diff --git a/src/core/admin.py b/src/core/admin.py
index 1494e08a694ed197a187173fc6569e4a7692f65a..bf17eb836cacce598e207f7beba249f72ac08a87 100644
--- a/src/core/admin.py
+++ b/src/core/admin.py
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ class EventAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         ),
         (
             'Data',
-            {'fields': ['name', 'slug', 'language', 'abstract', 'description_de', 'description_en', 'banner_image', 'additional_data']},
+            {'fields': ['name', 'slug', 'language', 'abstract', 'description_de', 'description_en', 'banner_image', 'banner_image_url', 'additional_data']},
         ),
     )
 
diff --git a/src/core/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/src/core/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index b20ead0ddeaf3f61471cdadacbf872eeaf02ec94..b4539d5ac811cda06e218c61a9fdf19a389ea814 100644
--- a/src/core/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/src/core/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -994,6 +994,12 @@ msgstr "Symbolbild für die Veranstaltung welches als Banner angezeigt wird"
 msgid "Event__banner_image"
 msgstr "Banner"
 
+msgid "Event__banner_image_url__help"
+msgstr "URL welche beim Import des Banner Images verwendet wurde"
+
+msgid "Event__banner_image_url"
+msgstr "Banner Quell-URL"
+
 msgid "Event__is_public__help"
 msgstr "wird im Fahrplan öffentlich angezeigt"
 
diff --git a/src/core/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/src/core/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index 8e2d4907c0aa41bceaf58c354c7e1430635c4f95..a14e196906e77746c661aa02694907522064148a 100644
--- a/src/core/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/src/core/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -994,6 +994,12 @@ msgstr "representational image for this event, will be used as a banner"
 msgid "Event__banner_image"
 msgstr "banner"
 
+msgid "Event__banner_image_url__help"
+msgstr "URL of the image which was imported as banner"
+
+msgid "Event__banner_image_url"
+msgstr "banner source URL"
+
 msgid "Event__is_public__help"
 msgstr "shall the event be shown in the public timetable?"
 
diff --git a/src/core/migrations/0159_event_banner_image_url_alter_event_banner_image.py b/src/core/migrations/0159_event_banner_image_url_alter_event_banner_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..86121be48e3b7c4477a395a357a5ff80f889811a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/migrations/0159_event_banner_image_url_alter_event_banner_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.2 on 2024-11-17 13:41
+
+import core.models.events
+import core.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0158_invitation'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='banner_image_url',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, help_text='Event__banner_image_url__help', null=True, verbose_name='Event__banner_image_url'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='banner_image',
+            field=models.ImageField(blank=True, height_field='banner_image_height', help_text='Event__banner_image__help', null=True, upload_to=core.models.events.get_event_banner_filename, validators=[core.validators.ImageDimensionValidator(max_size=(2048, 1024), min_size=(100, 100), square=False)], verbose_name='Event__banner_image', width_field='banner_image_width'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/core/models/events.py b/src/core/models/events.py
index 36c12777f231b00f3ce52084ecea37bfb37da595..ff707ee50d40204a7992c0a116a3d6e8d118ea01 100644
--- a/src/core/models/events.py
+++ b/src/core/models/events.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import random
 from datetime import timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
 from re import compile as re_compile
 from typing import Any
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
@@ -30,13 +31,19 @@ from core.models.rooms import Room
 from core.models.shared import BackendMixin
 from core.models.tags import TaggedItemMixin, TagItem
 from core.models.users import PlatformUser
-from core.utils import str2bool, str2timedelta
+from core.utils import download_from_url, str2bool, str2timedelta
+from core.validators import ImageDimensionValidator
 
 SIMPLE_TIME_RE = re_compile(r'(.*\s)?(\d+:\d+)$')
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def get_event_banner_filename(instance: 'Event', filename: Path | str):
+    ext = str(filename).rsplit('.', maxsplit=1)[-1]
+    return Path('events').joinpath(f'{instance.id}.{ext}')
+
+
 class EventDurationFormField(DurationField):
     def to_python(self, value):
         try:
@@ -132,11 +139,26 @@ class Event(TaggedItemMixin, BackendMixin, ActivityLogMixin, models.Model):
     banner_image = models.ImageField(
         blank=True,
         null=True,
+        upload_to=get_event_banner_filename,
         height_field='banner_image_height',
         width_field='banner_image_width',
         help_text=_('Event__banner_image__help'),
         verbose_name=_('Event__banner_image'),
+        validators=[
+            ImageDimensionValidator(
+                min_size=(
+                    settings.EVENT_BANNER_WIDTH_MINIMUM,
+                    settings.EVENT_BANNER_HEIGHT_MINIMUM,
+                ),
+                max_size=(
+                    settings.EVENT_BANNER_WIDTH_MAXIMUM,
+                    settings.EVENT_BANNER_HEIGHT_MAXIMUM,
+                ),
+                square=False,
+            ),
+        ],
     )
+    banner_image_url = models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, help_text=_('Event__banner_image_url__help'), verbose_name=_('Event__banner_image_url'))
 
     is_public = models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text=_('Event__is_public__help'), verbose_name=_('Event__is_public'))
     recording = models.CharField(
@@ -423,6 +445,15 @@ class Event(TaggedItemMixin, BackendMixin, ActivityLogMixin, models.Model):
         if obj.additional_data and obj.additional_data.get('do_not_record', False) is True:
             obj.recording = Event.Recording.NO
 
