FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                            REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

           Intershop Communications AG Simplifies Ownership Structure

                   INTERSHOP COMMUNICATIONS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

                              (Name of Registrant)

                   INTERSHOP COMMUNICATIONS STOCK CORPORATION
                 (Translation of Registrant's Name into English)

                                Amsinckstrasse 57
                                 D-20097 Hamburg
                           Federal Republic of Germany
                               (011) 49-40-23708-2
   (Address and Telephone Number of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant  files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

                  Form 20-F   X                      Form 40-F
                            ----                               ----


Indicate by check mark whether the  registrant  by  furnishing  the  information
contained in this Form is also thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the SEC
pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

                  Yes                                No   X
                     ----                               ----


If "Yes" is marked,  indicate  the file  number  assigned to the  registrant  in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A


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                                   SIGNATURES



                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                              INTERSHOP COMMUNICATIONS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT


Date:  January 23, 2002       By:/s/ STEPHAN SCHAMBACH
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                              Stephan Schambach
                                 Chief Executive Officer (Vorstandsvorsitzender)



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