diff --git a/Core/Code/Testing/files.cmake b/Core/Code/Testing/files.cmake
index 9b4d7653a4..af3b7bfe44 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Testing/files.cmake
+++ b/Core/Code/Testing/files.cmake
@@ -1,154 +1,155 @@
 
 # tests with no extra command line parameter
 set(MODULE_TESTS
   mitkAccessByItkTest.cpp
   mitkCoreObjectFactoryTest.cpp
   mitkMaterialTest.cpp
   mitkActionTest.cpp
   mitkDispatcherTest.cpp
   mitkEnumerationPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkEventTest.cpp
   mitkFocusManagerTest.cpp
   mitkGenericPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkGeometry3DTest.cpp
   mitkGeometryDataToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkGlobalInteractionTest.cpp
   mitkImageDataItemTest.cpp
   #mitkImageMapper2DTest.cpp
   mitkImageGeneratorTest.cpp
   mitkBaseDataTest.cpp
   #mitkImageToItkTest.cpp
   mitkImportItkImageTest.cpp
   mitkGrabItkImageMemoryTest.cpp
   mitkInstantiateAccessFunctionTest.cpp
   mitkInteractorTest.cpp
   #mitkITKThreadingTest.cpp
   mitkLevelWindowTest.cpp
   mitkMessageTest.cpp
   #mitkPipelineSmartPointerCorrectnessTest.cpp
   mitkPixelTypeTest.cpp
   mitkPlaneGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetFileIOTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetWriterTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetReaderTest.cpp
   mitkPointSetInteractorTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyTest.cpp
   mitkPropertyListTest.cpp
   #mitkRegistrationBaseTest.cpp
   #mitkSegmentationInterpolationTest.cpp
   mitkSlicedGeometry3DTest.cpp
   mitkSliceNavigationControllerTest.cpp
   mitkStateMachineTest.cpp
   ##mitkStateMachineContainerTest.cpp ## rewrite test, indirect since no longer exported Bug 14529
   mitkStateTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceTest.cpp
   mitkSurfaceToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkTimeSlicedGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkTransitionTest.cpp
   mitkUndoControllerTest.cpp
   mitkVtkWidgetRenderingTest.cpp
   mitkVerboseLimitedLinearUndoTest.cpp
   mitkWeakPointerTest.cpp
   mitkTransferFunctionTest.cpp
   #mitkAbstractTransformGeometryTest.cpp
   mitkStepperTest.cpp
   itkTotalVariationDenoisingImageFilterTest.cpp
   mitkRenderingManagerTest.cpp
   vtkMitkThickSlicesFilterTest.cpp
   mitkNodePredicateSourceTest.cpp
   mitkVectorTest.cpp
   mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculatorTest.cpp
   mitkExceptionTest.cpp
   mitkExtractSliceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkLogTest.cpp
   mitkImageDimensionConverterTest.cpp
   mitkLoggingAdapterTest.cpp
   mitkUIDGeneratorTest.cpp
   mitkShaderRepositoryTest.cpp
   mitkPlanePositionManagerTest.cpp
+  mitkAffineTransformBaseTest.cpp
 )
 
 # test with image filename as an extra command line parameter
 set(MODULE_IMAGE_TESTS
   mitkImageTimeSelectorTest.cpp #only runs on images
   mitkImageAccessorTest.cpp #only runs on images
   mitkDataNodeFactoryTest.cpp #runs on all types of data
 )
 
 set(MODULE_SURFACE_TESTS
   mitkSurfaceVtkWriterTest.cpp #only runs on surfaces
   mitkDataNodeFactoryTest.cpp #runs on all types of data
 )
 
