diff --git a/haystack/preview/components/preprocessors/__init__.py b/haystack/preview/components/preprocessors/__init__.py
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+from haystack.preview.components.preprocessors.text_document_splitter import TextDocumentSplitter
+
+__all__ = ["TextDocumentSplitter"]
diff --git a/haystack/preview/components/preprocessors/text_document_splitter.py b/haystack/preview/components/preprocessors/text_document_splitter.py
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+from copy import deepcopy
+from typing import List, Dict, Any, Literal
+
+from more_itertools import windowed
+
+from haystack.preview import component, Document, default_from_dict, default_to_dict
+
+
+@component
+class TextDocumentSplitter:
+    """
+    Splits a list of text documents into a list of text documents with shorter texts.
+    This is useful for splitting documents with long texts that otherwise would not fit into the maximum text length of language models.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, split_by: Literal["word", "sentence", "passage"] = "word", split_length: int = 200, split_overlap: int = 0
+    ):
+        """
+        :param split_by: The unit by which the document should be split. Choose from "word" for splitting by " ",
+        "sentence" for splitting by ".", or "passage" for splitting by "\n\n".
+        :param split_length: The maximum number of units in each split.
+        :param split_overlap: The number of units that each split should overlap.
+        """
+
+        self.split_by = split_by
+        if split_by not in ["word", "sentence", "passage"]:
+            raise ValueError("split_by must be one of 'word', 'sentence' or 'passage'.")
+        if split_length <= 0:
+            raise ValueError("split_length must be greater than 0.")
+        self.split_length = split_length
+        if split_overlap < 0:
+            raise ValueError("split_overlap must be greater than or equal to 0.")
+        self.split_overlap = split_overlap
+
+    @component.output_types(documents=List[Document])
+    def run(self, documents: List[Document]):
+        """
+        Splits the documents by split_by after split_length units with an overlap of split_overlap units.
+        Returns a list of documents with the split texts.
+        A metadata field "source_id" is added to each document to keep track of the original document that was split.
+        :param documents: The documents to split.
+        :return: A list of documents with the split texts.
+        """
+
+        if not documents or not isinstance(documents, list) or not isinstance(documents[0], Document):
+            raise TypeError("TextDocumentSplitter expects a List of Documents as input.")
+        split_docs = []
+        for doc in documents:
+            if doc.text is None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"TextDocumentSplitter only works with text documents but document.text for document ID {doc.id} is None."
+                )
+            units = self._split_into_units(doc.text, self.split_by)
+            text_splits = self._concatenate_units(units, self.split_length, self.split_overlap)
+            metadata = deepcopy(doc.metadata)
+            metadata["source_id"] = doc.id
+            split_docs += [Document(text=txt, metadata=metadata) for txt in text_splits]
+        return {"documents": split_docs}
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Serialize this component to a dictionary.
+        """
+        return default_to_dict(
+            self, split_by=self.split_by, split_length=self.split_length, split_overlap=self.split_overlap
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "TextDocumentSplitter":
+        """
+        Deserialize this component from a dictionary.
+        """
+        return default_from_dict(cls, data)
+
+    def _split_into_units(self, text: str, split_by: Literal["word", "sentence", "passage"]) -> List[str]:
+        if split_by == "passage":
+            split_at = "\n\n"
+        elif split_by == "sentence":
+            split_at = "."
+        elif split_by == "word":
+            split_at = " "
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "TextDocumentSplitter only supports 'passage', 'sentence' or 'word' split_by options."
+            )
+        units = text.split(split_at)
+        # Add the delimiter back to all units except the last one
+        for i in range(len(units) - 1):
+            units[i] += split_at
+        return units
+
+    def _concatenate_units(self, elements: List[str], split_length: int, split_overlap: int) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Concatenates the elements into parts of split_length units.
+        """
+        text_splits = []
+        segments = windowed(elements, n=split_length, step=split_length - split_overlap)
+        for seg in segments:
+            current_units = [unit for unit in seg if unit is not None]
+            txt = "".join(current_units)
+            if len(txt) > 0:
+                text_splits.append(txt)
+        return text_splits
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/preprocessor-2-0-9828d930562fa3f5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/preprocessor-2-0-9828d930562fa3f5.yaml
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+---
+preview:
+  - |
+    Add the `TextDocumentSplitter` component for Haystack 2.0 that splits a Document with long text into multiple Documents with shorter texts. Thereby the texts match the maximum length that the language models in Embedders or other components can process.
