diff --git a/cypress/integration/maxLength.spec.ts b/cypress/integration/maxLength.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a8bde35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/integration/maxLength.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+const tenChars: string = '0123456789'
+
+describe('status-bar text-length info', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    cy.visit('/n/test')
+    cy.get('.CodeMirror textarea')
+      .type('{ctrl}a', { force: true })
+      .type('{backspace}')
+  })
+
+  it('tooltip shows full remaining on empty text', () => {
+    cy.get('.status-bar div:nth-child(2) span:nth-child(2)')
+      .attribute('title')
+      .should('contain', ' 200 ')
+  })
+
+  it('color is warning on <= 100 chars remaining', () => {
+    cy.get('.CodeMirror textarea')
+    .type(`${tenChars.repeat(10)}`)
+    cy.get('.status-bar div:nth-child(2) span:nth-child(2)')
+      .should('have.class', 'text-warning')
+  })
+
+  it('color is danger on <= 0 chars remaining', () => {
+    cy.get('.CodeMirror textarea')
+    .type(`${tenChars.repeat(20)}`)
+    cy.get('.status-bar div:nth-child(2) span:nth-child(2)')
+    .should('have.class', 'text-danger')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('show warning if content length > configured max length', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    cy.visit('/n/test')
+    cy.get('.CodeMirror textarea')
+    .type('{ctrl}a', { force: true })
+    .type('{backspace}')
+    .type(`${tenChars.repeat(20)}`)
+  })
+
+  it('show warning alert in renderer and as modal', () => {
+    cy.get('.CodeMirror textarea')
+      .type('a')
+    cy.get('.modal-body.limit-warning')
+      .should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.splitter .alert-danger')
+    .should('be.visible')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/cypress/support/config.ts b/cypress/support/config.ts
index b92e7b357..10e5c2100 100644
--- a/cypress/support/config.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/config.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
         oauth2: 'Olaf2',
         saml: 'aufSAMLn.de'
       },
+      maxDocumentLength: 200,
       specialLinks: {
         privacy: 'https://example.com/privacy',
         termsOfUse: 'https://example.com/termsOfUse',
diff --git a/cypress/support/index.ts b/cypress/support/index.ts
index a5e67a059..a6f148d4b 100644
--- a/cypress/support/index.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // https://on.cypress.io/configuration
 // ***********************************************************
 
+import 'cypress-commands'
 import './checkLinks'
 import './config'
 import './login'
diff --git a/cypress/tsconfig.json b/cypress/tsconfig.json
index b4871a1ab..092086254 100644
--- a/cypress/tsconfig.json
+++ b/cypress/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "strict": true,
     "baseUrl": "../node_modules",
-    "target": "es5",
-    "lib": ["es5", "dom"],
-    "types": ["cypress"]
+    "target": "es6",
+    "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
+    "types": ["cypress-commands", "cypress"]
   },
   "include": [
     "**/*.ts"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e94ab8fa4..ba163a20d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
         "@types/redux-devtools": "3.0.47",
         "@types/redux-devtools-extension": "2.13.2",
         "cypress": "5.1.0",
+        "cypress-commands": "^1.1.0",
         "eslint-plugin-chai-friendly": "0.6.0",
         "eslint-plugin-cypress": "2.11.1",
         "http-server": "0.12.3",
diff --git a/public/api/v2/config b/public/api/v2/config
index 6a3dd78be..29e90faf8 100644
--- a/public/api/v2/config
+++ b/public/api/v2/config
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "oauth2": "Olaf2",
     "saml": "aufSAMLn.de"
   },
+  "maxDocumentLength": 100000,
   "useImageProxy": false,
   "plantumlServer": "http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml",
   "specialLinks": {
diff --git a/public/locales/en.json b/public/locales/en.json
index dc8ba77e6..f0f971f31 100644
--- a/public/locales/en.json
+++ b/public/locales/en.json
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@
                 "description": "Sorry, only the owner can edit this note."
             },
             "limitReached": {
-                "title": "Reach the limit",
-                "description": "Sorry, you've reached the maximum length this note can be.",
+                "title": "Reached the limit",
+                "description": "Sorry, this note reached its maximum length. Notes can be up to {{maxLength}} characters long.",
                 "advice": "Please shorten the note."
             },
             "incompatible": {
@@ -277,7 +277,11 @@
             },
             "lines": "{{lines}} Lines",
             "length": "Length {{length}}",
-            "lengthTooltip": "You can write up to 100000 characters in this document."
+            "lengthTooltip": {
+                "maximumReached": "You've reached the maximum length of this note.",
+                "remaining": "You may still write {{remaining}} characters until you reach the limit for this note.",
+                "exceeded": "You've exceeded the maximum length of this note by {{exceeded}} characters. Consider shortening it."
+            }
         },
         "export": {
             "rawHtml": "Raw HTML",
diff --git a/src/api/config/types.d.ts b/src/api/config/types.d.ts
index 4728a0e6d..f4aaec7db 100644
--- a/src/api/config/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/api/config/types.d.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface Config {
   specialLinks: SpecialLinks,
   version: BackendVersion,
   plantumlServer: string | null,
+  maxDocumentLength: number,
 }
 