+        # load banner_image, if a URL is given (and has not changed since last time)
+        if banner_image_url := data.get('banner_image_url'):
+            if obj.banner_image_url != banner_image_url:
+                try:
+                    obj.load_banner_image_from_url(banner_image_url)
+                except Exception:
+                    # just log the error, if the event has no banner_image (yet), we don't care too much
+                    logger.exception('Failed to download banner_image for (new) event %s: %s', obj.pk, banner_image_url)
+
         obj.clean()
         return obj
 
@@ -626,6 +657,19 @@ class Event(TaggedItemMixin, BackendMixin, ActivityLogMixin, models.Model):
             self.pk,
         )
 
+    def load_banner_image_from_url(self, url: str, save: bool = True):
+        logger.debug('Loading banner_image for event %s (%s) from URL: %s', self.slug, self.pk, url)
+
+        filename, data = download_from_url(url)
+        target_filename = get_event_banner_filename(self, filename)
+
+        logger.debug('Storing banner_image for user %s (%s): %s', self.slug, self.pk, target_filename)
+        self.banner_image.save(target_filename, data)
+        self.banner_image_url = url
+        if save:
+            self.save(update_fields=['banner_image', 'banner_image_url'])
+        logger.debug('Updated banner_image for user %s (%s) as "%s" from URL: %s', self.slug, self.pk, target_filename, url)
+
 
 def _EventAttachment_upload_path(instance, filename):
     # file will be uploaded to MEDIA_ROOT/user_<id>/<filename>
diff --git a/src/core/models/users.py b/src/core/models/users.py
index 65d89795a317dd8919f34ef60688b26a7b162e09..64502faea558f7a34d9a20f0ba1190a5a20d548f 100644
--- a/src/core/models/users.py
+++ b/src/core/models/users.py
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ class PlatformUser(AbstractUser):
             if obj.avatar_url != avatar_url:
                 try:
                     obj.load_avatar_from_url(avatar_url)
-                    obj.avatar_url = avatar_url
                 except Exception:
                     # just log the error, if the speaker has no avatar (yet), we don't care too much
                     logger.exception('Failed to download avatar for (new) speaker user %s: %s', obj.pk, avatar_url)
@@ -528,8 +527,9 @@ class PlatformUser(AbstractUser):
 
         logger.debug('Storing avatar for user %s (%s): %s', self.username, self.pk, target_filename)
         self.avatar.save(target_filename, data)
+        self.avatar_url = url
         if save:
-            self.save(update_fields=['avatar'])
+            self.save(update_fields=['avatar', 'avatar_url'])
         logger.debug('Updated avatar for user %s (%s) as "%s" from URL: %s', self.username, self.pk, target_filename, url)
 
 
diff --git a/src/hub/settings/base.py b/src/hub/settings/base.py
index 234f57d16e5d2cf402ba2e5f4b67d362acb3ed6f..d32ac92f72b99957f2976cc8be3ce880d2e2cd7f 100644
--- a/src/hub/settings/base.py
+++ b/src/hub/settings/base.py
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ env = environ.FileAwareEnv(
     BADGE_IMAGE_WIDTH_MAXIMUM=(int, 512),
     BADGE_IMAGE_HEIGHT_MAXIMUM=(int, 512),
     INVITATION_REJECTION_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=(int, 3),
+    EVENT_BANNER_WIDTH_MINIMUM=(int, 100),
+    EVENT_BANNER_HEIGHT_MINIMUM=(int, 100),
+    EVENT_BANNER_WIDTH_MAXIMUM=(int, 2048),
+    EVENT_BANNER_HEIGHT_MAXIMUM=(int, 1024),
     USER_AVATAR_WIDTH_MINIMUM=(int, 64),
     USER_AVATAR_HEIGHT_MINIMUM=(int, 64),
     USER_AVATAR_WIDTH_MAXIMUM=(int, 1024),
@@ -684,6 +688,11 @@ BADGE_IMAGE_HEIGHT_MINIMUM = env('BADGE_IMAGE_HEIGHT_MINIMUM')
 BADGE_IMAGE_WIDTH_MAXIMUM = env('BADGE_IMAGE_WIDTH_MAXIMUM')
 BADGE_IMAGE_HEIGHT_MAXIMUM = env('BADGE_IMAGE_HEIGHT_MAXIMUM')
 
+EVENT_BANNER_WIDTH_MINIMUM = env('EVENT_BANNER_WIDTH_MINIMUM')
+EVENT_BANNER_HEIGHT_MINIMUM = env('EVENT_BANNER_HEIGHT_MINIMUM')
+EVENT_BANNER_WIDTH_MAXIMUM = env('EVENT_BANNER_WIDTH_MAXIMUM')
+EVENT_BANNER_HEIGHT_MAXIMUM = env('EVENT_BANNER_HEIGHT_MAXIMUM')
+
 USER_AVATAR_WIDTH_MINIMUM = env('USER_AVATAR_WIDTH_MINIMUM')
 USER_AVATAR_HEIGHT_MINIMUM = env('USER_AVATAR_HEIGHT_MINIMUM')
 USER_AVATAR_WIDTH_MAXIMUM = env('USER_AVATAR_WIDTH_MAXIMUM')