diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/ContourModel/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c41d28911..4634c724a4 100644
--- a/Modules/ContourModel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MITK_CREATE_MODULE(
   INCLUDE_DIRS Algorithms DataManagement IO Rendering
-  DEPENDS MitkCore
+  DEPENDS MitkCore MitkSceneSerializationBase
   WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS
 )
 
 add_subdirectory(Testing)
diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSerializer.cpp b/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSerializer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d15ef6e14f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSerializer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 "mitkContourModelSerializer.h"
+#include "mitkContourModelWriter.h"
+
+#include <itksys/SystemTools.hxx>
+
+MITK_REGISTER_SERIALIZER(ContourModelSerializer)
+
+mitk::ContourModelSerializer::ContourModelSerializer()
+{
+}
+
+mitk::ContourModelSerializer::~ContourModelSerializer()
+{
+}
+
+std::string mitk::ContourModelSerializer::Serialize()
+{
+  const ContourModel* contour = dynamic_cast<const ContourModel*>( m_Data.GetPointer() );
+  if (!contour)
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << " Object at " << (const void*) this->m_Data
+              << " is not an mitk::ContourModel. Cannot serialize as contour model.";
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  std::string filename( this->GetUniqueFilenameInWorkingDirectory() );
+  filename += "_";
+  filename += m_FilenameHint;
+  filename += ".cnt";
+
+  std::string fullname(m_WorkingDirectory);
+  fullname += "/";
+  fullname += itksys::SystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(filename.c_str());
+
+  try
+  {
+    ContourModelWriter::Pointer writer = ContourModelWriter::New();
+    writer->SetFileName( fullname );
+    writer->SetInput( const_cast<ContourModel*>( contour ) );
+    writer->Write();
+  }
+  catch (std::exception& e)
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << " Error serializing object at " << (const void*) this->m_Data
+              << " to "
+              << fullname
+              << ": "
+              << e.what();
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  return filename;
+}
+
diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSerializer.h b/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSerializer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b42539f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSerializer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 MITKCONTOURMODELSERIALIZER_H
+#define MITKCONTOURMODELSERIALIZER_H
+
+#include <mitkBaseDataSerializer.h>
+#include <MitkContourModelExports.h>
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+class MitkContourModel_EXPORT ContourModelSerializer : public BaseDataSerializer
+{
+
+public:
+
+  mitkClassMacro(ContourModelSerializer, BaseDataSerializer);
+  itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self)
+  itkCloneMacro(Self)
+
+  virtual std::string Serialize();
+
+protected:
+
+  ContourModelSerializer();
+  virtual ~ContourModelSerializer();
+};
+
+}
+
+
+#endif // MITKCONTOURMODELSERIALIZER_H
diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSetSerializer.cpp b/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSetSerializer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e66d98ec6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSetSerializer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 "mitkContourModelSetSerializer.h"
+#include "mitkContourModelSetWriter.h"
+
+#include <itksys/SystemTools.hxx>
+
+MITK_REGISTER_SERIALIZER(ContourModelSetSerializer)
+
+mitk::ContourModelSetSerializer::ContourModelSetSerializer()
+{
+}
+
+mitk::ContourModelSetSerializer::~ContourModelSetSerializer()
+{
+}
+
+std::string mitk::ContourModelSetSerializer::Serialize()
+{
+  const ContourModelSet* contourSet = dynamic_cast<const ContourModelSet*>( m_Data.GetPointer() );
+  if (!contourSet)
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << " Object at " << (const void*) this->m_Data
+              << " is not an mitk::ContourModelSet. Cannot serialize as contour model set.";
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  std::string filename( this->GetUniqueFilenameInWorkingDirectory() );
+  filename += "_";
+  filename += m_FilenameHint;
+  filename += ".cnt_set";
+
+  std::string fullname(m_WorkingDirectory);
+  fullname += "/";
+  fullname += itksys::SystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(filename.c_str());
+
+  try
+  {
+    ContourModelSetWriter::Pointer writer = ContourModelSetWriter::New();
+    writer->SetFileName( fullname );
+    writer->SetInput( const_cast<ContourModelSet*>( contourSet ) );
+    writer->Write();
+  }
+  catch (std::exception& e)
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << " Error serializing object at " << (const void*) this->m_Data
+              << " to "
+              << fullname
+              << ": "
+              << e.what();
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  return filename;
+}
+
diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSetSerializer.h b/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSetSerializer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bacffc2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/IO/mitkContourModelSetSerializer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef MITKCONTOURMODELSETSERIALIZER_H
+#define MITKCONTOURMODELSETSERIALIZER_H
+
+#include <mitkBaseDataSerializer.h>
+#include <MitkContourModelExports.h>
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+class MitkContourModel_EXPORT ContourModelSetSerializer : public BaseDataSerializer
+{
+public:
+  mitkClassMacro(ContourModelSetSerializer, BaseDataSerializer);
+  itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self)
+  itkCloneMacro(Self)
+
+  virtual std::string Serialize();
+
+protected:
+
+  ContourModelSetSerializer();
+  virtual ~ContourModelSetSerializer();
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // MITKCONTOURMODELSETSERIALIZER_H
diff --git a/Modules/ContourModel/files.cmake b/Modules/ContourModel/files.cmake
index 97e15752f2..beeab060ae 100644
--- a/Modules/ContourModel/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ContourModel/files.cmake
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
 set(CPP_FILES
   Algorithms/mitkContourModelSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkContourModelSetSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkContourModelSubDivisionFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkContourModelToPointSetFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkContourModelToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageToContourModelFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkContourObjectFactory.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkContourModelUtils.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkContourModel.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkContourModelSet.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkContourElement.cpp
   Rendering/mitkContourModelGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkContourModelMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkContourModelMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkContourModelSetMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkContourModelSetGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkContourModelGLMapper2DBase.cpp
   IO/mitkContourModelIOFactory.cpp
+  IO/mitkContourModelSerializer.cpp
   IO/mitkContourModelReader.cpp
   IO/mitkContourModelWriter.cpp
+  IO/mitkContourModelSetSerializer.cpp
   IO/mitkContourModelSetReader.cpp
   IO/mitkContourModelSetWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkContourModelWriterFactory.cpp
 )