diff --git a/backend/src/constants/categories.js b/backend/src/constants/categories.js
index 37cac8151..64ceb9021 100644
--- a/backend/src/constants/categories.js
+++ b/backend/src/constants/categories.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// this file is duplicated in `backend/src/config/metadata.js` and `webapp/constants/metadata.js`
-export default {
-  CATEGORIES_MIN: 1,
-  CATEGORIES_MAX: 3,
-}
+// this file is duplicated in `backend/src/constants/metadata.js` and `webapp/constants/metadata.js`
+export const CATEGORIES_MIN = 1
+export const CATEGORIES_MAX = 3
diff --git a/backend/src/constants/groups.js b/backend/src/constants/groups.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4a6063f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/constants/groups.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// this file is duplicated in `backend/src/constants/group.js` and `webapp/constants/group.js`
+export const DESCRIPTION_WITHOUT_HTML_LENGTH_MIN = 100 // with removed HTML tags
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/cleanHtml.js b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/cleanHtml.js
index 72976b43c..ac71f6bdc 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/cleanHtml.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/cleanHtml.js
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html'
 import linkifyHtml from 'linkifyjs/html'
 
+export const removeHtmlTags = (input) => {
+  return sanitizeHtml(input, {
+    allowedTags: [],
+    allowedAttributes: {},
+  })
+}
+
 const standardSanitizeHtmlOptions = {
   allowedTags: [
     'img',
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.js b/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.js
index 3cf760f31..087252975 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.js
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 import LanguageDetect from 'languagedetect'
-import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html'
-
-const removeHtmlTags = (input) => {
-  return sanitizeHtml(input, {
-    allowedTags: [],
-    allowedAttributes: {},
-  })
-}
+import { removeHtmlTags } from '../helpers/cleanHtml.js'
 
 const setPostLanguage = (text) => {
   const lngDetector = new LanguageDetect()
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/groups.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/groups.js
index a958e990e..0e07b7542 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/groups.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/groups.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
 // Wolle: import { isEmpty } from 'lodash'
 import { UserInputError } from 'apollo-server'
 import CONFIG from '../../config'
-import categories from '../../constants/categories'
+import { CATEGORIES_MIN, CATEGORIES_MAX } from '../../constants/categories'
+import { DESCRIPTION_WITHOUT_HTML_LENGTH_MIN } from '../../constants/groups'
+import { removeHtmlTags } from '../../middleware/helpers/cleanHtml.js'
 // Wolle: import { mergeImage, deleteImage } from './images/images'
 import Resolver from './helpers/Resolver'
 // Wolle: import { filterForMutedUsers } from './helpers/filterForMutedUsers'
@@ -70,12 +72,19 @@ export default {
     CreateGroup: async (_parent, params, context, _resolveInfo) => {
       const { categoryIds } = params
       delete params.categoryIds
-      if (!categoryIds || categoryIds.length < categories.CATEGORIES_MIN) {
+      if (!categoryIds || categoryIds.length < CATEGORIES_MIN) {
         throw new UserInputError('To Less Categories!')
       }
-      if (categoryIds && categoryIds.length > categories.CATEGORIES_MAX) {
+      if (categoryIds && categoryIds.length > CATEGORIES_MAX) {
         throw new UserInputError('To Many Categories!')
       }
+      if (
+        params.description === undefined ||
+        params.description === null ||
+        removeHtmlTags(params.description).length < DESCRIPTION_WITHOUT_HTML_LENGTH_MIN
+      ) {
+        throw new UserInputError('To Short Description!')
+      }
       params.id = params.id || uuid()
       const session = context.driver.session()
       const writeTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (transaction) => {
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/groups.spec.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/groups.spec.js
index 8f20c4fa7..ad9b6d68e 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/groups.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/groups.spec.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ let authenticatedUser
 let user
 
 const categoryIds = ['cat9', 'cat4', 'cat15']
+const descriptionAddition100 =
+  ' 123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789'
 let variables = {}
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Group', () => {
           id: 'others-group',
           name: 'Uninteresting Group',
           about: 'We will change nothing!',
-          description: 'We love it like it is!?',
+          description: 'We love it like it is!?' + descriptionAddition100,
           groupType: 'closed',
           actionRadius: 'international',
           categoryIds,
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ describe('Group', () => {
           id: 'my-group',
           name: 'The Best Group',
           about: 'We will change the world!',
-          description: 'Some description',
+          description: 'Some description' + descriptionAddition100,
           groupType: 'public',
           actionRadius: 'regional',
           categoryIds,
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ describe('CreateGroup', () => {
       name: 'The Best Group',
       slug: 'the-group',
       about: 'We will change the world!',
-      description: 'Some description',
+      description: 'Some description' + descriptionAddition100,
       groupType: 'public',
       actionRadius: 'regional',
       categoryIds,
@@ -423,6 +425,25 @@ describe('CreateGroup', () => {
       )
     })
 
+    describe('description', () => {
+      describe('length without HTML', () => {
+        describe('less then 100 chars', () => {
+          it('throws error: "To Less Categories!"', async () => {
+            const { errors } = await mutate({
+              mutation: createGroupMutation,
+              variables: {
+                ...variables,
+                description:
+                  '0123456789' +
+                  '<a href="https://domain.org/0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789">0123456789</a>',
+              },
+            })
+            expect(errors[0]).toHaveProperty('message', 'To Short Description!')
+          })
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('categories', () => {
       describe('not even one', () => {
         it('throws error: "To Less Categories!"', async () => {
diff --git a/webapp/constants/categories.js b/webapp/constants/categories.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64ceb9021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/constants/categories.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// this file is duplicated in `backend/src/constants/metadata.js` and `webapp/constants/metadata.js`
+export const CATEGORIES_MIN = 1
+export const CATEGORIES_MAX = 3
diff --git a/webapp/constants/groups.js b/webapp/constants/groups.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4a6063f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/constants/groups.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// this file is duplicated in `backend/src/constants/group.js` and `webapp/constants/group.js`
+export const DESCRIPTION_WITHOUT_HTML_LENGTH_MIN = 100 // with removed HTML tags