diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/CachedSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/CachedSolrConnector.java
index 58705b5d9..cf28b3021 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/CachedSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/CachedSolrConnector.java
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ public class CachedSolrConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implements SolrCo
         this.documentCache.clear();
         if (this.solr != null) this.solr.commit(true);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+        return this.solr == null || this.solr.isClosed(); 
+    }
     
     protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
         this.close();
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
index e51f4f99c..a696e1fa0 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ public class ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector implements SolrConnector {
         return this.connector.getSegmentCount();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+        return this.connector == null || this.connector.isClosed(); 
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public void close() {
         ensureAliveDeletionHandler();
@@ -301,6 +306,8 @@ public class ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector implements SolrConnector {
         try {this.updateHandler.join();} catch (final InterruptedException e) {}
         this.connector.close();
         this.idCache.clear();
+        this.connector = null;
+        this.idCache = null;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/EmbeddedSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/EmbeddedSolrConnector.java
index 263579c87..1262a7b6f 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/EmbeddedSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/EmbeddedSolrConnector.java
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ public class EmbeddedSolrConnector extends SolrServerConnector implements SolrCo
     public SolrConfig getConfig() {
         return this.core.getSolrConfig();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+        return this.core == null || this.core.isClosed();
+    }
     
     protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
         this.close();
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MirrorSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MirrorSolrConnector.java
index 9adf6bffd..b44bc68c2 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MirrorSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/MirrorSolrConnector.java
@@ -120,11 +120,16 @@ public class MirrorSolrConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implements SolrCo
         int s1 = this.solr1 == null ? 0 : this.solr1.getSegmentCount();
         return Math.max(s0, s1);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+        return (this.solr0 == null || this.solr0.isClosed()) && (this.solr1 == null || this.solr1.isClosed());
+    }
     
     @Override
     public synchronized void close() {
-        if (this.solr0 != null) this.solr0.close();
-        if (this.solr1 != null) this.solr1.close();
+        if (this.solr0 != null) {this.solr0.close(); this.solr0 = null;}
+        if (this.solr1 != null) {this.solr1.close(); this.solr1 = null;}
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrConnector.java
index 67a101538..5b61ed310 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrConnector.java
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ public interface SolrConnector extends Iterable<String> /* Iterable of document
      */
     public int getSegmentCount();
     
+    /**
+     * test if the connector is already closed
+     * @return true if the connector is closed
+     */
+    public boolean isClosed();
+    
     /**
      * close the server connection
      */
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrServerConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrServerConnector.java
index 7582a2f27..4a5ed0ffe 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrServerConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/SolrServerConnector.java
@@ -120,13 +120,24 @@ public abstract class SolrServerConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implemen
             return 0;
         }
     }
-    
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+        return this.server == null; // we cannot now this exactly when server != null, because SolrServer does not provide a method to test the close status
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
         if (this.server == null) return;
         try {
-            if (this.server instanceof EmbeddedSolrServer) synchronized (this.server) {this.server.commit(true, true, false);}
+            if (this.server instanceof EmbeddedSolrServer) {
+                synchronized (this.server) {
+                    this.server.commit(true, true, false);
+                }
+            }
+            synchronized (this.server) {
+                this.server.shutdown(); // if the server is embedded, resources are freed, if it is a HttpSolrServer, only the httpclient is shut down, not the remote server
+            }
             this.server = null;
         } catch (final Throwable e) {
             ConcurrentLog.logException(e);
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/peers/Protocol.java b/source/net/yacy/peers/Protocol.java
index 215b56042..dcc997174 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/peers/Protocol.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/peers/Protocol.java
@@ -1040,8 +1040,11 @@ public final class Protocol {
             if (localsearch && !Switchboard.getSwitchboard().getConfigBool(SwitchboardConstants.DEBUG_SEARCH_REMOTE_SOLR_TESTLOCAL, false)) {
                 // search the local index
                 try {
-                    rsp[0] = event.getQuery().getSegment().fulltext().getDefaultConnector().getResponseByParams(solrQuery);
-                    docList[0] = rsp[0].getResults();
+                    SolrConnector sc = event.getQuery().getSegment().fulltext().getDefaultConnector();
+                    if (!sc.isClosed()) {
+                        rsp[0] = sc.getResponseByParams(solrQuery);
+                        docList[0] = rsp[0].getResults();
+                    }
                 } catch (final Throwable e) {
                     Network.log.info("SEARCH failed (solr), localpeer (" + e.getMessage() + ")", e);
                     return -1;
@@ -1061,7 +1064,7 @@ public final class Protocol {
                                 RemoteInstance instance = new RemoteInstance("http://" + address, null, "solr", solrtimeout); // this is a 'patch configuration' which considers 'solr' as default collection
                                 try {
                                     SolrConnector solrConnector = new RemoteSolrConnector(instance, myseed ? true : target.getVersion() >= 1.63, "solr");
-                                    try {
+                                    if (!solrConnector.isClosed()) try {
                                         rsp[0] = solrConnector.getResponseByParams(solrQuery);
                                         docList[0] = rsp[0].getResults();
                                     } catch (Throwable e) {} finally {