  TAUKAM stands for "TAUtenburg KAMera", which will become the new prime-focus
imager for the Tautenburg Schmidt telescope. It employs an e2v 6kx6k CCD and is
under manufacture by Spectral Instruments Inc. We describe the design of the
instrument and the auxiliary components, its specifications as well as the
concept for integrating the device into the telescope infrastructure. First
light is foreseen in 2017. TAUKAM will boost the observational capabilities of
the telescope for what concerns optical wide-field surveys.
