diff --git a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/HsHostingAssetRepositoryIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/HsHostingAssetRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
index 469fbdf1..6a61dacf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/HsHostingAssetRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/HsHostingAssetRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaSystemException;
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
 import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -70,6 +72,50 @@ class HsHostingAssetRepositoryIntegrationTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanu
     @MockBean
     HttpServletRequest request;
 
+    @Test
+    public void auditJournalLogIsAvailable() {
+        // given
+        final var query = em.createNativeQuery("""
+                select currentTask, targetTable, targetOp
+                    from tx_journal_v
+                    where targettable = 'hs_hosting_asset';
+                """);
+
+        // when
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") final List<Object[]> customerLogEntries = query.getResultList();
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(customerLogEntries).map(Arrays::toString).contains(
+                "[creating hosting-asset test-data D-1000111 default project, hs_hosting_asset, INSERT]",
+                "[creating hosting-asset test-data D-1000212 default project, hs_hosting_asset, INSERT]",
+                "[creating hosting-asset test-data D-1000313 default project, hs_hosting_asset, INSERT]");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void historizationIsAvailable() {
+        // given
+        final String nativeQuerySql = """
+                select count(*)
+                    from hs_hosting_asset_hv ha;
+                """;
+
+        // when
+        historicalContext(Timestamp.from(ZonedDateTime.now().minusHours(1).toInstant()));
+        final var query = em.createNativeQuery(nativeQuerySql, Integer.class);
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") final var countBefore = (Integer) query.getSingleResult();
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(countBefore).as("hs_hosting_asset_hv should not contain rows for a timestamp in the past").isEqualTo(0);
+
+        // and when
+        historicalContext(Timestamp.from(ZonedDateTime.now().plusHours(1).toInstant()));
+        em.createNativeQuery(nativeQuerySql, Integer.class);
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") final var countAfter = (Integer) query.getSingleResult();
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(countAfter).as("hs_hosting_asset_hv should contain rows for a timestamp in the future").isGreaterThan(1);
+    }
+
     @Nested
     class CreateAsset {
 
@@ -391,25 +437,6 @@ class HsHostingAssetRepositoryIntegrationTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanu
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void auditJournalLogIsAvailable() {
-        // given
-        final var query = em.createNativeQuery("""
-                select currentTask, targetTable, targetOp
-                    from tx_journal_v
-                    where targettable = 'hs_hosting_asset';
-                """);
-
-        // when
-        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") final List<Object[]> customerLogEntries = query.getResultList();
-
-        // then
-        assertThat(customerLogEntries).map(Arrays::toString).contains(
-                "[creating hosting-asset test-data D-1000111 default project, hs_hosting_asset, INSERT]",
-                "[creating hosting-asset test-data D-1000212 default project, hs_hosting_asset, INSERT]",
-                "[creating hosting-asset test-data D-1000313 default project, hs_hosting_asset, INSERT]");
-    }
-
     private HsHostingAssetRealEntity givenSomeTemporaryAsset(final String projectCaption, final String identifier) {
         return jpaAttempt.transacted(() -> {
             context("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net"); // needed to determine creator
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/rbac/context/ContextBasedTest.java b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/rbac/context/ContextBasedTest.java
index 2e14c267..ff4faebf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/rbac/context/ContextBasedTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/rbac/context/ContextBasedTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
 import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContext;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
 
 @Import(RbacGrantsDiagramService.class)
 public abstract class ContextBasedTest {
@@ -47,4 +48,21 @@ public abstract class ContextBasedTest {
     protected void context(final String currentUser) {
         context(currentUser, null);
     }
+
+    protected void historicalContext(final Long txId) {
+        final var query = em.createNativeQuery("""
+                set local hsadminng.tx_history_txid to ':txid';
+                """.replace(":txid", txId.toString()));
+        query.executeUpdate();
+    }
+
+
+    protected void historicalContext(final Timestamp txTimestamp) {
+        // set local cannot be used with query parameters
+        final var query = em.createNativeQuery("""
+                set local hsadminng.tx_history_timestamp to ':timestamp';
+                """.replace(":timestamp", txTimestamp.toString()));
+        query.executeUpdate();
+    }
+
 }