diff --git a/src/c3nav/editor/forms.py b/src/c3nav/editor/forms.py
index 1c7257aa..f20b8f7a 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/editor/forms.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/editor/forms.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import json
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.forms import CharField, ModelForm, ValidationError
+from django.forms import CharField, ModelForm, Textarea, ValidationError
 from django.forms.widgets import HiddenInput
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from shapely.geometry.geo import mapping
 
+from c3nav.mapdata.models.locations import LocationRedirect, LocationSlug
+
 
 class MapitemFormMixin(ModelForm):
     def __init__(self, *args, request=None, **kwargs):
@@ -49,6 +51,30 @@ class MapitemFormMixin(ModelForm):
                 self.fields.move_to_end('title_' + language, last=False)
             self.titles = titles
 
+        self.redirect_slugs = None
+        self.add_redirect_slugs = None
+        self.remove_redirect_slugs = None
+        if 'slug' in self.fields:
+            self.redirect_slugs = sorted(self.instance.redirects.values_list('slug', flat=True))
+            self.fields['redirect_slugs'] = CharField(label=_('Redirecting Slugs (comma seperated)'), required=False,
+                                                      initial=','.join(self.redirect_slugs))
+            self.fields.move_to_end('redirect_slugs', last=False)
+            self.fields.move_to_end('slug', last=False)
+
+    def clean_redirect_slugs(self):
+        old_redirect_slugs = set(self.redirect_slugs)
+        new_redirect_slugs = set(s for s in (s.strip() for s in self.cleaned_data['redirect_slugs'].split(',')) if s)
+
+        self.add_redirect_slugs = new_redirect_slugs - old_redirect_slugs
+        self.remove_redirect_slugs = old_redirect_slugs - new_redirect_slugs
+
+        for slug in self.add_redirect_slugs:
+            self.fields['slug'].run_validators(slug)
+            if LocationSlug.objects.filter(slug=slug).exists():
+                raise ValidationError(
+                    _('Can not add redirecting slug “%s”: it is already used elsewhere.') % slug
+                )
+
     def clean(self):
         if 'geometry' in self.fields:
             if not self.cleaned_data.get('geometry'):
@@ -58,11 +84,12 @@ class MapitemFormMixin(ModelForm):
             raise ValidationError(
                 _('You have to select a title in at least one language.')
             )
+
         super().clean()
 
 
 def create_editor_form(editor_model):
-    possible_fields = ['name', 'altitude', 'level', 'category', 'width', 'groups', 'color', 'public',
+    possible_fields = ['slug', 'name', 'altitude', 'level', 'category', 'width', 'groups', 'color', 'public',
                        'can_search', 'can_describe', 'outside', 'stuffed', 'geometry',
                        'left', 'top', 'right', 'bottom']
     field_names = [field.name for field in editor_model._meta.get_fields()]
diff --git a/src/c3nav/editor/views.py b/src/c3nav/editor/views.py
index c8b9c386..842be836 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/editor/views.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/editor/views.py
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ def edit(request, pk=None, model=None, section=None, space=None, explicit_edit=F
                     if title:
                         obj.titles[language] = title
 
+            if form.redirect_slugs is not None:
+                for slug in form.add_redirect_slugs:
+                    obj.redirects.create(slug=slug)
+
+                for slug in form.remove_redirect_slugs:
+                    obj.redirects.filter(slug=slug).delete()
+
+
             if not settings.DIRECT_EDITING:
                 # todo: suggest changes
                 raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/src/c3nav/mapdata/migrations/0005_auto_20170527_1556.py b/src/c3nav/mapdata/migrations/0005_auto_20170527_1556.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3dd3698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c3nav/mapdata/migrations/0005_auto_20170527_1556.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.7 on 2017-05-27 15:56
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('mapdata', '0004_space_level_category_name'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='locationslug',
+            options={'verbose_name': 'Location with Slug', 'verbose_name_plural': 'Lucation with Slug'},
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='locationslug',
+            name='slug',
+            field=models.SlugField(null=True, unique=True, verbose_name='slug'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/c3nav/mapdata/models/locations.py b/src/c3nav/mapdata/models/locations.py
index 6db44f53..f27345f0 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/mapdata/models/locations.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/mapdata/models/locations.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class LocationSlug(SerializableMixin, models.Model):
         'LocationGroup': 'g'
     }
     LOCATION_TYPE_BY_CODE = {code: model_name for model_name, code in LOCATION_TYPE_CODES.items()}
-    slug = models.SlugField(_('name'), unique=True, null=True, max_length=50)
+    slug = models.SlugField(_('slug'), unique=True, null=True, max_length=50)
 
     def get_child(self):
         # todo: cache this
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ class LocationSlug(SerializableMixin, models.Model):
         return result
 
     class Meta:
-        verbose_name = _('Slug for Location')
-        verbose_name_plural = _('Slugs für Locations')
+        verbose_name = _('Location with Slug')
+        verbose_name_plural = _('Lucation with Slug')
         default_related_name = 'locationslugs'