diff --git a/searx/engines/swisscows.py b/searx/engines/swisscows.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d31264c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/swisscows.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""
+ Swisscows (Web, Images)
+
+ @website     https://swisscows.ch
+ @provide-api no
+
+ @using-api   no
+ @results     HTML (using search portal)
+ @stable      no (HTML can change)
+ @parse       url, title, content
+"""
+
+from json import loads
+from urllib import urlencode, unquote
+import re
+
+# engine dependent config
+categories = ['general', 'images']
+paging = True
+language_support = True
+
+# search-url
+base_url = 'https://swisscows.ch/'
+search_string = '?{query}&page={page}'
+
+# regex
+regex_json = re.compile('initialData: {"Request":(.|\n)*},\s*environment')
+regex_json_remove_start = re.compile('^initialData:\s*')
+regex_json_remove_end = re.compile(',\s*environment$')
+regex_img_url_remove_start = re.compile('^https?://i\.swisscows\.ch/\?link=')
+
+
+# do search-request
+def request(query, params):
+    if params['language'] == 'all':
+        ui_language = 'browser'
+        region = 'browser'
+    else:
+        region = params['language'].replace('_', '-')
+        ui_language = params['language'].split('_')[0]
+
+    search_path = search_string.format(
+        query=urlencode({'query': query,
+                         'uiLanguage': ui_language,
+                         'region': region}),
+        page=params['pageno'])
+
+    # image search query is something like 'image?{query}&page={page}'
+    if params['category'] == 'images':
+        search_path = 'image' + search_path
+
+    params['url'] = base_url + search_path
+
+    return params
+
+
+# get response from search-request
+def response(resp):
+    results = []
+
+    json_regex = regex_json.search(resp.content)
+
+    # check if results are returned
+    if not json_regex:
+        return []
+
+    json_raw = regex_json_remove_end.sub('', regex_json_remove_start.sub('', json_regex.group()))
+    json = loads(json_raw)
+
+    # parse results
+    for result in json['Results'].get('items', []):
+        result_title = result['Title'].replace(u'\uE000', '').replace(u'\uE001', '')
+
+        # parse image results
+        if result.get('ContentType', '').startswith('image'):
+            img_url = unquote(regex_img_url_remove_start.sub('', result['Url']))
+
+            # append result
+            results.append({'url': result['SourceUrl'],
+                            'title': result['Title'],
+                            'content': '',
+                            'img_src': img_url,
+                            'template': 'images.html'})
+
+        # parse general results
+        else:
+            result_url = result['Url'].replace(u'\uE000', '').replace(u'\uE001', '')
+            result_content = result['Description'].replace(u'\uE000', '').replace(u'\uE001', '')
+
+            # append result
+            results.append({'url': result_url,
+                            'title': result_title,
+                            'content': result_content})
+
+    # parse images
+    for result in json.get('Images', []):
+        # decode image url
+        img_url = unquote(regex_img_url_remove_start.sub('', result['Url']))
+
+        # append result
+        results.append({'url': result['SourceUrl'],
+                        'title': result['Title'],
+                        'content': '',
+                        'img_src': img_url,
+                        'template': 'images.html'})
+
+    # return results
+    return results
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index d35b1378..ee8fc3d4 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ engines:
     timeout : 6.0
     disabled : True
 
+  - name : swisscows
+    engine : swisscows
+    shortcut : sw
+
   - name : twitter
     engine : twitter
     shortcut : tw
diff --git a/searx/tests/engines/test_swisscows.py b/searx/tests/engines/test_swisscows.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..926ba885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/tests/engines/test_swisscows.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+from collections import defaultdict
+import mock
+from searx.engines import swisscows
+from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
+
+
+class TestSwisscowsEngine(SearxTestCase):
+
+    def test_request(self):
+        query = 'test_query'
+        dicto = defaultdict(dict)
+        dicto['pageno'] = 1
+        dicto['language'] = 'de_DE'
+        params = swisscows.request(query, dicto)
+        self.assertTrue('url' in params)
+        self.assertTrue(query in params['url'])
+        self.assertTrue('swisscows.ch' in params['url'])
+        self.assertTrue('uiLanguage=de' in params['url'])
+        self.assertTrue('region=de-DE' in params['url'])
+
+        dicto['language'] = 'all'
+        params = swisscows.request(query, dicto)
+        self.assertTrue('uiLanguage=browser' in params['url'])
+        self.assertTrue('region=browser' in params['url'])
+
+    def test_response(self):
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, swisscows.response, None)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, swisscows.response, [])
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, swisscows.response, '')
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, swisscows.response, '[]')
+
+        response = mock.Mock(content='<html></html>')
+        self.assertEqual(swisscows.response(response), [])
+
+        response = mock.Mock(content='<html></html>')
+        self.assertEqual(swisscows.response(response), [])
+
+        html = u"""
