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+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+# Insert filters
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-php
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-fastphp
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
+
+# Drop problematic browsers
+BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
+BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
+BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
+
+# Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content
+Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
+</IfModule>
+
+# BEGIN WordPress
+# Die Direktiven (Zeilen) zwischen „BEGIN WordPress“ und „END WordPress“ sind
+# dynamisch generiert und sollten nur über WordPress-Filter geändert werden.
+# Alle Änderungen an den Direktiven zwischen diesen Markierungen werden überschrieben.
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
+RewriteBase /
+RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
+</IfModule>
+
+# END WordPress
+