diff --git a/test/pitytest11/src/PityNode.cc b/test/pitytest11/src/PityNode.cc
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+++ b/test/pitytest11/src/PityNode.cc
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+#include "PityModel.hh"
+#include "PityNode.hh"
+#include "PityUnit.hh"
+#include "iostream"
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace pEp {
+    namespace PityTest11 {
+        bool PityNode::debug_log_enabled = false;
+
+        PityNode::PityNode(PityModel& model, int nodeNr) :
+            _model{ model }, _node_nr{ nodeNr }, _process_unit{
+                std::make_shared<PityUnit<PityModel>>(
+                    &(_model.rootUnit()),
+                    getName(),
+                    nullptr,
+                    nullptr,
+                    PityUnit<PityModel>::ExecutionMode::PROCESS_PARALLEL)
+            }
+        {
+        }
+
+        std::string PityNode::getName() const
+        {
+            std::string ret{};
+            ret += "node_" + std::to_string(_node_nr);
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        std::string PityNode::to_string() const
+        {
+            std::string ret{};
+            ret += "node_" + std::to_string(_node_nr);
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        const std::shared_ptr<PityUnit<PityModel>>& PityNode::getProcessUnit() const
+        {
+            return _process_unit;
+        }
+    } // namespace PityTest11
+} // namespace pEp
diff --git a/test/pitytest11/src/PityNode.hh b/test/pitytest11/src/PityNode.hh
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+// This file is under GNU General Public License 3.0
+// see LICENSE.txt
+
+#ifndef PITYTEST_PITYNODE_HH
+#define PITYTEST_PITYNODE_HH
+
+#include "../../../src/pEpLog.hh"
+#include "PityUnit.hh"
+#include "PityModel.hh"
+
+namespace pEp {
+    namespace PityTest11 {
+        class PityModel;
+        class PityNode {
+        public:
+            PityNode() = delete;
+            explicit PityNode(PityModel& model, int nodeNr);
+            std::string getName() const;
+            std::string to_string() const;
+
+            //internal logging
+            static bool debug_log_enabled;
+            Adapter::pEpLog::pEpLogger logger_debug{ "PityNode", debug_log_enabled };
+        private:
+            const int _node_nr;
+            PityModel& _model;
+            std::shared_ptr<PityUnit<PityModel>> _process_unit;
+
+        public:
+            const std::shared_ptr<PityUnit<PityModel>>& getProcessUnit() const;
+
+        private:
+            //internal logging
+            Adapter::pEpLog::pEpLogger& m4gic_logger_n4me = logger_debug;
+        };
+    }; // namespace PityTest11
+};     // namespace pEp
+
+#endif // PITYTEST_PITYNODE_HH