diff --git a/admin-lehrer/app/(admin)/ai/ocr-pipeline/page.tsx b/admin-lehrer/app/(admin)/ai/ocr-pipeline/page.tsx
index 378159b..b02f409 100644
--- a/admin-lehrer/app/(admin)/ai/ocr-pipeline/page.tsx
+++ b/admin-lehrer/app/(admin)/ai/ocr-pipeline/page.tsx
@@ -92,15 +92,24 @@ export default function OcrPipelinePage() {
       let uiStep = Math.max(0, dbStep - 1)
       const skipSteps = [...(savedDocType?.skip_steps || [])]
 
-      // Sub-sessions: image is already cropped, skip pre-processing steps
-      // Jump directly to columns (UI step 4) unless already further ahead
+      // Sub-session handling depends on how they were created:
+      // - Crop-based (current_step >= 5): image already cropped, skip all pre-processing
+      // - Page-split (current_step 2): orientation done on parent, skip only orientation
+      // - Page-split from original (current_step 1): needs full pipeline
       const isSubSession = !!data.parent_session_id
-      const SUB_SESSION_SKIP = ['orientation', 'deskew', 'dewarp', 'crop']
       if (isSubSession) {
-        for (const s of SUB_SESSION_SKIP) {
-          if (!skipSteps.includes(s)) skipSteps.push(s)
+        if (dbStep >= 5) {
+          // Crop-based sub-sessions: image already cropped
+          const SUB_SESSION_SKIP = ['orientation', 'deskew', 'dewarp', 'crop']
+          for (const s of SUB_SESSION_SKIP) {
+            if (!skipSteps.includes(s)) skipSteps.push(s)
+          }
+          if (uiStep < 4) uiStep = 4 // columns step (index 4)
+        } else if (dbStep >= 2) {
+          // Page-split sub-session: parent orientation applied, skip only orientation
+          if (!skipSteps.includes('orientation')) skipSteps.push('orientation')
         }
-        if (uiStep < 4) uiStep = 4 // columns step (index 4)
+        // dbStep === 1: page-split from original image, needs full pipeline
       }
 
       setSteps(
@@ -245,6 +254,13 @@ export default function OcrPipelinePage() {
     setSessionId(sid)
     // Reload session list to show the new session
     loadSessions()
+
+    // If page-split created sub-sessions, open the first one
+    if (subSessions.length > 0) {
+      openSession(subSessions[0].id, true)
+      return
+    }
+
     handleNext()
   }
 
@@ -365,7 +381,7 @@ export default function OcrPipelinePage() {
   const renderStep = () => {
     switch (currentStep) {
       case 0:
-        return <StepOrientation sessionId={sessionId} onNext={handleOrientationComplete} />
+        return <StepOrientation sessionId={sessionId} onNext={handleOrientationComplete} onSubSessionsCreated={handleBoxSessionsCreated} />
       case 1:
         return <StepDeskew sessionId={sessionId} onNext={handleNext} />
       case 2:
diff --git a/admin-lehrer/components/ocr-pipeline/StepOrientation.tsx b/admin-lehrer/components/ocr-pipeline/StepOrientation.tsx
index 89239c7..9bf0515 100644
--- a/admin-lehrer/components/ocr-pipeline/StepOrientation.tsx
+++ b/admin-lehrer/components/ocr-pipeline/StepOrientation.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
 'use client'
 
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import type { OrientationResult, SessionInfo } from '@/app/(admin)/ai/ocr-pipeline/types'
+import type { OrientationResult, SessionInfo, SubSession } from '@/app/(admin)/ai/ocr-pipeline/types'
 import { ImageCompareView } from './ImageCompareView'
 
 const KLAUSUR_API = '/klausur-api'
 
