Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg

What Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg does

Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg (PKL) is a municipal psychiatric hospital and Academic Teaching Hospital of Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), founded in 1901 and headquartered at Am Wienebütteler Weg 1, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The clinic is organized as a gemeinnützige GmbH (non-profit limited liability company) under the parent Gesundheitsholding Lüneburg GmbH, a municipal holding entity, and holds a statutory regional care mandate (Versorgungsauftrag) covering the Lüneburg district and Landkreis Harburg. It operates 24/7 psychiatric emergency services and delivers care across four clinical departments — KPP (adult psychiatry and psychotherapy), KJPP (child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomatics and psychotherapy), KFPP (forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy), and HPZ (Heilpädagogisches Zentrum) — supported by approximately ten specialized inpatient stations, six day clinics (Tageskliniken) across Lüneburg, Buchholz and Winsen, three Psychiatrische Institutsambulanzen (PIAs), an addiction outpatient clinic, a gerontopsychiatric center (GPZ), a social and cultural center (SoKuZ), and a home-treatment (Zuhause-Behandlung) model project with AOK Niedersachsen.

Service delivery spans the full psychiatric continuum — crisis intervention, multimodal psychotherapy (including CBT and DBT), pharmacotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), qualified withdrawal treatment, multimodal pain therapy, and specialized adjuncts such as occupational, art, music, animal-assisted and sports therapy — provided by multi-professional teams across inpatient, day-clinic, outpatient and home-based settings. The 2021-completed Haus 50 building added 4,500 square meters of modern therapy space, and Tagesklinik 4 (addiction) was relocated to Lüneburg city center in May 2025 to improve access.

Revenue is generated through billing of medical services to statutory health insurance providers under the German GKV system, with all treatment costs covered for insured patients; the clinic operates as a non-profit and does not publicly disclose revenue. Patient acquisition is driven by emergency admissions, physician referrals, self-referrals in crisis, and a central admissions management function (ZAM), supplemented by a growing digital outreach presence across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn for awareness, patient engagement and recruitment.

Name

Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg

Legal name

Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg gemeinnützige GmbH

Website

https://pk.lueneburg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg is a municipal psychiatric hospital and Academic Teaching Hospital of UKE Hamburg, providing comprehensive inpatient, day-clinic, outpatient and home-based psychiatric care for children, adolescents, adults and forensic patients across the Lüneburg district and Landkreis Harburg in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychiatric Hospital Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (62221), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (62322), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112), Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals (HLAFAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals & Units (HLAFACAB), Outpatient Mental Health & Counseling Clinics (HLAFABAC), Behavioral Health Skilled Home Health (Psychiatric Nursing) (HSABACAM)

Keywords

• Psychiatric hospital services
• Mental health treatment
• Psychotherapy services
• Addiction treatment care
• Gerontopsychiatry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lüneburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: As a municipal psychiatric hospital in Germany, the clinic operates under the German healthcare system (GKV - Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung). Revenue is generated through billing of medical services to public health insurance providers, with treatment covered for all insured patients. The clinic also participates in model projects with specific health insurers like AOK Niedersachsen.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg is a municipal psychiatric hospital and academic teaching hospital of Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) providing comprehensive psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care for children, adolescents, and adults. The hospital delivers treatment through multiple care settings including inpatient stations, six day clinics, outpatient institute clinics (Institutsambulanzen/PIA), and an innovative home treatment program (Zuhause-Behandlung), using evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, pharmacotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy, and multimodal pain therapy.

