diff --git a/src/de/schildbach/pte/BvgProvider.java b/src/de/schildbach/pte/BvgProvider.java
index 94552c8f..7380a8ac 100644
--- a/src/de/schildbach/pte/BvgProvider.java
+++ b/src/de/schildbach/pte/BvgProvider.java
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ public final class BvgProvider extends AbstractHafasProvider
 		return xmlMLcReq(constraint);
 	}
 
+	private static final String URL_ENCODING = "ISO-8859-1";
+
 	private String connectionsQueryUri(final Location from, final Location via, final Location to, final Date date, final boolean dep,
 			final String products)
 	{
@@ -435,10 +437,10 @@ public final class BvgProvider extends AbstractHafasProvider
 
 		uri.append("?start=Suchen");
 
-		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyStopsS0ID=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(locationId(from)));
-		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0ID=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(locationId(to)));
+		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyStopsS0ID=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(locationId(from), URL_ENCODING));
+		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0ID=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(locationId(to), URL_ENCODING));
 		if (via != null)
-			uri.append("&REQ0JourneyStops1.0ID=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(locationId(via)));
+			uri.append("&REQ0JourneyStops1.0ID=").append(ParserUtils.urlEncode(locationId(via), URL_ENCODING));
 
 		uri.append("&REQ0HafasSearchForw=").append(dep ? "1" : "0");
 		uri.append("&REQ0JourneyDate=").append(