diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4304f0..1d7f389 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ examples/H5/write_file_attribsf
 examples/H5/write_step_attribs
 examples/H5/write_step_attribsf
 examples/H5Block/H5BlockExampleF
-examples/H5Block/blockfile1.h5
-examples/H5Block/blockfile8.h5
+examples/H5Block/*.h5
 examples/H5Block/fields
 examples/H5Block/read_write
 examples/H5Part/Bench
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ examples/H5Fed/trimesh_read
 examples/H5Fed/trimesh_write
 examples/H5Fed/trimesh_write_dunetest
 tetmesh_write_tags
+write_field
 *.gch
 ReferencePages
 vtk2h5grid
diff --git a/examples/H5Block/Makefile.am b/examples/H5Block/Makefile.am
index ee35464..b739d7d 100644
--- a/examples/H5Block/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/H5Block/Makefile.am
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS =
 if ENABLE_C
 noinst_PROGRAMS += 	\
 	fields		\
-	read_write_scalar_field
+	read_write_scalar_field \
+	write_field
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_FORTRAN
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ endif
 fields_SOURCES = fields.c
 read_write_scalar_field_SOURCES = read_write_scalar_field.c
 read_write_scalar_fieldf_SOURCES = read_write_scalar_fieldf.f90
-
+write_field_SOURCES = write_field.c
 endif
 
 %.o : %.f90
diff --git a/examples/H5Block/write_field.c b/examples/H5Block/write_field.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..815647e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/H5Block/write_field.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2006-2015, The Regents of the University of California,
+  through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any
+  required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy) and the Paul Scherrer
+  Institut (Switzerland).  All rights reserved.
+
+  License: see file COPYING in top level of source distribution.
+*/
+
+#include "H5hut.h"
+
+// name of output file
+const char* fname = "example_setnparticles.h5";
+
+// H5hut verbosity level
+const h5_int64_t h5_verbosity = H5_VERBOSE_DEFAULT;
+
+// number of particles we are going to write per core
+const ssize_t dim_x = 32;
+const ssize_t dim_y = 8;
+const ssize_t dim_z = 8;
+
+#define idx(i, j, k)	(i + j*dim_y + k*dim_x*dim_y)
+
+int
+main (
+        int argc,
+        char* argv[]
+        ){
+
+        // initialize MPI & H5hut
+        MPI_Init (&argc, &argv);
+        MPI_Comm comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
+        int comm_size = 1;
+        MPI_Comm_size (comm, &comm_size);
+        int comm_rank = 0;
+        MPI_Comm_rank (comm, &comm_rank);
+        H5AbortOnError ();
+        H5SetVerbosityLevel (h5_verbosity);
+	H5SetDebugMask (-1);
+
+	// slice field in X direction
+
+	ssize_t n_slices = dim_x / comm_size;
+	ssize_t remaining_slices = dim_x % comm_size;
+	ssize_t i_start = comm_rank * n_slices;
+	if (comm_rank < remaining_slices) {
+		n_slices++;
+		i_start += comm_rank;
+	} else {
+		i_start += remaining_slices;
+	}
+	ssize_t i_end = i_start + n_slices;
+
+	// create fake data
+        h5_int64_t data[(i_end-i_start+1) * dim_y * dim_z];
+	for (int k = 0; k < dim_z; k++) {
+		for (int j = 0; j < dim_y; j++) {
+			for (int i = i_start; i < i_end; i++) {
+				data[idx(i-i_start,j,k)] = (h5_int64_t)idx(i,j,k);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+
+        // open file and create first step
+        h5_file_t file = H5OpenFile (fname, H5_O_WRONLY, H5_PROP_DEFAULT);
+        H5SetStep (file, 0); 
+
+	H5Block3dSetView (file, i_start, i_end, 0, dim_y-1, 0, dim_z-1);
+	
+        // write data
+        H5Block3dWriteScalarFieldInt64 (file, "data", data);
+
+        // done
+        H5CloseFile(file);
+	MPI_Finalize ();
+        return 0;
+}