Caret on german keyboard

I am running Lion 10.7.3 with al current updates. I frequently switch between german and english typing and to date have been switching keyboards back and forth, but there is a problem. A week ago I changed my password to include a caret symbol, and unlike most other german keyboards this one does not have a caret. Is there another keyboard layout with easy access to symbols, ß,ä,ö,ü, and that also has caret. And one more request, one that does not switch the y and the z keys. So, summing up: primarily I just care about the caret on the german keyboard, while if my computer goes to screensaver or sleep while on the german keyboard I could not log back in while I could not switch the keyboard or type a caret.
Requests
German Keyboard that:
                     -has a caret (^)
                    -does not switch y and z
*****The ability to change input at the login screen on wake from sleep or screensaver********
**Note for Trolls: Yes I have already switched my password to not include caret, but caret is useful in bash.

Never mind. Found it in an old post. It is mapped at Shift-Alt-7, really weird.
The post is at:
http://www.innoq.com/blog/st/2003/12/backslash_on_mac_os_x.html

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