+interface PageSplitResult {
+  multi_page: boolean
+  page_count?: number
+  sub_sessions?: { id: string; name: string; page_index: number }[]
+  used_original?: boolean
+  duration_seconds?: number
+}
+
 interface StepOrientationProps {
   sessionId?: string | null
   onNext: (sessionId: string) => void
+  onSubSessionsCreated?: (subs: SubSession[]) => void
 }
 
-export function StepOrientation({ sessionId: existingSessionId, onNext }: StepOrientationProps) {
+export function StepOrientation({ sessionId: existingSessionId, onNext, onSubSessionsCreated }: StepOrientationProps) {
   const [session, setSession] = useState<SessionInfo | null>(null)
   const [orientationResult, setOrientationResult] = useState<OrientationResult | null>(null)
+  const [pageSplitResult, setPageSplitResult] = useState<PageSplitResult | null>(null)
   const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false)
   const [detecting, setDetecting] = useState(false)
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
@@ -92,13 +102,38 @@ export function StepOrientation({ sessionId: existingSessionId, onNext }: StepOr
         corrected: orientData.corrected,
         duration_seconds: orientData.duration_seconds,
       })
+
+      // Auto-trigger page-split detection (double-page book spreads)
+      try {
+        const splitRes = await fetch(
+          `${KLAUSUR_API}/api/v1/ocr-pipeline/sessions/${data.session_id}/page-split`,
+          { method: 'POST' },
+        )
+        if (splitRes.ok) {
+          const splitData: PageSplitResult = await splitRes.json()
+          setPageSplitResult(splitData)
+          if (splitData.multi_page && splitData.sub_sessions && onSubSessionsCreated) {
+            onSubSessionsCreated(
+              splitData.sub_sessions.map((s) => ({
+                id: s.id,
+                name: s.name,
+                box_index: s.page_index,
+                current_step: splitData.used_original ? 1 : 2,
+              }))
+            )
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Page-split detection failed:', e)
+        // Not critical — continue as single page
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       setError(e instanceof Error ? e.message : 'Unbekannter Fehler')
     } finally {
       setUploading(false)
       setDetecting(false)
     }
-  }, [sessionName])
+  }, [sessionName, onSubSessionsCreated])
 
   const handleDrop = useCallback((e: React.DragEvent) => {
     e.preventDefault()
@@ -225,6 +260,29 @@ export function StepOrientation({ sessionId: existingSessionId, onNext }: StepOr
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {/* Page-split result */}
+      {pageSplitResult?.multi_page && (
+        <div className="bg-blue-50 dark:bg-blue-900/20 rounded-lg border border-blue-200 dark:border-blue-700 p-4">
+          <div className="text-sm font-medium text-blue-700 dark:text-blue-300">
+            Doppelseite erkannt — {pageSplitResult.page_count} Seiten
+          </div>
+          <p className="text-xs text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400 mt-1">
+            Jede Seite wird einzeln durch die Pipeline (Begradigung, Entzerrung, Zuschnitt, ...) verarbeitet.
+            {pageSplitResult.used_original && ' (Seitentrennung auf dem Originalbild, da die Orientierung die Doppelseite gedreht hat.)'}
+          </p>
+          <div className="flex gap-2 mt-2">
+            {pageSplitResult.sub_sessions?.map((s) => (
+              <span
+                key={s.id}
+                className="text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded-md bg-blue-100 dark:bg-blue-800/40 text-blue-700 dark:text-blue-300"
+              >
+                {s.name}
+              </span>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       {/* Next button */}
       {orientationResult && (
         <div className="flex justify-end">
@@ -232,7 +290,7 @@ export function StepOrientation({ sessionId: existingSessionId, onNext }: StepOr
             onClick={() => onNext(session.session_id)}
             className="px-6 py-2 bg-teal-600 text-white rounded-lg hover:bg-teal-700 font-medium transition-colors"
           >
-            Weiter &rarr;
+            {pageSplitResult?.multi_page ? 'Seiten verarbeiten' : 'Weiter'} &rarr;
           </button>
         </div>
       )}
diff --git a/klausur-service/backend/orientation_crop_api.py b/klausur-service/backend/orientation_crop_api.py
index 0d758b9..a537137 100644
--- a/klausur-service/backend/orientation_crop_api.py
+++ b/klausur-service/backend/orientation_crop_api.py
@@ -191,6 +191,23 @@ async def detect_page_split(session_id: str):
 
