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I had a similar problem when writing my thesis, I decided to create a new environment for non-numbered chapters (with a option to either include or exclude it from the ToC). Perhaps you could try something similar (see attachment).

I'm sure that it's not the 'best' solution, but it gets the jobs ...

The solution in your link works like a charm, thank you very much!

Hello,

When using the fancydr package to create a header (on the left the chaptertitle and the page number on the right) I have to use '\thispagestyle{fancy}' on a page where a new chapter starts cause otherwise the pagestyle is automatically 'plain'. So thats not a problem.

Now I'm trying to do ...