 export interface BrandingConfig {
diff --git a/src/components/editor/editor-modals/max-length-warning-modal.tsx b/src/components/editor/editor-modals/max-length-warning-modal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e46b078d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/editor/editor-modals/max-length-warning-modal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { Button, Modal } from 'react-bootstrap'
+import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { CommonModal } from '../../common/modals/common-modal'
+
+export interface MaxLengthWarningModalProps {
+  show: boolean
+  onHide: () => void
+  maxLength: number
+}
+
+export const MaxLengthWarningModal: React.FC<MaxLengthWarningModalProps> = ({ show, onHide, maxLength }) => {
+  useTranslation()
+
+  return (
+    <CommonModal show={show} onHide={onHide} titleI18nKey={'editor.error.limitReached.title'} closeButton={true}>
+      <Modal.Body className={'limit-warning'}>
+        <Trans i18nKey={'editor.error.limitReached.description'} values={{ maxLength }} />
+        <strong className='mt-2 d-block'><Trans i18nKey={'editor.error.limitReached.advice'}/></strong>
+      </Modal.Body>
+      <Modal.Footer>
+        <Button onClick={onHide}><Trans i18nKey={'common.close'}/></Button>
+      </Modal.Footer>
+    </CommonModal>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/editor/editor-pane/editor-pane.tsx b/src/components/editor/editor-pane/editor-pane.tsx
index 341e7258e..2babbd846 100644
--- a/src/components/editor/editor-pane/editor-pane.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editor/editor-pane/editor-pane.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import 'codemirror/mode/gfm/gfm'
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Controlled as ControlledCodeMirror } from 'react-codemirror2'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { useSelector } from 'react-redux'
+import { ApplicationState } from '../../../redux'
+import { MaxLengthWarningModal } from '../editor-modals/max-length-warning-modal'
 import { ScrollProps, ScrollState } from '../scroll/scroll-props'
 import { allHinters, findWordAtCursor } from './autocompletion'
 import './editor-pane.scss'
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ const onChange = (editor: Editor) => {
 
 export const EditorPane: React.FC<EditorPaneProps & ScrollProps> = ({ onContentChange, content, scrollState, onScroll, onMakeScrollSource }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
+  const maxLength = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.config.maxDocumentLength)
+  const [showMaxLengthWarning, setShowMaxLengthWarning] = useState(false)
+  const maxLengthWarningAlreadyShown = useRef(false)
   const [editor, setEditor] = useState<Editor>()
   const [statusBarInfo, setStatusBarInfo] = useState<StatusBarInfo>(defaultState)
   const [editorPreferences, setEditorPreferences] = useState<EditorConfiguration>({
@@ -99,15 +105,24 @@ export const EditorPane: React.FC<EditorPaneProps & ScrollProps> = ({ onContentC
   }, [editor, scrollState])
 
