diff --git a/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/files.cmake b/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/files.cmake
index c3d67eb3b9..895500561f 100644
--- a/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/files.cmake
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 file(GLOB_RECURSE H_FILES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*")
 
 set(CPP_FILES
   mitkAutoCropImageFilter.cpp
   mitkBoundingObjectCutter.cpp
   mitkBoundingObjectToSegmentationFilter.cpp
   mitkGeometryClipImageFilter.cpp
   mitkGeometryDataSource.cpp
   mitkHeightFieldSurfaceClipImageFilter.cpp
   mitkImageToUnstructuredGridFilter.cpp
   mitkLabeledImageToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   mitkMaskAndCutRoiImageFilter.cpp
   mitkMaskImageFilter.cpp
   mitkMovieGenerator.cpp
   mitkNonBlockingAlgorithm.cpp
   mitkPadImageFilter.cpp
   mitkPlaneFit.cpp
   mitkPlaneLandmarkProjector.cpp
   mitkPointLocator.cpp
   mitkSegmentationSink.cpp
   mitkSimpleHistogram.cpp
   mitkSimpleUnstructuredGridHistogram.cpp
   mitkCovarianceMatrixCalculator.cpp
   mitkAnisotropicIterativeClosestPointRegistration.cpp
   mitkWeightedPointTransform.cpp
   mitkAnisotropicRegistrationCommon.cpp
   mitkUnstructuredGridClusteringFilter.cpp
   mitkUnstructuredGridToUnstructuredGridFilter.cpp
+  mitkSurfaceToPointSetFilter.cpp
 )
 
 if(WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
   list(APPEND CPP_FILES
     mitkMovieGeneratorWin32.cpp
   )
 endif()
diff --git a/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/include/mitkSurfaceToPointSetFilter.h b/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/include/mitkSurfaceToPointSetFilter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d419b53b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/include/mitkSurfaceToPointSetFilter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef MITKSURFACETOPOINTSETFILTER_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_
+#define MITKSURFACETOPOINTSETFILTER_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_
+
+// exports
+#include "MitkAlgorithmsExtExports.h"
+
+//mitk headers
+#include <mitkPointSetSource.h>
+#include "mitkSurface.h"
+//#include <itkExtendedDoublyLinkedFaceList.h>
+
+namespace mitk {
+
+
+ /** Documentation
+  *  @brief This filter converts the input surface into a point set. The output point set contains every point exactly one time
+  *         (no dublicated points like in the stl-format).
+  */
+
+  class MITKALGORITHMSEXT_EXPORT SurfaceToPointSetFilter : public mitk::PointSetSource
+  {
+  public:
+
+    mitkClassMacro(SurfaceToPointSetFilter,mitk::PointSetSource);
+    itkNewMacro(Self);
+
+    void SetInput(mitk::Surface::Pointer m_InputSurface);
+
+
+    std::string GetErrorMessage();
+
+  protected:
+    SurfaceToPointSetFilter();
+    ~SurfaceToPointSetFilter();
+
+    /** @brief method generating the output of this filter. Called in the updated process of the pipeline. */
+    virtual void GenerateData();
+
+    //############### members ########################
+    mitk::Surface::Pointer m_InputSurface;
+    std::string m_ErrorMessage;
+
+  };
+
+} // namespace mitk
+#endif /* MITKSURFACETODISTANCEIMAGEFILTER_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_ */
diff --git a/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/src/mitkSurfaceToPointSetFilter.cpp b/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/src/mitkSurfaceToPointSetFilter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ceed4de6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/AlgorithmsExt/src/mitkSurfaceToPointSetFilter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkSurfaceToPointSetFilter.h"
+
+//mitk headers
+#include "mitkPointSet.h"
+
+//itk headers
+#include "itkMatrix.h"
+#include "itkVector.h"
+
+//vtk headers
+#include <vtkPolyData.h>
+#include <vtkCleanPolyData.h>
+
+mitk::SurfaceToPointSetFilter::SurfaceToPointSetFilter()
+  {
+    this->SetNumberOfIndexedOutputs(1);
+  }
+
+mitk::SurfaceToPointSetFilter::~SurfaceToPointSetFilter()
+  {
+
+  }
+
+void mitk::SurfaceToPointSetFilter::GenerateData()
+  {
+  if (m_InputSurface.IsNull())
+    {
+    this->SetNthOutput(0,NULL);
+    m_ErrorMessage = "Error in SurfaceToPointSetFilter: Input is not set correctly.";
+    return;
+    }
+  mitk::PointSet::Pointer result = mitk::PointSet::New();
+
+  vtkPolyData* points = this->m_InputSurface->GetVtkPolyData();
+  vtkCleanPolyData *cleaner = vtkCleanPolyData::New();
+  cleaner->PieceInvariantOff();
+  cleaner->ConvertLinesToPointsOff();
+  cleaner->ConvertPolysToLinesOff();
+  cleaner->ConvertStripsToPolysOff();
+  cleaner->PointMergingOn();
+  cleaner->SetInputData(points);
+  cleaner->Update();
+
+  vtkPolyData* mergedPoints = cleaner->GetOutput();
+
+  //generate filter output
+  for (int i=0; i<mergedPoints->GetNumberOfPoints(); i++)
+    {
+    mitk::Point3D currentPoint;
+    currentPoint[0] = mergedPoints->GetPoint(i)[0];
+    currentPoint[1] = mergedPoints->GetPoint(i)[1];
+    currentPoint[2] = mergedPoints->GetPoint(i)[2];
+    result->InsertPoint(i,currentPoint);
+    }
+  this->SetNthOutput(0,result);
+  //-------------------------
+
+  cleaner->Delete();
+  }
+
+void mitk::SurfaceToPointSetFilter::SetInput(mitk::Surface::Pointer InputSurface)
+  {
+  m_InputSurface = InputSurface;
+  this->Modified();
+  }
+
+std::string mitk::SurfaceToPointSetFilter::GetErrorMessage()
+  {
+  return this->m_ErrorMessage;
+  }