diff --git a/app/components/person-card.php b/app/components/person-card.php
index 052828c..3c8660f 100644
--- a/app/components/person-card.php
+++ b/app/components/person-card.php
@@ -5,16 +5,11 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 /**
  * Visitenkarte für eine Person. Props:
  *   $person array{department, name, phone?, email?, image?}
- * Ohne image rendert die Karte einen geschlechtsneutralen Initialen-Avatar
- * (Coolvetica-Initialen + Logo-Wasserzeichen) — keinen Foto-Platzhalter.
+ * Ohne image greift der Platzhalter-Avatar (img/persons/platzhalter.jpg).
  * Kontakt-Link: phone → tel:, sonst email → mailto:.
  */
 $image = $person['image'] ?? null;
-
-$initials = implode('', array_map(
-    static fn (string $word): string => mb_substr($word, 0, 1),
-    array_slice(preg_split('/\s+/', trim($person['name'])) ?: [], 0, 2)
-));
+$src = $image ?: 'img/persons/platzhalter.jpg';
 
 if (!empty($person['phone'])) {
     $contactHref = 'tel:' . preg_replace('/[^+\d]/', '', $person['phone']);
@@ -30,15 +25,9 @@ if (!empty($person['phone'])) {
 ?>
                     <article class="person-card">
                         <div class="person-card__media">
-<?php if ($image): ?>
-                            <img src="<?= e(asset($image)) ?>"
-                                alt="<?= e($person['name']) ?>"
+                            <img src="<?= e(asset($src)) ?>"
+                                alt="<?= $image ? e($person['name']) : '' ?>"
                                 width="480" height="600" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
-<?php else: ?>
-                            <div class="person-card__initials" aria-hidden="true">
-                                <span><?= e($initials) ?></span>
-                            </div>
-<?php endif; ?>
                         </div>
                         <div class="person-card__body">
                             <h3 class="person-card__department"><?= e($person['department']) ?></h3>
diff --git a/public/assets/css/components.css b/public/assets/css/components.css
index 1335366..63fd001 100644
--- a/public/assets/css/components.css
+++ b/public/assets/css/components.css
@@ -319,34 +319,6 @@
     object-fit: cover;
 }
 
-/* Initialen-Avatar: geschlechtsneutraler Fallback ohne Foto */
-.person-card__initials {
-    position: relative;
-    display: grid;
-    place-items: center;
-    aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
-    background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 35%, rgb(255 255 255 / 0.07), transparent 65%), var(--clr-bg-deep);
-    overflow: hidden;
-}
-
-.person-card__initials span {
-    font-family: var(--ff-heading);
-    font-size: var(--fs-800);
-    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
-    color: var(--clr-text-muted);
-}
-
-.person-card__initials::after {
-    /* dezente rote Akzentlinie unten, statt Logo-Wasserzeichen */
-    content: '';
-    position: absolute;
-    left: 0;
-    right: 0;
-    bottom: 0;
-    height: 3px;
-    background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgb(var(--clr-accent-rgb) / 0.6), transparent);
-}
-
 .person-card__body {
     display: grid;
     gap: 0.2rem;
diff --git a/public/assets/img/persons/platzhalter.jpg b/public/assets/img/persons/platzhalter.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5656d8
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