   const onBeforeChange = useCallback((editor: Editor, data: EditorChange, value: string) => {
+    if (value.length > maxLength && !maxLengthWarningAlreadyShown.current) {
+      setShowMaxLengthWarning(true)
+      maxLengthWarningAlreadyShown.current = true
+    }
+    if (value.length <= maxLength) {
+      maxLengthWarningAlreadyShown.current = false
+    }
     onContentChange(value)
-  }, [onContentChange])
+  }, [onContentChange, maxLength, maxLengthWarningAlreadyShown])
   const onEditorDidMount = useCallback(mountedEditor => {
-    setStatusBarInfo(createStatusInfo(mountedEditor))
+    setStatusBarInfo(createStatusInfo(mountedEditor, maxLength))
     setEditor(mountedEditor)
-  }, [])
+  }, [maxLength])
+
   const onCursorActivity = useCallback((editorWithActivity) => {
-    setStatusBarInfo(createStatusInfo(editorWithActivity))
-  }, [])
+    setStatusBarInfo(createStatusInfo(editorWithActivity, maxLength))
+  }, [maxLength])
+
   const codeMirrorOptions: EditorConfiguration = useMemo<EditorConfiguration>(() => ({
     ...editorPreferences,
     mode: 'gfm',
@@ -140,6 +155,7 @@ export const EditorPane: React.FC<EditorPaneProps & ScrollProps> = ({ onContentC
 
   return (
     <div className={'d-flex flex-column h-100'} onMouseEnter={onMakeScrollSource}>
+      <MaxLengthWarningModal show={showMaxLengthWarning} onHide={() => setShowMaxLengthWarning(false)} maxLength={maxLength}/>
       <ToolBar
         editor={editor}
         onPreferencesChange={config => setEditorPreferences(config)}
diff --git a/src/components/editor/editor-pane/status-bar/status-bar.tsx b/src/components/editor/editor-pane/status-bar/status-bar.tsx
index a116cd93b..a3c62633a 100644
--- a/src/components/editor/editor-pane/status-bar/status-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editor/editor-pane/status-bar/status-bar.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Editor, Position } from 'codemirror'
-import React from 'react'
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { ShowIf } from '../../../common/show-if/show-if'
 import './status-bar.scss'
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface StatusBarInfo {
   selectedLines: number
   linesInDocument: number
   charactersInDocument: number
+  remainingCharacters: number
 }
 
 export const defaultState: StatusBarInfo = {
@@ -17,20 +18,32 @@ export const defaultState: StatusBarInfo = {
   selectedColumns: 0,
   selectedLines: 0,
   linesInDocument: 0,
-  charactersInDocument: 0
+  charactersInDocument: 0,
+  remainingCharacters: 0
 }
 
-export const createStatusInfo = (editor: Editor): StatusBarInfo => ({
+export const createStatusInfo = (editor: Editor, maxDocumentLength: number): StatusBarInfo => ({
   position: editor.getCursor(),
   charactersInDocument: editor.getValue().length,
+  remainingCharacters: maxDocumentLength - editor.getValue().length,
   linesInDocument: editor.lineCount(),
   selectedColumns: editor.getSelection().length,
   selectedLines: editor.getSelection().split('\n').length
 })
 
-export const StatusBar: React.FC<StatusBarInfo> = ({ position, selectedColumns, selectedLines, charactersInDocument, linesInDocument }) => {
+export const StatusBar: React.FC<StatusBarInfo> = ({ position, selectedColumns, selectedLines, charactersInDocument, linesInDocument, remainingCharacters }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
 
