diff --git a/tests/test_clustering.py b/tests/test_clustering.py
index 1e72a3a..63d6f1c 100644
--- a/tests/test_clustering.py
+++ b/tests/test_clustering.py
@@ -436,3 +436,156 @@ class TestFindSimilarAssessments:
             result = run(clustering.find_similar_assessments(items[0]["drucksache"]))
 
         assert result == []
+
+
+# ─── Coverage-Backfill (#134) ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestUnionFindRankSwap:
+    """Wenn rank[ra] < rank[rb], muss parent[ra] auf rb zeigen (Line 69)."""
+
+    def test_smaller_rank_attaches_to_larger(self):
+        from app.clustering import UnionFind
+        uf = UnionFind(4)
+        # Erst zwei Trees mit unterschiedlichen Höhen aufbauen:
+        # 0—1 (rank 1) und 2—3—... (rank 1)
+        uf.union(0, 1)
+        uf.union(2, 3)
+        # Beide Roots haben rank 1 — uniteFurther durch Drittes:
+        uf.union(2, 0)  # bringt einen rank-Tie auf rank=2 für einen
+        # Jetzt eine Insertion mit Rank-Asymmetrie:
+        # Erstellen wir eine Klasse mit höherem Rank
+        big = UnionFind(8)
+        big.union(0, 1)
+        big.union(2, 3)
+        big.union(0, 2)  # baut einen rank-2-Baum
+        # Knoten 4 als Single (rank 0). union(4, 0) sollte 4 unter 0 hängen.
+        big.union(4, 0)
+        # 4 sollte jetzt im selben Set wie 0 sein
+        assert big.find(4) == big.find(0)
+
+
+class TestLoadAssessmentItems:
+    """Async DB-Lader; Tests gegen tmp-DB."""
+
+    def _build_db(self, tmp_path):
+        import sqlite3
+        import json as _j
+        db_path = tmp_path / "clust.db"
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(str(db_path))
+        conn.execute("""
+            CREATE TABLE assessments (
+                drucksache TEXT PRIMARY KEY, title TEXT,
+                fraktionen TEXT, datum TEXT, bundesland TEXT,
+                gwoe_score REAL, link TEXT,
+                empfehlung TEXT, empfehlung_symbol TEXT,
+                themen TEXT, summary_embedding BLOB
+            )
+        """)
+        # Korrektes Embedding
+        emb_ok = _j.dumps([0.1, 0.2, 0.3]).encode()
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO assessments VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+            ("18/1", "T1", '["CDU"]', "2026-04-01", "NRW",
+             7.0, "x", "Empfohlen", "+", '["Klima"]', emb_ok),
+        )
+        # Kaputtes Embedding (ungueltiges JSON)
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO assessments VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+            ("18/2", "T2", '["SPD"]', "2026-04-02", "NRW",
+             5.0, "y", "Empfohlen", "+", '["Klima"]', b"not-json"),
+        )
+        # Anderes BL (fuer bundesland-Filter)
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO assessments VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+            ("8/1", "T3", '["AfD"]', "2026-04-03", "MV",
+             3.0, "z", "Ablehnen", "-", "[]", emb_ok),
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+        conn.close()
+        return db_path
+
+    def test_loads_only_valid_embeddings(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        from app.config import settings
+        from app import clustering
+        db = self._build_db(tmp_path)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "db_path", str(db))
+
+        items = run(clustering.load_assessment_items())
+        # 18/2 hat kaputtes Embedding und wird übersprungen
+        ids = sorted(i["drucksache"] for i in items)
+        assert "18/2" not in ids
+        assert "18/1" in ids
+        assert "8/1" in ids
+
+    def test_bundesland_filter(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        from app.config import settings
+        from app import clustering
+        db = self._build_db(tmp_path)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "db_path", str(db))
+
+        items = run(clustering.load_assessment_items(bundesland="NRW"))
+        ids = [i["drucksache"] for i in items]
+        assert ids == ["18/1"]
+
+    def test_loaded_item_fields_present(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+        from app.config import settings
+        from app import clustering
+        db = self._build_db(tmp_path)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "db_path", str(db))
+
+        items = run(clustering.load_assessment_items(bundesland="NRW"))
+        assert items
+        item = items[0]
+        for key in ("drucksache", "title", "fraktionen", "datum", "link",
+                    "bundesland", "gwoe_score", "empfehlung",
+                    "empfehlung_symbol", "themen", "embedding"):
+            assert key in item
+
+
+class TestBuildHierarchySubclusters:
+    """Wenn ein Cluster groesser als max_cluster_size ist, wird sub-clustered
+    (Lines 256-262)."""
+
+    def test_large_cluster_gets_subclustered(self):
+        from app import clustering
+        from unittest.mock import patch
+
+        # 6 fast-identische Items → ein grosser Cluster, sub-Cluster sub > 1
+        v = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
+        items = [
+            {**_make_items(1)[0], "drucksache": f"18/{i}",
+             "embedding": [v[0] + 0.01 * i, v[1], v[2]]}
+            for i in range(6)
+        ]
+
+        async def fake_load(bundesland=None):
+            return items
+
+        with patch.object(clustering, "load_assessment_items", side_effect=fake_load):
+            # max_cluster_size=3 zwingt sub-Clustering
+            result = run(clustering.build_hierarchy(
+                threshold=0.95, max_cluster_size=3, subcluster_threshold=0.999,
+            ))
+        assert result["clusters"]
+        # Mindestens ein Cluster muss subclusters haben
+        assert any(c.get("subclusters") for c in result["clusters"])
+
+    def test_small_cluster_has_subclusters_none(self):
+        from app import clustering
+        from unittest.mock import patch
+
+        items = _make_items(2)
+        # Setze dieselben embeddings, damit sie in einem Cluster sind
+        items[0]["embedding"] = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
+        items[1]["embedding"] = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
+
+        async def fake_load(bundesland=None):
+            return items
+
+        with patch.object(clustering, "load_assessment_items", side_effect=fake_load):
+            result = run(clustering.build_hierarchy(
+                threshold=0.5, max_cluster_size=10,
+            ))
+        for c in result["clusters"]:
+            assert c["subclusters"] is None