diff --git a/gap/Library/library.gd b/gap/Library/library.gd
index d21ee20c..118c0da8 100644
--- a/gap/Library/library.gd
+++ b/gap/Library/library.gd
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ DeclareOperation( "JanusHead", [] );
 #! [ [ 1, 2, 5 ], [ 2, 3, 6 ], [ 3, 4, 7 ], [ 1, 4, 8 ] ]
 #! gap> VerticesOfFaces(umb4);
 #! [ [ 1, 2, 5 ], [ 2, 3, 5 ], [ 3, 4, 5 ], [ 1, 4, 5 ] ]
-#! gap> 
 #! gap> umb2 := SimplicialUmbrella(2);
 #! simplicial surface (3 vertices, 4 edges, and 2 faces)
 #! gap> VerticesOfEdges(umb2);
@@ -476,6 +475,35 @@ DeclareOperation( "JanusHead", [] );
 DeclareOperation("SimplicialUmbrella", [ IsPosInt ] );
 DeclareSynonym("SimplicialGon", SimplicialUmbrella);
 
+#! <ManSection Label="SimplicialDoubleUmbrella"> 
+#!   <Oper Name="SimplicialDoubleUmbrella" Arg="nrFaces" Label="for IsPosInt"/>
+#!   <Filt Name="SimplicialDoubleGon" Arg="nrFaces" Type="operation"/>
+#!   <Returns><K>a simplicial surface</K></Returns>
+#!   <Description>
+#!   Return a simplicial surface consisting of two closed umbrella-paths
+#!   with <A>nrFaces</A> triangles which are joined at their boundary. 
+#!   The labels of one umbrella are assigned according to the illustration for <E>SimplicialUmbrella</E>,
+#!   the additional vertex is labelled with <A>nrFaces+2</A>, the incident edges to this vertex 
+#!   are labelled from <A>2*nrFaces+1</A> to <A>4*nrFaces</A> and the incident faces are labelled from
+#!   <A>nrFaces+1</A> to <A>2*nrFaces</A>.
+#! @ExampleSession
+#! gap> doubleumb2:=SimplicialDoubleUmbrella(2);
+#! simplicial surface (4 vertices, 6 edges, and 4 faces)
+#! gap> VerticesOfEdges(doubleumb2);
+#! [ [ 1, 3 ], [ 2, 3 ], [ 1, 2 ], [ 1, 2 ], [ 1, 4 ], [ 2, 4 ] ]
+#! gap> EdgesOfFaces(doubleumb2);
+#! [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 1, 2, 4 ], [ 3, 5, 6 ], [ 4, 5, 6 ] ]
+#! gap> doubleumb4:=SimplicialDoubleUmbrella(4);
+#! simplicial surface (6 vertices, 12 edges, and 8 faces)
+#! gap> IsIsomorphic(doubleumb4,Octahedron());
+#! true
+#! @EndExampleSession
+#!   </Description>
+#! </ManSection>
+# here no AutoDoc documentation since synonyms can't be handled automatically
+DeclareOperation("SimplicialDoubleUmbrella", [ IsPosInt ] );
+DeclareSynonym("SimplicialDoubleGon", SimplicialDoubleUmbrella);
+
 #! @BeginGroup SimplicialOpenGeodesic
 #! @Description
 #! Return a simplicial surface consisting of one non-closed geodesic-path
diff --git a/gap/Library/library.gi b/gap/Library/library.gi
index 5904fa87..4424e642 100644
--- a/gap/Library/library.gi
+++ b/gap/Library/library.gi
@@ -827,6 +827,30 @@ InstallMethod( SimplicialUmbrella, "for an integer at least 2", [IsPosInt],
     end
 );
 
+InstallMethod(SimplicialDoubleUmbrella, "for an integer at least 2", [IsPosInt],
+    function(nrFaces)
+    local umbr, verticesOfEdges, edgesOfFaces, i;
+
+    if nrFaces = 1 then
+        Error("SimplicialUmbrella: Argument has to be greater than 1.");
+    fi;
+
+    umbr:=SimplicialUmbrella(nrFaces);
+    verticesOfEdges:=ShallowCopy(VerticesOfEdges(umbr));
+    edgesOfFaces:=ShallowCopy(EdgesOfFaces(umbr));
+
+    for i in [1..nrFaces-1] do
+        edgesOfFaces[i+nrFaces] := [i+nrFaces,2*nrFaces+i,2*nrFaces+i+1];
+
+        verticesOfEdges[2*nrFaces+i] := [i,nrFaces+2];
+    od;
+    edgesOfFaces[2*nrFaces] := [2*nrFaces,2*nrFaces+nrFaces, 2*nrFaces+1];
+    verticesOfEdges[2*nrFaces+nrFaces]:=[nrFaces, nrFaces+2];
+
+    return SimplicialSurfaceByDownwardIncidenceNC(verticesOfEdges, edgesOfFaces);
+end);
+
+
 InstallMethod( SimplicialOpenGeodesic, "for an integer at least 1", [IsPosInt],
     function(nrFaces)
         local verticesOfFaces;