public static int raceToId(String race) {
		HashMap<String, Integer> races = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
		races.put("baden-württemberg", 1);
		races.put("bayern", 2);
		races.put("berlin", 3);
		races.put("brandenburg", 4);
		races.put("bremen", 5);
		races.put("hamburg", 6);
		races.put("hessen", 7);
		races.put("mecklenburg-vorpommern", 8);
		races.put("niedersachsen", 9);
		races.put("nordrhein-westfalen", 10);
		races.put("rheinland-pfalz", 11);
		races.put("saarland", 12);
		races.put("sachsen", 13);
		races.put("sachsen-anhalt", 14);
		races.put("schleswig-holstein", 15);
		races.put("thüringen", 16);

		if (races.get(race.toLowerCase()) == null) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return races.get(race.toLowerCase());
		}
	}