Remapping character keys (not shortcuts)

Hey everyone,
I´ve got a US keyboard on my Macbook that I would like to use with a german key layout. I actually already physically switched a few keys around and am looking at buying my umlauts (ÜÄÖ) on ebay. Now as I don´t want to replace almost all keys I was wondering:
Is there a way to remap character keys under OSX Lion?
I´m not talking about shortcuts as this can be done in system preferences, I mean actual character key remapping.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
V

Is there some reason why just switching to the German layout provide with OS X does not work? You do this by going to system prefs/language & text/input sources and checking the box for German, plus the box for Show Input Menu in Menu Bar, and then choose German in the "flag" menu at the top right of the screen.
If the layout provided by Apple is not exactly right, I can suggest another one you can install.
If you really need to create a custom layout, then the tool is
http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele

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From: Dave Dixson (Ext. 513)[SMTP:[email protected]]
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-> From: Van Vuong <[email protected]>
To: "'Dave Dixson (Ext. 513)'" <[email protected]>
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