Status of the high brilliance synchrotron light source BESSY-II

The high brilliance synchrotron light source BESSY II under construction at the WISTA Science and Technology Park at Berlin-Adlershof has by now passed major milestones with the completion of the injector complex. On April 3^rd, 1997 a 50 MeV electron beam was stored on a stable orbit in the 10 Hz booster synchrotron. As all magnets and most of the other necessary hardware have successfully passed acceptance tests, installation of the 240 m DBA storage ring in 16-fold symmetry has started. A stored beam is expected for the 2nd quarter of 1998. The paper describes the present status of the project