: undefined });
+		const result = await load({ fetch: vi.fn() } as any);
+		expect(result.categories).toHaveLength(2);
+		expect(result.categories[0].name).toBe('Pasta');
+	});
+
+	it('returns empty categories when API fails', async () => {
+		mockGet.mockResolvedValue({ data: undefined, error: { status: 500 } });
+		const result = await load({ fetch: vi.fn() } as any);
+		expect(result.categories).toEqual([]);
+	});
+
+	it('returns null recipe for new form', async () => {
+		mockGet.mockResolvedValue({ data: mockTags, error: undefined });
+		const result = await load({ fetch: vi.fn() } as any);
+		expect(result.recipe).toBeNull();
+	});
+});