diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index f61fdc891..a1551c836 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - bugfix:  95_Dashboard: the sort order in columns is now correctly read
+               from the sorting attribute.
   - bugfix:  00_MAXLAN: set time on cube if it has none (by Tom_S)
   - bugfix:  14_CUL_MAX: work together with a-culfw
   - bugfix:  70_PushNotifier: bugfix regex deviceID
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/95_Dashboard.pm b/fhem/FHEM/95_Dashboard.pm
index 6077ae50e..f1855f8c5 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/95_Dashboard.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/95_Dashboard.pm
@@ -697,20 +697,34 @@ sub BuildGroupWidgets($$$$$) {
 
  	my $counter = 0;
         my %sorting = ();
+        my %groups = ();
+        my @groupnames = ();
 
         foreach (split(":", $groupsorting)) {
           my @parts = split (',', $_);
           $sorting{$parts[1]} = $_;
+          # add group names to a list to have the correct order afterwards in the foreach loop
+          # store the group names in the right order to use them in the foreach loop
+          push(@groupnames, $parts[1]);
         }
-	my $groupicon = ''; 
 
         my @devicegroups = split('§§§', $devicegroups);
 
+        # sort the devices into a hash to be able to access them via group name
         foreach my $singlegroup (@devicegroups) {
           # make sure that splitting with colon is not destroying the devspec that might
 	  # also contain a colon followed by a filter
           my ($groupname, $groupdevices, $groupicon) = split(/:(?!FILTER=)/, $singlegroup);
 
+          my @values = ($groupdevices, $groupicon);
+          $groups{$groupname} = \@values;
+        }
+
+	my $groupicon = ''; 
+
+        foreach my $groupname (@groupnames) {
+          my ($groupdevices, $groupicon) = @{$groups{$groupname}};
+
           # if the device is not stored in the current column, skip it
           next if (index($sorting{$groupname}, 't'.$tab.'c'.$column) < 0);