     t0 = time.time()
     page_splits = detect_page_splits(img_bgr)
+    used_original = False
+
+    if not page_splits or len(page_splits) < 2:
+        # Orientation may have rotated a landscape double-page spread to
+        # portrait.  Try the original (pre-orientation) image as fallback.
+        orig_bgr = cached.get("original_bgr")
+        if orig_bgr is not None and orig_bgr is not img_bgr:
+            page_splits_orig = detect_page_splits(orig_bgr)
+            if page_splits_orig and len(page_splits_orig) >= 2:
+                logger.info(
+                    "OCR Pipeline: page-split session %s: spread detected on "
+                    "ORIGINAL (orientation rotated it away)",
+                    session_id,
+                )
+                img_bgr = orig_bgr
+                page_splits = page_splits_orig
+                used_original = True
 
     if not page_splits or len(page_splits) < 2:
         duration = time.time() - t0
@@ -204,9 +221,12 @@ async def detect_page_split(session_id: str):
             "duration_seconds": round(duration, 2),
         }
 
-    # Multi-page spread detected — create sub-sessions for full pipeline
+    # Multi-page spread detected — create sub-sessions for full pipeline.
+    # start_step=2 means "ready for deskew" (orientation already applied).
+    # start_step=1 means "needs orientation too" (split from original image).
+    start_step = 1 if used_original else 2
     sub_sessions = await _create_page_sub_sessions_full(
-        session_id, cached, img_bgr, page_splits,
+        session_id, cached, img_bgr, page_splits, start_step=start_step,
     )
     duration = time.time() - t0
 
@@ -214,6 +234,7 @@ async def detect_page_split(session_id: str):
         "multi_page": True,
         "page_count": len(page_splits),
         "page_splits": page_splits,
+        "used_original": used_original,
         "duration_seconds": round(duration, 2),
     }
 
@@ -475,13 +496,14 @@ async def _create_page_sub_sessions_full(
     parent_cached: dict,
     full_img_bgr: np.ndarray,
     page_splits: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+    start_step: int = 2,
 ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     """Create sub-sessions for each page with RAW regions for full pipeline processing.
 
     Unlike ``_create_page_sub_sessions`` (used by the crop step), these
     sub-sessions store the *uncropped* page region and start at
-    ``current_step=2`` (ready for deskew).  Each page therefore goes through
-    its own deskew → dewarp → crop → columns → rows → words → grid pipeline,
+    ``start_step`` (default 2 = ready for deskew; 1 if orientation still
+    needed).  Each page goes through its own pipeline independently,
     which is essential for book spreads where each page has a different tilt.
     """
     # Idempotent: reuse existing sub-sessions
@@ -522,9 +544,9 @@ async def _create_page_sub_sessions_full(
             box_index=pi,
         )
 
-        # Start at step 2 (deskew) — orientation was already applied to the
-        # whole spread before splitting.
-        await update_session_db(sub_id, current_step=2)
+        # start_step=2 → ready for deskew (orientation already done on spread)
+        # start_step=1 → needs its own orientation (split from original image)
+        await update_session_db(sub_id, current_step=start_step)
 
         # Cache the BGR so the pipeline can start immediately
         _cache[sub_id] = {
@@ -542,7 +564,7 @@ async def _create_page_sub_sessions_full(
             "deskew_result": None,
             "dewarp_result": None,
             "ground_truth": {},
-            "current_step": 2,
+            "current_step": start_step,
         }
 
         rh, rw = page_bgr.shape[:2]