diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 0ec3242..ab8393e 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ tooltip; the toolbar shows icon plus text, group headers and rows show icons
 only, separated into logical blocks with `IconButtonSeparator`. Destructive
 actions use `variant="danger"` (trash icon for circuits and groups, `ListX` for
 removing a device row).
+Column headers show the label (click to sort) with a funnel icon for the
+value filter; an active filter is highlighted and shows its value count.
+Header labels break only between words and put a trailing unit such as
+`[kW]` on a second line.
 
 ## Bootstrap / Styling Rule
 
diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index ec92d91..fe81d07 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -892,24 +892,37 @@ a.kpi:hover {
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+/* One header row: label (sort) on the left, filter icon on the right. */
 .tree-grid .header-cell {
   display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  align-items: stretch;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  justify-content: space-between;
   gap: 0.2rem;
   min-width: 0;
 }
 
 .tree-grid .header-filter-btn {
-  display: block;
-  width: 100%;
-  border: 1px solid var(--panel-border-strong);
-  background: var(--panel-bg);
-  color: var(--text-strong);
+  display: inline-flex;
+  flex: none;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.15rem;
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: var(--text-faint);
   border-radius: 3px;
-  font-size: 0.75rem;
-  padding: 0.15rem 0.35rem;
+  font-size: 0.7rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  line-height: 1;
+  padding: 0.15rem 0.2rem;
   white-space: nowrap;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.tree-grid .header-filter-btn:hover,
+.tree-grid .header-filter-btn:focus-visible {
+  border-color: var(--panel-border-strong);
+  color: var(--text-strong);
 }
 
 .tree-grid .header-sort-btn {
@@ -927,7 +940,10 @@ a.kpi:hover {
   font-size: 0.78rem;
   font-weight: 600;
   line-height: 1.15;
-  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  /* Break only between words; never inside a word such as "Bemerkung". */
+  overflow-wrap: normal;
+  word-break: normal;
+  hyphens: manual;
   white-space: normal;
   text-align: left;
   cursor: pointer;
@@ -967,6 +983,18 @@ a.kpi:hover {
   font-size: 0.78rem;
 }
 
+.tree-grid .header-cell .header-sort-btn {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  width: auto;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
+
+.tree-grid .header-unit {
+  display: block;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  color: var(--text-faint);
+}
+
 .tree-grid .header-sort-btn:hover span:first-child,
 .tree-grid .header-sort-btn:focus-visible span:first-child {
   text-decoration: underline;
@@ -983,6 +1011,11 @@ a.kpi:hover {
   background: var(--accent-blue-soft-bg);
 }
 
+.tree-grid .header-filter-count {
+  min-width: 0.7rem;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
 .tree-grid .header-filter-menu {
   position: absolute;
   z-index: 7;
diff --git a/src/frontend/components/circuit-tree-editor.tsx b/src/frontend/components/circuit-tree-editor.tsx
index cc3d522..e559303 100644
--- a/src/frontend/components/circuit-tree-editor.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/components/circuit-tree-editor.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   Columns3,
   FilterX,
   FolderPlus,
+  Funnel,
   ListOrdered,
   ListPlus,
   ListX,
@@ -268,6 +269,24 @@ function createValuesFromEditPatch(
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Header labels break only between words: hyphens become non-breaking and a
+ * trailing unit such as "[kW]" is always shown on its own second line, so
+ * header heights stay uniform.
+ */
+function renderColumnHeaderLabel(label: string) {
+  const match = /^(.*?)s*([[^]]+])$/.exec(label);
+  const name = (match ? match[1] : label).replace(/-/g, "‑");
+  return match ? (
+    <>
+      {name}
+      <span className="header-unit">{match[2]}</span>
+    </>
+  ) : (
+    name
+  );
+}
+
 export function CircuitTreeEditor(props: { projectId: string; circuitListId: string }) {
   /*
     Circuit-tree editor invariant overview:
@@ -3440,7 +3459,9 @@ export function CircuitTreeEditor(props: { projectId: string; circuitListId: str
                         });
                       }}
                     >
-                      <span>{column.label}</span>
+                      <span className="header-label">
+                        {renderColumnHeaderLabel(column.label)}
+                      </span>
                       {sortState?.key === column.key ? (
                         <span className="sort-indicator" aria-label={sortState.direction === "asc" ? "aufsteigend" : "absteigend"}>
                           {sortState.direction === "asc" ? "↑" : "↓"}
@@ -3451,6 +3472,7 @@ export function CircuitTreeEditor(props: { projectId: string; circuitListId: str
                       type="button"
                       className={`header-filter-btn ${(columnFilters[column.key]?.length ?? 0) > 0 ? "active" : ""}`}
                       onClick={() => toggleColumnFilterMenu(column.key)}
+                      aria-label={`${getFullColumnLabel(column)} filtern`}
                       aria-pressed={(columnFilters[column.key]?.length ?? 0) > 0}
                       title={
                         (columnFilters[column.key]?.length ?? 0) > 0
@@ -3458,7 +3480,10 @@ export function CircuitTreeEditor(props: { projectId: string; circuitListId: str
                           : `${getFullColumnLabel(column)} filtern`
                       }
                     >
-                      Filtern{(columnFilters[column.key]?.length ?? 0) > 0 ? ` (${columnFilters[column.key]?.length})` : ""}
+                      <Funnel aria-hidden="true" size={13} strokeWidth={2.2} />
+                      {(columnFilters[column.key]?.length ?? 0) > 0 ? (
+                        <span className="header-filter-count">{columnFilters[column.key]?.length}</span>
+                      ) : null}
                     </button>
                   </div>
                   {openFilterColumn === column.key ? (