function makeEventRequest(url){

        	request = false;

                if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
                    request = new XMLHttpRequest();
                    if (request.overrideMimeType) {
                        request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                    }
                } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
                    try {
                        request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                    } catch (e) {
                        try {
                        request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                        } catch (e) {}
                    }
                }

                if (!http_request) {
                    alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
                    return false;
                }
		url="http://www.best-of-zillertal.at/winter/application/topevents.asp";
                request.onreadystatechange = interpretRequest;
                request.open('GET', url, true);
                request.send(null);

//30
}



function interpretRequest() {
	switch (request.readyState) {
		// wenn der readyState 4 und der request.status 200 ist, dann ist alles korrekt gelaufen
		case 4:
			if (request.status != 200) {
				alert("Der Request wurde abgeschlossen, ist aber nicht OK\nFehler:"+request.status);
			} else {
				var content = request.responseText;
				//alert(content);
				// den Inhalt des Requests in das <div> schreiben
				document.getElementById("multibox-topEvents").innerHTML = content;
			}
			break;
		default:
			break;
	}
}