diff --git a/Modules/PlanarFigure/Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter.cpp b/Modules/PlanarFigure/Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f0a87d0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/PlanarFigure/Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
+Language:  C++
+Date:      $Date: 2007-12-11 14:46:19 +0100 (Di, 11. Dez 2007) $
+Version:   $Revision: 13129 $
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
+Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
+See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+
+
+#include "mitkPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter.h"
+
+mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter()
+: mitk::PlanarFigureSource()
+{
+  this->SetNumberOfRequiredInputs(1);
+}
+
+
+mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::~PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter()
+{
+}
+
+
+void mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::SetInput( const InputType* figure )
+{
+  this->SetInput( 0, figure );
+}
+
+void mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::SetInput( unsigned int idx, const InputType* figure )
+{
+  if ( this->GetInput(idx) != figure )
+  {
+    this->SetNthInput( idx, const_cast<InputType*>( figure ) );
+    this->CreateOutputsForAllInputs();
+    this->Modified();
+  }
+}
+
+const mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::InputType* mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::GetInput()
+{
+  if (this->GetNumberOfInputs() < 1)
+    return NULL;
+
+  return static_cast<const InputType*>(this->ProcessObject::GetInput(0));
+}
+
+const mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::InputType* mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::GetInput( unsigned int idx )
+{
+  if (this->GetNumberOfInputs() < idx)
+    return NULL;
+
+  return static_cast<const InputType*>(this->ProcessObject::GetInput(idx));
+}
+
+void mitk::PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter::CreateOutputsForAllInputs()
+{
+  this->SetNumberOfOutputs(this->GetNumberOfInputs());  // create outputs for all inputs
+  for (unsigned int idx = 0; idx < this->GetNumberOfOutputs(); ++idx)
+  {
+    if (this->GetOutput(idx) == NULL)
+    {
+      DataObjectPointer newOutput = this->MakeOutput(idx);
+      this->SetNthOutput(idx, newOutput);
+    }
+    this->Modified();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Modules/PlanarFigure/Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter.h b/Modules/PlanarFigure/Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4514b524dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/PlanarFigure/Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
+Language:  C++
+Date:      $Date: 2009-05-13 18:06:46 +0200 (Mi, 13. Mai 2009) $
+Version:   $Revision: 17258 $
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
+Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
+See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+
+
+#ifndef MITKPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter_H_HEADER_INCLUDED
+#define MITKPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter_H_HEADER_INCLUDED
+
+#include "mitkPlanarFigure.h"
+#include "PlanarFigureExports.h"
+#include "mitkCommon.h"
+#include "mitkPlanarFigureSource.h"
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+/**
+ * @brief Base class for all filters which have an object of type
+ * mitk::PlanarFigure as input and output
+ *
+ * Base class for all filters which have an object of type mitk::PlanarFigure
+ * as input and output. 
+ * @ingroup PlanarFigure_EXPORT
+ */
+class PlanarFigure_EXPORT PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter : public mitk::PlanarFigureSource
+{
+public:
+    mitkClassMacro( PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter, PlanarFigureSource );
+    itkNewMacro( Self );
+
+    typedef PlanarFigure InputType;
+    typedef InputType::Pointer InputTypePointer;
+    typedef itk::DataObject::Pointer DataObjectPointer;
+
+    virtual void SetInput( const InputType* figure );
+
+    virtual void SetInput( unsigned int idx, const InputType* figure );
+
+    virtual const InputType* GetInput();
+
+    virtual const InputType* GetInput( unsigned int idx );
+
+    virtual void CreateOutputsForAllInputs();
+
+protected:
+    PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter();
+    virtual ~PlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter();
+};
+} // namespace mitk
+#endif 
diff --git a/Modules/PlanarFigure/files.cmake b/Modules/PlanarFigure/files.cmake
index c6c5672252..931d605501 100644
--- a/Modules/PlanarFigure/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/PlanarFigure/files.cmake
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 SET(CPP_FILES
   Algorithms/mitkImageToPlanarFigureFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureObjectFactory.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureSource.cpp
+  Algorithms/mitkPlanarFigureToPlanarFigureFilter.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarAngle.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarCircle.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarCross.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarFigure.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarFourPointAngle.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarLine.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarArrow.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarPolygon.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarRectangle.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlanarFigureControlPointStyleProperty.cpp
   IO/mitkPlanarFigureIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPlanarFigureReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPlanarFigureWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkPlanarFigureWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPlanarFigureSerializer.cpp
   IO/mitkPlanarFigureSubclassesSerializer.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPlanarFigureInteractor.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPlanarFigureMapper2D.cpp
 )