diff --git a/VadereGui/resources/messages.properties b/VadereGui/resources/messages.properties
index 43cffb67292eff743b5cab79b6036d1c9d6928a4..e2e3fa88c4faef16e6f4b283e5e801ec1e03b62d 100644
--- a/VadereGui/resources/messages.properties
+++ b/VadereGui/resources/messages.properties
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ Tab.Event.title=Events
 Tab.OutputProcessors.title=Data output
 Tab.TopographyCreator.title=Topography creator
 Tab.PostVisualization.title=Post-Visualization
+TextView.Button.LoadPresettings=Load presettings
 
 # Info Panel at bottom of Topography creator
 InfoPanel.ScenarioSize.label=Scenario Size
diff --git a/VadereGui/resources/messages_de_DE.properties b/VadereGui/resources/messages_de_DE.properties
index bf98ab6acc21d1cd437ebe2d37f49a7e5f9b54d8..daf52410d048ff2efd9905805231061e123a0a6a 100644
--- a/VadereGui/resources/messages_de_DE.properties
+++ b/VadereGui/resources/messages_de_DE.properties
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ Tab.Event.title=Events
 Tab.OutputProcessors.title=Datenausgabe
 Tab.TopographyCreator.title=Topographie-Designer
 Tab.PostVisualization.title=Post-Visualisierung
+TextView.Button.LoadPresettings=Voreinstellungen laden
 
 # Info Panel at bottom of Topography creator
 InfoPanel.ScenarioSize.label=Szenariogr\u00f6\u00dfe
diff --git a/VadereGui/src/org/vadere/gui/projectview/view/TextView.java b/VadereGui/src/org/vadere/gui/projectview/view/TextView.java
index 17faef9f252852a60ceeb2eee483ceca592e24a6..bb779889f382b507106c771ebb776cab26f242e9 100644
--- a/VadereGui/src/org/vadere/gui/projectview/view/TextView.java
+++ b/VadereGui/src/org/vadere/gui/projectview/view/TextView.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.vadere.simulator.projects.dataprocessing.DataProcessingJsonManager;
 import org.vadere.simulator.projects.io.JsonConverter;
 import org.vadere.state.attributes.ModelDefinition;
 import org.vadere.state.events.json.EventInfoStore;
+import org.vadere.state.events.presettings.EventPresettings;
 import org.vadere.state.scenario.Topography;
 import org.vadere.state.util.StateJsonConverter;
 import org.vadere.util.io.IOUtils;
@@ -110,15 +111,18 @@ public class TextView extends JPanel implements IJsonView {
 		add(panelTop, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 		panelTop.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER, 5, 5));
 
+		generatePresettingsMenu(attributeType);
+
 		JButton btnSaveToFile = new JButton(Messages.getString("TextFileView.btnSaveToFile.text"));
 		btnSaveToFile.addActionListener(saveToFileActionListener);
         btnSaveToFile.setIcon(new ImageIcon(Resources.class.getResource("/icons/floppy.gif")));
+
 		panelTop.add(btnSaveToFile);
 		btnLoadFromFile = new JButton(Messages.getString("TextView.btnLoadFromFile.text"));
         btnLoadFromFile.setIcon(new ImageIcon(Resources.class.getResource("/icons/floppy.gif")));
         panelTop.add(btnLoadFromFile);
 
-        jsonValidIndicator = new JsonValidIndicator();
+		jsonValidIndicator = new JsonValidIndicator();
 		panelTop.add(jsonValidIndicator);
 		JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
 		add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
@@ -205,6 +209,35 @@ public class TextView extends JPanel implements IJsonView {
 		jsonValidIndicator.setValid();
 	}
 
+	private void generatePresettingsMenu(final AttributeType attributeType) {
+		if (attributeType == AttributeType.EVENT) {
+			JMenuBar presetMenuBar = new JMenuBar();
+			JMenu mnPresetMenu = new JMenu(Messages.getString("TextView.Button.LoadPresettings"));
+			presetMenuBar.add(mnPresetMenu);
+
+			EventPresettings.PRESETTINGS_MAP.forEach(
+					(clazz, jsonString) -> mnPresetMenu.add(new JMenuItem(new AbstractAction(clazz.getSimpleName()) {
+						private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+						@Override
+						public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+							if (JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(ProjectView.getMainWindow(),
+									Messages.getString("Tab.Model.confirmLoadTemplate.text"),
+									Messages.getString("Tab.Model.confirmLoadTemplate.title"),
+									JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION) == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) {
+								try {
+									txtrTextfiletextarea.setText(jsonString);
+								} catch (Exception e1) {
+									e1.printStackTrace();
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					})));
+
+			panelTop.add(presetMenuBar);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setVadereScenario(Scenario scenario) { // in order to avoid passing the exception upwards. might not be the best solution
 		try {
diff --git a/VadereState/src/org/vadere/state/events/presettings/EventPresettings.java b/VadereState/src/org/vadere/state/events/presettings/EventPresettings.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c278799731f0db7417f6c4241944b58e13245db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VadereState/src/org/vadere/state/events/presettings/EventPresettings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package org.vadere.state.events.presettings;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.vadere.state.events.json.EventInfo;
+import org.vadere.state.events.json.EventInfoStore;
+import org.vadere.state.events.types.*;
+import org.vadere.state.util.JacksonObjectMapper;
+import org.vadere.util.geometry.shapes.VRectangle;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Provide JSON presettings for commonly used events.
+ *
+ * This class can be used as helper for GUI elements.
+ */
+public class EventPresettings {
+    /** Map an event class (e.g., BangEvent) to a JSON string. */
+    public static Map<Class, String> PRESETTINGS_MAP;
+
+    // Static initializer for "PRESETTINGS_MAP".
+    static {
+        PRESETTINGS_MAP = new HashMap<>();
+
+        Event[] eventsToUse = new Event[] {
+                new BangEvent(),
+                new WaitEvent(),
+                new WaitInAreaEvent(0, new VRectangle(0, 0, 10, 10)),
+        };
+
+        for (Event event : eventsToUse) {
+            // Container for a timeframe and the corresponding events.
+            EventInfo eventInfo = new EventInfo();
+
+            List<Event> events = new ArrayList<>();
+            events.add(event);
+
+            eventInfo.setEventTimeframe(new EventTimeframe(0, 10, false, 0));
+            eventInfo.setEvents(events);
+
+            // Container for multiple event infos.
+            List<EventInfo> eventInfos = new ArrayList<>();
+            eventInfos.add(eventInfo);
+
+            EventInfoStore eventInfoStore = new EventInfoStore();
+            eventInfoStore.setEventInfos(eventInfos);
+
+            try {
+                ObjectMapper mapper = new JacksonObjectMapper();
+                // String jsonDataString = mapper.writeValueAsString(eventInfoStore);
+                String jsonDataString = mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(eventInfoStore);
+
+                PRESETTINGS_MAP.put(event.getClass(), jsonDataString);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+}