diff --git a/src/fellchensammlung/static/fellchensammlung/img/pin.png b/src/fellchensammlung/static/fellchensammlung/img/pin.png
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diff --git a/src/fellchensammlung/templates/fellchensammlung/partials/partial-map.html b/src/fellchensammlung/templates/fellchensammlung/partials/partial-map.html
index b29ed9f..186fe75 100644
--- a/src/fellchensammlung/templates/fellchensammlung/partials/partial-map.html
+++ b/src/fellchensammlung/templates/fellchensammlung/partials/partial-map.html
@@ -71,6 +71,136 @@
         {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
 
+    map.on('load', async () => {
+        image = await map.loadImage('{% static "fellchensammlung/img/pin.png" %}');
+        map.addImage('pin', image.data);
+        {% for map_pin in map_pins %}
+            map.addSource('point', {
+                'type': 'geojson',
+                'data': {
+                    'type': 'FeatureCollection',
+                    'features': [
+                        {
+                            'type': 'Feature',
+                            'geometry': {
+                                'type': 'Point',
+                                'coordinates': [parseFloat({{ map_pin.location.longitude  }}),
+                                    parseFloat({{ map_pin.location.latitude  }})]
+                            }
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            });
+        {% endfor %}
+        map.addLayer({
+            'id': 'pints',
+            'type': 'symbol',
+            'source': 'point',
+            'layout': {
+                'icon-image': 'pin',
+                'icon-size': 0.1
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+    const size = 200;
+
+    // implementation of StyleImageInterface to draw a pulsing dot icon on the map
+    // Search for StyleImageInterface in https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/API/
+    const pulsingDot = {
+        width: size,
+        height: size,
+        data: new Uint8Array(size * size * 4),
+
+        // get rendering context for the map canvas when layer is added to the map
+        onAdd() {
+            const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+            canvas.width = this.width;
+            canvas.height = this.height;
+            this.context = canvas.getContext('2d');
+        },
+
+        // called once before every frame where the icon will be used
+        render() {
+            const duration = 1000;
+            const t = (performance.now() % duration) / duration;
+
+            const radius = (size / 2) * 0.3;
+            const outerRadius = (size / 2) * 0.7 * t + radius;
+            const context = this.context;
+
+            // draw outer circle
+            context.clearRect(0, 0, this.width, this.height);
+            context.beginPath();
+            context.arc(
+                this.width / 2,
+                this.height / 2,
+                outerRadius,
+                0,
+                Math.PI * 2
+            );
+            context.fillStyle = `rgba(255, 200, 200,${1 - t})`;
+            context.fill();
+
+            // draw inner circle
+            context.beginPath();
+            context.arc(
+                this.width / 2,
+                this.height / 2,
+                radius,
+                0,
+                Math.PI * 2
+            );
+            context.fillStyle = 'rgba(255, 100, 100, 1)';
+            context.strokeStyle = 'white';
+            context.lineWidth = 2 + 4 * (1 - t);
+            context.fill();
+            context.stroke();
+
+            // update this image's data with data from the canvas
+            this.data = context.getImageData(
+                0,
+                0,
+                this.width,
+                this.height
+            ).data;
+
+            // continuously repaint the map, resulting in the smooth animation of the dot
+            map.triggerRepaint();
+
+            // return `true` to let the map know that the image was updated
+            return true;
+        }
+    };
+
+    map.on('load', () => {
+        map.addImage('pulsing-dot', pulsingDot, {pixelRatio: 2});
+
+        map.addSource('points', {
+            'type': 'geojson',
+            'data': {
+                'type': 'FeatureCollection',
+                'features': [
+                    {
+                        'type': 'Feature',
+                        'geometry': {
+                            'type': 'Point',
+                            'coordinates': [0, 0]
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        });
+        map.addLayer({
+            'id': 'points',
+            'type': 'symbol',
+            'source': 'points',
+            'layout': {
+                'icon-image': 'pulsing-dot'
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
     {% if search_radius  %}
         map.on('load', () => {
             const radius = {{ search_radius }}; // kilometer
diff --git a/src/fellchensammlung/views.py b/src/fellchensammlung/views.py
index 1b18c2f..64e99fd 100644
--- a/src/fellchensammlung/views.py
+++ b/src/fellchensammlung/views.py
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ def search(request):
                "searched": searched,
                "adoption_notices_map": AdoptionNotice.get_active_ANs(),
                "map_center": search.position,
+               "map_pins": [search],
                "location": search.location,
                "search_radius": search.max_distance,
                "zoom_level": zoom_level_for_radius(search.max_distance)}