+  const getLengthTooltip = useMemo(() => {
+    if (remainingCharacters === 0) {
+      return t('editor.statusBar.lengthTooltip.maximumReached')
+    }
+    if (remainingCharacters < 0) {
+      return t('editor.statusBar.lengthTooltip.exceeded', { exceeded: -remainingCharacters })
+    }
+    return t('editor.statusBar.lengthTooltip.remaining', { remaining: remainingCharacters })
+  }, [remainingCharacters, t])
+
   return (
     <div className="d-flex flex-row status-bar px-2">
       <div>
@@ -46,7 +59,13 @@ export const StatusBar: React.FC<StatusBarInfo> = ({ position, selectedColumns,
       </div>
       <div className="ml-auto">
         <span>{t('editor.statusBar.lines', { lines: linesInDocument })}</span>
-        <span title={t('editor.statusBar.lengthTooltip')}>&nbsp;–&nbsp;{t('editor.statusBar.length', { length: charactersInDocument })}</span>
+        &nbsp;–&nbsp;
+        <span
+          title={getLengthTooltip}
+          className={remainingCharacters <= 0 ? 'text-danger' : remainingCharacters <= 100 ? 'text-warning' : ''}
+        >
+          {t('editor.statusBar.length', { length: charactersInDocument })}
+        </span>
       </div>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-renderer.tsx b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-renderer.tsx
index 48f731e58..0ebba77c6 100644
--- a/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-renderer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/markdown-renderer/markdown-renderer.tsx
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ export const MarkdownRenderer: React.FC<MarkdownRendererProps> = ({
   wide
 }) => {
   const [tocAst, setTocAst] = useState<TocAst>()
+  const maxLength = useSelector((state: ApplicationState) => state.config.maxDocumentLength)
   const lastTocAst = useRef<TocAst>()
   const [yamlError, setYamlError] = useState(false)
   const rawMetaRef = useRef<RawYAMLMetadata>()
@@ -364,13 +365,14 @@ export const MarkdownRenderer: React.FC<MarkdownRendererProps> = ({
       // This is used if the front-matter callback is never called, because the user deleted everything regarding metadata from the document
       rawMetaRef.current = undefined
     }
-    const html: string = markdownIt.render(content)
-    const contentLines = content.split('\n')
+    const trimmedContent = content.substr(0, maxLength)
+    const html: string = markdownIt.render(trimmedContent)
+    const contentLines = trimmedContent.split('\n')
     const { lines: newLines, lastUsedLineId: newLastUsedLineId } = calculateNewLineNumberMapping(contentLines, oldMarkdownLineKeys.current ?? [], lastUsedLineId.current)
     oldMarkdownLineKeys.current = newLines
     lastUsedLineId.current = newLastUsedLineId
     return ReactHtmlParser(html, { transform: buildTransformer(newLines, allReplacers) })
-  }, [content, markdownIt, onMetaDataChange, onTaskCheckedChange])
+  }, [content, markdownIt, onMetaDataChange, onTaskCheckedChange, maxLength])
 
   return (
     <div className={'bg-light flex-fill'}>
@@ -382,6 +384,11 @@ export const MarkdownRenderer: React.FC<MarkdownRendererProps> = ({
             </Trans>
           </Alert>
         </ShowIf>
+        <ShowIf condition={content.length > maxLength}>
+          <Alert variant='danger' dir={'auto'}>
+            <Trans i18nKey={'editor.error.limitReached.description'} values={{ maxLength }}/>
+          </Alert>
+        </ShowIf>
         <div ref={documentElement} className={'markdown-body w-100 d-flex flex-column align-items-center'}>
           {markdownReactDom}
         </div>
diff --git a/src/redux/config/reducers.ts b/src/redux/config/reducers.ts
index c70238986..497ac3d05 100644
--- a/src/redux/config/reducers.ts
+++ b/src/redux/config/reducers.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export const initialState: Config = {
     oauth2: '',
     saml: ''
   },
+  maxDocumentLength: 0,
   useImageProxy: false,
   plantumlServer: null,
   specialLinks: {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ca644b64f..4cca7cd91 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4344,6 +4344,11 @@ cyclist@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cyclist/-/cyclist-1.0.1.tgz#596e9698fd0c80e12038c2b82d6eb1b35b6224d9"
   integrity sha1-WW6WmP0MgOEgOMK4LW6xs1tiJNk=
 
+cypress-commands@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress-commands/-/cypress-commands-1.1.0.tgz#9248190168783deb8ab27ae7c722e3e01d172c97"
+  integrity sha512-Q8Jr25pHJQFXwln6Hp8O+Hgs8Z506Y2wA9F1Te2cTajjc5L9gtt9WPOcw1Ogh+OgyqaMHF+uq31vdfImRTio5Q==
+
 cypress@5.1.0:
   version "5.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-5.1.0.tgz#979e9ff3e0acd792eefd365bf104046479a9643b"