Franziskus Krankenhaus

What Franziskus Krankenhaus does

Franziskus Krankenhaus is a Catholic acute-care hospital in Berlin's Tiergarten district, founded in 1908 and operating as one of two locations under the Joseph Kliniken Berlin umbrella — the largest Catholic hospital group in Berlin. Together with sister site St. Joseph Krankenhaus in Tempelhof, the group operates 730 beds, 20 medical departments, and more than a dozen certified specialty centers, treating over 90,000 patients annually on an inpatient and outpatient basis combined with approximately 2,000 staff. The hospital is owned by the Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund, a network of Catholic hospitals in Germany, and is structured as a private non-profit under church ownership with no equity funding, M&A, or external ownership events disclosed.

The service portfolio spans 20 clinical departments including general and visceral surgery, anesthesiology and intensive care, cardiology, orthopedics and trauma surgery, urology, gynecology, obstetrics, geriatrics, pediatrics, child and adolescent psychiatry, palliative medicine, interventional radiology, and infectious disease. Advanced clinical capabilities are concentrated in the Zentrum für roboter-assistierte Chirurgie (Center for Robot-Assisted Surgery), the Interdisziplinäre Intensivstation, a Level 1 Perinatalzentrum, and a stack of DKG-certified oncology centers (visceral oncology, colorectal, pancreatic, prostate, hematological neoplasms), DDG-certified diabetes center, DGFN nephrology clinic, DHG hernia surgery competence center, and DWG spine specialty center, plus affiliated MVZ Novomed ambulatory services and an in-house Schule für Gesundheitsberufe.

Revenue is generated exclusively through clinical services reimbursed under Germany's Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) system via statutory (GKV) and private (PKV) health insurance; pricing is regulated and not publicly disclosed. Patient acquisition is non-discretionary and sales-led in the structural sense — emergency room admissions, scheduled inpatient and outpatient treatments, primary-care physician referrals, and inter-hospital referrals — supplemented by top-of-funnel community engagement (parent information evenings, health education events, and a social media presence under the #josephkliniken brand). Marketing channels are limited to the group's website (joseph-kliniken.de), social media, and community events; there is no evidence of advertising-driven acquisition or geographic expansion beyond Berlin.

Name

Franziskus Krankenhaus

Legal name

Franziskus Krankenhaus

Website

https://franziskus-berlin.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1908

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Franziskus Krankenhaus is a Catholic acute-care hospital in Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany, part of the Joseph Kliniken Berlin group (the largest Catholic hospital in Berlin) and the Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund network, operating 20 specialty departments and 12+ certified medical centers serving over 90,000 patients annually.

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Product category

Hospital and Acute Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (62231), Hospitals (622)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAHAC

Oncology & Cancer Specialty Hospitals

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Specialty Hospitals & Inpatient Specialty Care

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Inpatient and outpatient care
• Oncology treatment center
• Emergency medical services
• Specialty medical centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Hospital Healthcare Services: Revenue generated from inpatient and outpatient medical treatments covered by statutory health insurance (GKV) and private health insurance (PKV). Includes emergency services, surgical procedures, diagnostic services, and rehabilitative care.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Franziskus Krankenhaus is a Catholic acute-care hospital in Berlin-Tiergarten delivering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services across 20 specialties, including emergency care, general and visceral surgery, anesthesiology, internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, obstetrics, pediatrics, urology, orthopedics, geriatrics, and palliative care. The hospital operates more than a dozen certified specialty centers covering cancer, diabetes, vascular medicine, hernia surgery, spine surgery, robotic surgery, nephrology, and Level 1 perinatal care, with revenue generated from treatments reimbursed under German statutory (GKV) and private (PKV) health insurance.

Product overview

Franziskus Krankenhaus is one of two hospital locations (along with St. Joseph Krankenhaus) under the Joseph Kliniken Berlin umbrella, the largest Catholic hospital in Berlin. The hospital offers 20 medical departments spanning somatic, psychosomatic, and psychiatric care, along with more than a dozen specialized medical centers. Key centers include certified oncology centers (visceral oncology, colorectal, pancreatic, prostate, hematological neoplasms), certified diabetes center, nephrology clinic, hernia surgery competence center, vascular center, spine specialty center, robot-assisted surgery center, and Level 1 perinatal center. The 730-bed facility treats over 90,000 patients annually with approximately 2,000 staff. Additional services include emergency care, interventional radiology, intensive care, and a private ward (Salveo). The hospital is part of the Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund network of Catholic hospitals.

