diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index eb88a02b..2a6a5198 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-05-14 LarsDW223
+
+    * Added support for language and country settings. These are both taken from the property
+      'lang', e.g. 'de-de' sets the language to german and country to germany. If there is no '-'
+      it is assumed that only the language shall be set.
+
 2015-05-12 LarsDW223
 
     * Added support for text indentation for the first line of a paragraph.
diff --git a/helper/stylefactory.php b/helper/stylefactory.php
index f3558d46..0b1c998d 100644
--- a/helper/stylefactory.php
+++ b/helper/stylefactory.php
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ public static function createTextStyle(&$style, $properties, $disabled_props = N
             $display = $properties ['display'];
             $attrs++;
         }
+        if ( empty ($disabled_props ['display']) === true ) {
+            $display = $properties ['display'];
+            $attrs++;
+        }
+        if ( empty ($disabled_props ['lang']) === true ) {
+            $lang = $properties ['lang'];
+            $attrs++;
+        }
         if ( empty ($parent) === false ) {
             $attrs++;
         }
@@ -178,6 +186,13 @@ public static function createTextStyle(&$style, $properties, $disabled_props = N
             unset($odt_valign);
         }
 
+        // Separate country from language
+        if ( empty($lang) === false ) {
+            $parts = preg_split ('/-/', $lang);
+            $lang = $parts [0];
+            $country = $parts [1];
+        }
+
         // Create style name.
         $style_name = self::getNewStylename ('Text');
 
@@ -229,6 +244,16 @@ public static function createTextStyle(&$style, $properties, $disabled_props = N
         if ( empty($display) === false ) {
             $style .= 'text:display="'.$display.'" ';
         }
+        if ( empty($lang) === false ) {
+            $style .= 'fo:language="'.$lang.'" ';
+            $style .= 'style:language-asian="'.$lang.'" ';
+            $style .= 'style:language-complex="'.$lang.'" ';
+        }
+        if ( empty($country) === false ) {
+            $style .= 'fo:country="'.$country.'" ';
+            $style .= 'style:country-asian="'.$country.'" ';
+            $style .= 'style:country-complex="'.$country.'" ';
+        }
         $style .= '/>';
         $style .= '</style:style>';
 
@@ -308,6 +333,10 @@ public static function createParagraphStyle(&$style, $properties, $disabled_prop
             $display = $properties ['display'];
             $attrs++;
         }
+        if ( empty ($disabled_props ['lang']) === true ) {
+            $lang = $properties ['lang'];
+            $attrs++;
+        }
         if ( empty ($disabled_props ['text-indent']) === true ) {
             $text_indent = $properties ['text-indent'];
             $attrs++;
@@ -333,6 +362,13 @@ public static function createParagraphStyle(&$style, $properties, $disabled_prop
             unset($odt_valign);
         }
 
+        // Separate country from language
+        if ( empty($lang) === false ) {
+            $parts = preg_split ('/-/', $lang);
+            $lang = $parts [0];
+            $country = $parts [1];
+        }
+
         // Create style name.
         $style_name = self::getNewStylename ('Paragraph');
 
@@ -396,6 +432,16 @@ public static function createParagraphStyle(&$style, $properties, $disabled_prop
         if ( empty($display) === false ) {
             $style .= 'text:display="'.$display.'" ';
         }
+        if ( empty($lang) === false ) {
+            $style .= 'fo:language="'.$lang.'" ';
+            $style .= 'style:language-asian="'.$lang.'" ';
+            $style .= 'style:language-complex="'.$lang.'" ';
+        }
+        if ( empty($country) === false ) {
+            $style .= 'fo:country="'.$country.'" ';
+            $style .= 'style:country-asian="'.$country.'" ';
+            $style .= 'style:country-complex="'.$country.'" ';
+        }
         $style .= '/>';
         $style .= '</style:style>';
 
diff --git a/plugin.info.txt b/plugin.info.txt
index c97dfa17..a44f3e99 100644
--- a/plugin.info.txt
+++ b/plugin.info.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 base    odt
 author 	Andreas Gohr, Aurelien Bompard, Florian Lamml, LarsDW223
 email  	andi@splitbrain.org, aurelien@bompard.org, infor@florian-lamml.de
-date   	2015-05-12
+date   	2015-05-14
 name   	Open Document Plugin
 desc   	Export the current Wiki page to a OpenOffice ODT file
 url    	http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:odt
diff --git a/renderer.php b/renderer.php
index 5714bc39..f4e107cf 100644
--- a/renderer.php
+++ b/renderer.php
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ function header($text, $level, $pos){
     }
 
     function hr() {
+        $this->p_close();
         $this->doc .= '<text:p text:style-name="Horizontal_20_Line"/>';
     }
 
@@ -913,6 +914,7 @@ function footnote_close() {
             $this->doc .= '<text:note text:id="ftn'.$i.'" text:note-class="footnote">';
             $this->doc .= '<text:note-citation>'.($i+1).'</text:note-citation>';
             $this->doc .= '<text:note-body>';
+            //FIXME: Can break document if paragraphs have been opened inside of $footnote!!!
             $this->doc .= '<text:p text:style-name="Footnote">';
             $this->doc .= $footnote;
             $this->doc .= '</text:p>';