diff --git a/deegree-datastores/deegree-featurestores/deegree-featurestore-sql/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/FML.g b/deegree-datastores/deegree-featurestores/deegree-featurestore-sql/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/FML.g
index af26a0227e..d2151c5edc 100644
--- a/deegree-datastores/deegree-featurestores/deegree-featurestore-sql/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/FML.g
+++ b/deegree-datastores/deegree-featurestores/deegree-featurestore-sql/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/FML.g
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ catch [RecognitionException re] {
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------
  * LEXER RULES
  *------------------------------------------------------------------*/   
-   
+
 Identifier
-    :    ('a'..'z' | 'A'..'Z' | '0'..'9' | '_' | '-' | '"' )+
+    :    ('a'..'z' | 'A'..'Z' | '0'..'9' | '_' | '-' | '"' |'\u00C0'..'\u00D6'|'\u00D8'..'\u00F6'|'\u00F8'..'\u00FF')+
     ;
 
 Text
diff --git a/deegree-datastores/deegree-featurestores/deegree-featurestore-sql/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/output/FMLLexer.java b/deegree-datastores/deegree-featurestores/deegree-featurestore-sql/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/output/FMLLexer.java
index 2f9e56c3fe..947d512c14 100644
--- a/deegree-datastores/deegree-featurestores/deegree-featurestore-sql/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/output/FMLLexer.java
+++ b/deegree-datastores/deegree-featurestores/deegree-featurestore-sql/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/output/FMLLexer.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public final void mIdentifier() throws RecognitionException {
                 int alt1=2;
                 int LA1_0 = input.LA(1);
 
-                if ( ((LA1_0>='0' && LA1_0<='9')||(LA1_0>='A' && LA1_0<='Z')||LA1_0=='_'||(LA1_0>='a' && LA1_0<='z')) ) {
+                if ( ((LA1_0>='0' && LA1_0<='9')||(LA1_0>='A' && LA1_0<='Z')||LA1_0=='_'||(LA1_0>='a' && LA1_0<='z')||(LA1_0>='\u00C0' && LA1_0<='\u00D6')||(LA1_0>='\u00D8' && LA1_0<='\u00F6')||(LA1_0>='\u00F8' && LA1_0<='\u00FF')) ) {
                     alt1=1;
                 }
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public final void mIdentifier() throws RecognitionException {
             	case 1 :
             	    // /home/schneider/workspace/deegree-core/src/main/antlr3/org/deegree/feature/persistence/mapping/antlr/FML.g:
             	    {
-            	    if ( (input.LA(1)>='0' && input.LA(1)<='9')||(input.LA(1)>='A' && input.LA(1)<='Z')||input.LA(1)=='_'||(input.LA(1)>='a' && input.LA(1)<='z') ) {
+            	    if ( (input.LA(1)>='0' && input.LA(1)<='9')||(input.LA(1)>='A' && input.LA(1)<='Z')||input.LA(1)=='_'||(input.LA(1)>='a' && input.LA(1)<='z')||(input.LA(1)>='\u00C0' && input.LA(1)<='\u00D6') ||(input.LA(1)>='\u00D8' && input.LA(1)<='\u00F6') ||(input.LA(1)>='\u00F8' && input.LA(1)<='\u00FF') ) {
             	        input.consume();
 
             	    }