+        <script>
+            App.Dispatcher.dispatch("initialize", {
+                html5history: true,
+                initialData: {"Request":
+                    {"Page":1,
+                    "ItemsCount":1,
+                    "Query":"This should ",
+                    "NormalizedQuery":"This should ",
+                    "Region":"de-AT",
+                    "UILanguage":"de"},
+                    "Results":{"items":[
+                            {"Title":"\uE000This should\uE001 be the title",
+                            "Description":"\uE000This should\uE001 be the content.",
+                            "Url":"http://this.should.be.the.link/",
+                            "DisplayUrl":"www.\uE000this.should.be.the\uE001.link",
+                            "Id":"782ef287-e439-451c-b380-6ebc14ba033d"},
+                            {"Title":"Datei:This should1.svg",
+                            "Url":"https://i.swisscows.ch/?link=http%3a%2f%2fts2.mm.This/should1.png",
+                            "SourceUrl":"http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:This should1.svg",
+                            "DisplayUrl":"de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:This should1.svg",
+                            "Width":950,
+                            "Height":534,
+                            "FileSize":92100,
+                            "ContentType":"image/jpeg",
+                            "Thumbnail":{
+                                "Url":"https://i.swisscows.ch/?link=http%3a%2f%2fts2.mm.This/should1.png",
+                                "ContentType":"image/jpeg",
+                                "Width":300,
+                                "Height":168,
+                                "FileSize":9134},
+                                "Id":"6a97a542-8f65-425f-b7f6-1178c3aba7be"
+                            }
+                        ],"TotalCount":55300,
+                        "Query":"This should "
+                    },
+                    "Images":[{"Title":"Datei:This should.svg",
+                        "Url":"https://i.swisscows.ch/?link=http%3a%2f%2fts2.mm.This/should.png",
+                        "SourceUrl":"http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:This should.svg",
+                        "DisplayUrl":"de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:This should.svg",
+                        "Width":1280,
+                        "Height":677,
+                        "FileSize":50053,
+                        "ContentType":"image/png",
+                        "Thumbnail":{"Url":"https://i.swisscows.ch/?link=http%3a%2f%2fts2.mm.This/should.png",
+                            "ContentType":"image/png",
+                            "Width":300,
+                            "Height":158,
+                            "FileSize":8023},
+                        "Id":"ae230fd8-a06a-47d6-99d5-e74766d8143a"}]},
+                environment: "production"
+            }).then(function (options) {
+                $('#Search_Form').on('submit', function (e) {
+                    if (!Modernizr.history) return;
+                    e.preventDefault();
+
+                    var $form = $(this),
+                        $query = $('#Query'),
+                        query = $.trim($query.val()),
+                        path = App.Router.makePath($form.attr('action'), null, $form.serializeObject())
+
+                    if (query.length) {
+                        options.html5history ?
+                            ReactRouter.HistoryLocation.push(path) :
+                            ReactRouter.RefreshLocation.push(path);
+                    }
+                    else $('#Query').trigger('blur');
+                });
+
+            });
+        </script>
+        """
+        response = mock.Mock(content=html)
+        results = swisscows.response(response)
+        self.assertEqual(type(results), list)
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['title'], 'This should be the title')
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['url'], 'http://this.should.be.the.link/')
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['content'], 'This should be the content.')
+        self.assertEqual(results[1]['title'], 'Datei:This should1.svg')
+        self.assertEqual(results[1]['url'], 'http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:This should1.svg')
+        self.assertEqual(results[1]['img_src'], 'http://ts2.mm.This/should1.png')
+        self.assertEqual(results[1]['template'], 'images.html')
+        self.assertEqual(results[2]['title'], 'Datei:This should.svg')
+        self.assertEqual(results[2]['url'], 'http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:This should.svg')
+        self.assertEqual(results[2]['img_src'], 'http://ts2.mm.This/should.png')
+        self.assertEqual(results[2]['template'], 'images.html')
diff --git a/searx/tests/test_engines.py b/searx/tests/test_engines.py
index 5770458f..90f0ce84 100644
--- a/searx/tests/test_engines.py
+++ b/searx/tests/test_engines.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from searx.tests.engines.test_spotify import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_stackoverflow import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_startpage import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_subtitleseeker import *  # noqa
+from searx.tests.engines.test_swisscows import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_twitter import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_vimeo import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_www1x import *  # noqa