 # list of images for which the tests are run
 set(MODULE_TESTIMAGES
   US4DCyl.nrrd
   Pic3D.nrrd
   Pic2DplusT.nrrd
   BallBinary30x30x30.nrrd
   Png2D-bw.png
 )
 set(MODULE_TESTSURFACES
   binary.stl
   ball.stl
 )
 
 set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS
     #mitkLabeledImageToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp
     #mitkExternalToolsTest.cpp
     mitkDataStorageTest.cpp
     mitkDataNodeTest.cpp
     mitkDicomSeriesReaderTest.cpp
     mitkDICOMLocaleTest.cpp
     mitkEventMapperTest.cpp
     mitkEventConfigTest.cpp
     mitkNodeDependentPointSetInteractorTest.cpp
     mitkStateMachineFactoryTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetLocaleTest.cpp
     mitkImageTest.cpp
     mitkImageWriterTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DOpacityTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DResliceInterpolationPropertyTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DColorTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DSwivelTest.cpp
     mitkImageVtkMapper2DTransferFunctionTest.cpp
     mitkIOUtilTest.cpp
     mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTest
     mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3DTexturedSphereTest.cpp
     mitkSurfaceGLMapper2DColorTest.cpp
     mitkSurfaceGLMapper2DOpacityTest.cpp
     mitkVolumeCalculatorTest.cpp
     mitkLevelWindowManagerTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetVtkMapper2DTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetVtkMapper2DImageTest.cpp
     mitkPointSetVtkMapper2DGlyphTypeTest.cpp
 )
 
 set(MODULE_RESOURCE_FILES
   Interactions/AddAndRemovePoints.xml
   Interactions/globalConfig.xml
   Interactions/StatemachineTest.xml
   Interactions/StatemachineConfigTest.xml
 )
 
 # Create an artificial module initializing class for
 # the usServiceListenerTest.cpp
 usFunctionGenerateModuleInit(testdriver_init_file
                              NAME ${MODULE_NAME}TestDriver
                              DEPENDS "Mitk"
                              VERSION "0.1.0"
                              EXECUTABLE
                             )
 
 # Embed the resources
 set(testdriver_resources )
 usFunctionEmbedResources(testdriver_resources
                          EXECUTABLE_NAME ${MODULE_NAME}TestDriver
                          ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Resources
                          FILES ${MODULE_RESOURCE_FILES}
                         )
 
 set(TEST_CPP_FILES ${testdriver_init_file} ${testdriver_resources})
diff --git a/Core/Code/Testing/mitkAffineTransformBaseTest.cpp b/Core/Code/Testing/mitkAffineTransformBaseTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1cf1d39ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Code/Testing/mitkAffineTransformBaseTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+
+
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 "mitkVector.h"
+#include "itkScalableAffineTransform.h"
+#include "mitkMatrixConvert.h"
+
+#include "mitkTestingMacros.h"
+
+using namespace mitk;
+
+static void Setup(Point3D& point3D, Vector3D& offset, Matrix3D& matrix)
+{
+  point3D[0] = 1.0; point3D[1] = 0.0; point3D[2] = 0.0;
+
+  offset[0] = 2.0; offset[1] = 3.0; offset[2] = 4.0;
+
+  // 90° rotation
+  matrix.Fill(0);
+  matrix[0][1] = -1;
+  matrix[1][0] =  1;
+
+
+}
+
+
+static void testTransferItkTransformToVtkMatrix(void)
+{
+  Vector3D offset;
+  Matrix3D rotation;
+  Point3D pointToRotate;
+
+  Setup(pointToRotate, offset, rotation);
+
+  AffineTransform3D::Pointer transform = AffineTransform3D::New();
+
+  transform->SetOffset(offset);
+  transform->SetMatrix(rotation);
+
+  vtkMatrix4x4* vtkMatrix = vtkMatrix4x4::New();
+  TransferItkTransformToVtkMatrix(transform.GetPointer(), vtkMatrix);
+
+  //MITK_TEST_CONDITION(vtkMatrix == )
+}
+
+/**
+ * This test shall ensure and document the basic functionality of the
+ * itk AffineTransformation functionality and test some basic transformation functionalities provided by mitk.
+ */
+int mitkAffineTransformBaseTest(int /*argc*/, char* /*argv*/[])
+{
+  MITK_TEST_BEGIN("AffineTransformationBaseTest");
+
+  testTransferItkTransformToVtkMatrix();
+
+  MITK_TEST_END();
+}