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Products and services

• Emergency and Intensive Care Services 24/7 emergency room (Zentrale Notaufnahme, 2nd floor at Tiergarten) and interdisciplinary intensive care unit (Interdisziplinäre Intensivstation) at Franziskus Krankenhaus, available to all patients including acute admissions and inter-hospital transfers.
• Surgical Services General and visceral surgery, orthopedics and trauma surgery, spine surgery (Wirbelsäulenchirurgie), urology, pediatric surgery and pediatric urology, and robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery delivered through the Zentrum für roboter-assistierte Chirurgie for adult and pediatric patients at the Tiergarten and Tempelhof sites.
• Oncology and Cancer Center Services DKG-certified visceral oncology, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, hematological neoplasm, and interdisciplinary kidney cancer centers, coordinated through the Interdisziplinäres Onkologisches Zentrum (IOZ) for patients with gastrointestinal, pancreatic, prostate, hematological, and renal cancers.
• Obstetrics and Perinatal Services Prenatal care, childbirth, and postnatal support delivered through the Geburtshilfe department and the Perinatalzentrum Level 1, providing the highest level of care for high-risk pregnancies and neonatal cases, including the Berlin Diabeteszentrum für Schwangere for pregnant women with diabetes and the Elternschule parent education program.
• Internal Medicine and Specialty Medicine Services Innere Medizin, Kardiologie, Geriatrie, Infektiologie, Integrative Schmerzmedizin, Palliativmedizin, Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, and Gastroenterologie, Diabetologie und Hämato-Onkologie departments providing general internal medicine, cardiology, geriatric, infectious disease, integrative pain, palliative, anesthesia, and gastroenterology/diabetology care.
• Women and Children Services Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe, Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, and Kinderchirurgie und Kinderurologie departments providing women's health, pediatric and adolescent medicine, child and adolescent psychiatry, and pediatric surgery and urology services.
• Certified Diabetes and Nephrology Services DDG-certified Diabeteszentrum (including certified outpatient and inpatient foot treatment facilities) and the DGFN-certified Nephrologische Schwerpunktklinik with hypertension specialization, plus the Berlin Diabeteszentrum für Schwangere for pregnant women with diabetes.
• Musculoskeletal and Spine Services Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Zentrum für Endoprothetik (hip and knee replacement), Offizielles Kniezentrum (Deutsche Kniegesellschaft certified), DHG-certified Kompetenzzentrum Hernienchirurgie hernia surgery center, and DWG-certified Wirbelsäulen Spezialzentrum spine specialty center for musculoskeletal and spinal conditions.
• Vascular and Interventional Services Gefäßmedizin, Gefäßzentrum Tempelhof-Tiergarten vascular center, Interventionelle Radiologie interventional radiology at Franziskus Krankenhaus, and the Zertifiziertes Shunt-Referenzzentrum certified vascular access shunt reference center.
• Specialty Pelvic Floor and IBD Services Berliner Beckenbodenzentrum pelvic floor center, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für CED interdisciplinary inflammatory bowel disease center, and Zentrum für Vasculäre Malformationen bei Kindern (ZVM) pediatric vascular malformations center.
• Salveo Private Ward Salveo Privatstation private ward providing premium inpatient accommodations and services for patients with private health insurance (PKV) or self-pay status.
• MVZ Novemed Berlin Ambulatory Care MVZ Novomed Berlin ambulatory medical care center affiliated with Joseph Kliniken Berlin, providing outpatient consultations and follow-up care.
• School for Health Professions Schule für Gesundheitsberufe, the in-house training school for healthcare professionals operated as part of the Joseph Kliniken Berlin network.

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Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Elisabeth Vinzenz VerbundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Joseph Kliniken Berlin (including Franziskus Krankenhaus) belongs to the Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund, a network of Catholic hospitals committed to quality and compassion in medical care and nursing.

Scale indicators5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Maria Heimsuchung Caritas-Klinik Pankow: Berlin-based Catholic hospital providing comparable general and specialty inpatient services under church non-profit ownership and DRG funding. Directly comparable in ownership model, geography, and service mix.
• Schoen Klinik SE: German private hospital group focused on specialty inpatient care (orthopedics, neurology, psychosomatics, surgery) under DRG reimbursement. Comparable in specialty-center strategy and German acute-care operating model.
• Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch: Part of Helios (Germany's largest private hospital operator), this Berlin hospital offers comparable multi-specialty inpatient services including oncology, surgery, and emergency care under the same DRG reimbursement system. Closest for-profit scale competitor in the Berlin market.
• St. Hedwig Krankenhaus Berlin: Catholic teaching hospital in Berlin Mitte operated under a similar church-affiliated non-profit structure, providing comparable multi-specialty inpatient and outpatient care in the same city and DRG reimbursement environment.

Broad incumbents

• Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit: Berlin's municipal hospital network operating nine hospitals across the city, providing general and specialty inpatient care funded under the same DRG system. Comparable in scale, service breadth, and Berlin geography to Franziskus Krankenhaus / Joseph Kliniken Berlin.
• Universitätsklinikum Leipzig: Large German university hospital providing comparable comprehensive inpatient and specialty services (oncology, surgery, perinatal care) under DRG reimbursement. Useful scale and operating-model benchmark outside Berlin.
• Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg & Berlin: One of Germany's largest private hospital groups, operating multiple facilities in Berlin including Asklepios Klinikum Wandsbek and Berlin-Brandenburg sites. Comparable multi-specialty DRG-funded hospital operator with strong capital base and competing in oncology and surgery.
• Klinikum Stuttgart: Major German municipal hospital providing multi-specialty acute and specialty inpatient care comparable in size, breadth, and DRG-funded operating model. Useful benchmark for non-Berlin public-system peer economics.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Europe's largest university hospital, also based in Berlin, providing the full range of general and specialty inpatient care including oncology, cardiology, and surgery. Directly comparable as a Berlin-based multi-specialty inpatient provider competing for the same DRG-funded patient population.
• Sana Kliniken AG: German private hospital group operating ~60 facilities nationwide under DRG reimbursement, with comparable service lines including oncology, orthopedics, and acute care. A private-sector scale benchmark for a multi-site German hospital operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance17 records

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