diff --git a/AMDiS/test/Meshtest/src/Meshtest.cpp b/AMDiS/test/Meshtest/src/Meshtest.cpp
index 4f8811b40a157ed65816279270ca0db706b96a0a..afc68390c9d9f7079c30f19028b7a618eb0e336b 100644
--- a/AMDiS/test/Meshtest/src/Meshtest.cpp
+++ b/AMDiS/test/Meshtest/src/Meshtest.cpp
@@ -3,9 +3,33 @@
 #include "ProblemScal.h"
 
 #include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+typedef std::vector< std::string > StringVector	 ;
+
+template< typename Test >
+void require(Test l, Test r, int line, std::string message) {
+	if(l != r) {
+		std::stringstream ss;
+		ss<< "Condition for "<<message<<" is wrong\n";
+		ss<< "l: "<<l<<"\n"<<"r: "<<r<<"\n";
+		throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
+	}
+}
+
+template< typename Test >
+void require(Test l, Test r, std::string message, StringVector& res) {
+	if(l != r) {
+		std::stringstream ss;
+		ss<< "Condition for "<<message<<" is wrong\n";
+		ss<< "l: "<<l<<"\n"<<"r: "<<r<<"\n";
+		res.push_back(ss.str());
+	}
+}
 
 using namespace AMDiS;
-void testMesh(int dim) {
+void testMesh(int dim, int nrEls, int nrVert , StringVector& res) {
 	std::stringstream ss;
 	ss<< dim;
 	Parameters::addGlobalParameter(0, "dimension of world", ss.str());
@@ -15,6 +39,11 @@ void testMesh(int dim) {
 	ln_dof[VERTEX]=1;
 	mesh.createDOFAdmin("vertex_dofs", ln_dof);
 	mesh.initialize();
+	require(mesh.getDim(), dim, __LINE__, "mesh dimension");
+	std::stringstream ss2;
+	ss2<<"\ncurrent dimension: "<<dim<<"\n";
+	require(mesh.getNumberOfElements() , nrEls, ss2.str() + "number of elements",res);
+	require(mesh.getNumberOfVertices(), nrVert, ss2.str() + "number of vertices",res);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
@@ -23,10 +52,17 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   Parameters::addGlobalParameter(0,"testMesh2->macro file name","macro/macro.stand.2d");
   Parameters::addGlobalParameter(0,"testMesh3->macro file name","macro/macro.stand.3d");
 
-  testMesh(1);
-  testMesh(2);
-  testMesh(3);
+	StringVector errorMessages;
+  testMesh(1,1,2, errorMessages);
+  testMesh(2,4,5, errorMessages);
+  testMesh(3,6,8, errorMessages);
 
-  return 0;
+	if(errorMessages.size() > 0)
+		std::cout<<" got errors: \n";
+	for(StringVector::size_type i=0; i< errorMessages.size();++i) 
+		std::cout<<errorMessages[i]<<"\n";
+  if (errorMessages.size() != 0)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/AMDiS/test/demoimpl/src/ParametricProject.hh b/AMDiS/test/demoimpl/src/ParametricProject.hh
index 75b1e5ad6c1b520e56f15b676a8f9e36c8f97450..c78773e2aa4d78610ef09f15d60172556b69d328 100644
--- a/AMDiS/test/demoimpl/src/ParametricProject.hh
+++ b/AMDiS/test/demoimpl/src/ParametricProject.hh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
   void buildBeforeCoarsen(AdaptInfo *adaptInfo, Flag flag) {
     FUNCNAME("ParametricSphere::buildAfterCoarsen()");
     MSG("calculation of parametric coordinates\n");
-    int preDOFs = this->getFeSpace()->getAdmin()->getNumberOfPreDOFs(VERTEX);
+    int preDOFs = this->getFeSpace()->getAdmin()->getNumberOfPreDofs(VERTEX);
     int dim = this->getMesh()->getDim();
     int dow = Global::getGeo(WORLD);
     WorldVector<double> vertexCoords;