diff --git a/test/preview/components/preprocessors/__init__.py b/test/preview/components/preprocessors/__init__.py
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diff --git a/test/preview/components/preprocessors/test_text_document_splitter.py b/test/preview/components/preprocessors/test_text_document_splitter.py
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+import pytest
+
+from haystack.preview import Document
+from haystack.preview.components.preprocessors import TextDocumentSplitter
+
+
+class TestTextDocumentSplitter:
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_non_text_document(self):
+        with pytest.raises(
+            ValueError, match="TextDocumentSplitter only works with text documents but document.text for document ID"
+        ):
+            splitter = TextDocumentSplitter()
+            splitter.run(documents=[Document()])
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_single_doc(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="TextDocumentSplitter expects a List of Documents as input."):
+            splitter = TextDocumentSplitter()
+            splitter.run(documents=Document())
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_empty_list(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="TextDocumentSplitter expects a List of Documents as input."):
+            splitter = TextDocumentSplitter()
+            splitter.run(documents=[])
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_unsupported_split_by(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="split_by must be one of 'word', 'sentence' or 'passage'."):
+            TextDocumentSplitter(split_by="unsupported")
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_unsupported_split_length(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="split_length must be greater than 0."):
+            TextDocumentSplitter(split_length=0)
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_unsupported_split_overlap(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="split_overlap must be greater than or equal to 0."):
+            TextDocumentSplitter(split_overlap=-1)
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_split_by_word(self):
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter(split_by="word", split_length=10)
+        result = splitter.run(
+            documents=[
+                Document(
+                    text="This is a text with some words. There is a second sentence. And there is a third sentence."
+                )
+            ]
+        )
+        assert len(result["documents"]) == 2
+        assert result["documents"][0].text == "This is a text with some words. There is a "
+        assert result["documents"][1].text == "second sentence. And there is a third sentence."
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_split_by_word_multiple_input_docs(self):
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter(split_by="word", split_length=10)
+        result = splitter.run(
+            documents=[
+                Document(
+                    text="This is a text with some words. There is a second sentence. And there is a third sentence."
+                ),
+                Document(
+                    text="This is a different text with some words. There is a second sentence. And there is a third sentence. And there is a fourth sentence."
+                ),
+            ]
+        )
+        assert len(result["documents"]) == 5
+        assert result["documents"][0].text == "This is a text with some words. There is a "
+        assert result["documents"][1].text == "second sentence. And there is a third sentence."
+        assert result["documents"][2].text == "This is a different text with some words. There is "
+        assert result["documents"][3].text == "a second sentence. And there is a third sentence. And "
+        assert result["documents"][4].text == "there is a fourth sentence."
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_split_by_sentence(self):
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter(split_by="sentence", split_length=1)
+        result = splitter.run(
+            documents=[
+                Document(
+                    text="This is a text with some words. There is a second sentence. And there is a third sentence."
+                )
+            ]
+        )
+        assert len(result["documents"]) == 3
+        assert result["documents"][0].text == "This is a text with some words."
+        assert result["documents"][1].text == " There is a second sentence."
+        assert result["documents"][2].text == " And there is a third sentence."
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_split_by_passage(self):
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter(split_by="passage", split_length=1)
+        result = splitter.run(
+            documents=[
+                Document(
+                    text="This is a text with some words. There is a second sentence.\n\nAnd there is a third sentence.\n\n And another passage."
+                )
+            ]
+        )
+        assert len(result["documents"]) == 3
+        assert result["documents"][0].text == "This is a text with some words. There is a second sentence.\n\n"
+        assert result["documents"][1].text == "And there is a third sentence.\n\n"
+        assert result["documents"][2].text == " And another passage."
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_split_by_word_with_overlap(self):
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter(split_by="word", split_length=10, split_overlap=2)
+        result = splitter.run(
+            documents=[
+                Document(
+                    text="This is a text with some words. There is a second sentence. And there is a third sentence."
+                )
+            ]
+        )
+        assert len(result["documents"]) == 2
+        assert result["documents"][0].text == "This is a text with some words. There is a "
+        assert result["documents"][1].text == "is a second sentence. And there is a third sentence."
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_to_dict(self):
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter()
+        data = splitter.to_dict()
+        assert data == {
+            "type": "TextDocumentSplitter",
+            "init_parameters": {"split_by": "word", "split_length": 200, "split_overlap": 0},
+        }
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_to_dict_with_custom_init_parameters(self):
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter(split_by="passage", split_length=100, split_overlap=1)
+        data = splitter.to_dict()
+        assert data == {
+            "type": "TextDocumentSplitter",
+            "init_parameters": {"split_by": "passage", "split_length": 100, "split_overlap": 1},
+        }
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_from_dict(self):
+        data = {
+            "type": "TextDocumentSplitter",
+            "init_parameters": {"split_by": "passage", "split_length": 100, "split_overlap": 1},
+        }
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter.from_dict(data)
+        assert splitter.split_by == "passage"
+        assert splitter.split_length == 100
+        assert splitter.split_overlap == 1
+
+    @pytest.mark.unit
+    def test_source_id_stored_in_metadata(self):
+        splitter = TextDocumentSplitter(split_by="word", split_length=10)
+        doc1 = Document(text="This is a text with some words.")
+        doc2 = Document(text="This is a different text with some words.")
+        result = splitter.run(documents=[doc1, doc2])
+        assert result["documents"][0].metadata["source_id"] == doc1.id
+        assert result["documents"][1].metadata["source_id"] == doc2.id