diff --git a/clusterspecifics/alerts/alert_hetzner_api_requestlimit.yaml b/clusterspecifics/alerts/alert_hetzner_api_requestlimit.yaml
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index 0000000..a049093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusterspecifics/alerts/alert_hetzner_api_requestlimit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PrometheusRule
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    prometheus: kube-prometheus-stack-prometheus    # dieser name ist fest
+    role: alert-rules                               # auch fest
+    release: kube-prometheus-stack                  # IMPORTANT: ohne das Label wird die Rule vom PrometheusOperator nicht gefunden
+  name: hetzner_rate_limit_alert
+  namespace: monitoring              # Rule im namespace anlegen in dem die zu ueberwachende App laeuft
+spec:
+  groups:
+    - name: "hetzner_rate_limit_alert.rules"         # ".rules" muss unbedingt im Namen enthalten sein!!
+      rules:
+        - alert: hetzner_rate_limit_threshold
+          for: 1m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning                        # Sollte dazu geschrieben werden um Alerts Sauber zwischen Teams zu trennen
+          expr: sum(sum by(api_endpoint)(hcloud_api_requests_total) - sum by(api_endpoint)(hcloud_api_requests_total offset 1h)) > 1800 # hier kommt die eigentliche Alert expression rein
+          annotations:
+            message: 50% of Hetzner Rate Limit requests reached
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diff --git a/clusterspecifics/alerts/kustomization.yaml b/clusterspecifics/alerts/kustomization.yaml
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+++ b/clusterspecifics/alerts/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+resources:
+- alert_hetzner_api_requestlimit.yaml
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diff --git a/clusterspecifics/kustomization.yaml b/clusterspecifics/kustomization.yaml
index 9580dd9..d568411 100644
--- a/clusterspecifics/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusterspecifics/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ bases:
 - secrets
 - servicemonitors
 - dashboards
+- alerts