Product overview

Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg is a municipal psychiatric hospital and academic teaching hospital of UKE Hamburg offering comprehensive psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care. The hospital operates a multi-site, multi-specialty structure consisting of four main clinical departments: KPP (Adult Psychiatry), KJPP (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry), KFPP (Forensic Psychiatry), and HPZ (Special Education Center). Treatment is delivered through integrated pathways including outpatient clinics (Institutsambulanzen/PIAs) at three locations, six day clinics (Tageskliniken) for different specialties, inpatient stations with specialized focuses (addiction, gerontopsychiatry, affective disorders, DBT, psychosis, young adults), and an innovative Home Treatment program. The clinic also provides specialized services including the Sozial- und Kulturzentrum (SoKuZ) for social rehabilitation, the Gerontopsychiatrisches Zentrum (GPZ) for elderly care, crisis intervention, and various therapy forms including psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, EKT, and specialized therapies. The hospital emphasizes relationship-based medicine combining biological, psychotherapeutic, and resource-strengthening approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kliniken für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie (KPP)
• Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie (KJPP) Child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomatics, and psychotherapy clinic treating young people from birth to 18 years (and beyond in special cases) with psychiatric, psychosomatic, and psychotherapeutic needs, including LAKIJU-VT outpatient clinics.
• Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie (KFPP) Forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy clinic providing treatment for patients requiring forensic psychiatric care as part of the regional care mandate.
• Heilpädagogisches Zentrum (HPZ) Special educational center providing therapeutic and educational services for children and adolescents with special needs.
• Tageskliniken (Day Clinics) Day clinic treatment programs offering partial inpatient treatment at six locations: Tagesklinik 1 and 2 in Lüneburg, Tagesklinik 3 (Gerontopsychiatry) in Lüneburg, Tagesklinik 4 (Addiction) in Lüneburg, plus day clinics in Buchholz and Winsen.
• Ambulante Behandlung (Institutsambulanzen/PIAs) Outpatient clinic services (Institutsambulanzen) for patients requiring specialized psychiatric care beyond what private practices can provide, with locations in Lüneburg, Buchholz, and Winsen.
• Stationäre Behandlung (Inpatient Treatment) Full inpatient psychiatric treatment for adults at multiple specialized stations: E11 (gerontopsychiatry), E12/E31 (intensive care), E13 (affective disorders), E14 (dementia/delirium), E15 (addiction withdrawal), E32 (young adults), E33 (drug withdrawal), E34 (DBT), and E35 (psychotic disorders).
• Zuhause-Behandlung (Home Treatment) Intensive at-home psychiatric treatment program delivered 3-5 times weekly for children, adolescents, and adults insured with AOK Niedersachsen, providing an alternative to inpatient hospitalization.
• Gerontopsychiatrisches Zentrum (GPZ) Gerontopsychiatric center offering specialized outpatient and day clinic services for elderly patients including gerontopsychiatric ambulance, indication clinic, memory/neurocognitive clinic, restlessness clinic, multimodal pain therapy, social counseling, and memory workshop.
• Krisenintervention und Notfallversorgung 24/7 psychiatric emergency services and crisis intervention for acute mental health crises, available around the clock every day of the week including nights and weekends.
• Sozial- und Kulturzentrum (SoKuZ) Social and cultural center providing daily amenities (library, garden, games), group therapy offerings (mindfulness, yoga, cooking, art therapy, drumming), and social rehabilitation support for inpatients and outpatients.
• Elektrokonvulsionstherapie (EKT) Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for treatment-resistant depression and psychosis, delivered as a specialized therapy form within the hospital's psychiatric services.
• Qualifizierte Entzugsbehandlung Qualified withdrawal treatment for alcohol, medication, and drug dependencies, including comprehensive physical and psychiatric examination, motivational therapy, and relapse prevention.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic teaching hospital relationship. The Psychiatrische Klinik Lüneburg serves as Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus (Academic Teaching Hospital) of UKE, enabling medical education, research collaboration, and professional development.
• AOK NiedersachsencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth insurance partnership for the Zuhause-Behandlung (Home Treatment) model project. Provides intensive psychiatric treatment at patients' homes for AOK-insured individuals who would otherwise require inpatient hospitalization. Teams visit patients 3-5 times weekly.
• Sozialpsychiatrischer DienstminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the social psychiatric service for community mental health care and referral pathways.
• DiakonieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for social support services and accompaniment of patients to cooperating facilities.
• Kontakt- & Beratungsstelle StövchenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with local counseling center for patient referral and continued care.
• Netzwerk Demenz LüneburgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork collaboration for dementia patients including creative expression projects like memory books and collages.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Median Kliniken: Germany's largest private rehabilitation and psychiatric hospital group with significant psychiatric capacity — comparable in offering multi-modal psychiatric and psychosomatic services across inpatient, day clinic, and outpatient settings.
• Ameos Group: One of Germany's largest private hospital groups with significant psychiatric and forensic capacity across multiple federal states — comparable in clinical offering, multi-site footprint, and service-line breadth, though operating under a for-profit/PE-owned model.
• Vitos Kliniken: Public psychiatric hospital group operating multiple sites across Hesse, providing inpatient, day clinic, outpatient, and forensic psychiatric services — directly comparable as a multi-site public psychiatric network with academic affiliations.
• Zentren für Psychiatrie (ZfP) Südwürttemberg: Public regional psychiatric hospital group in Baden-Württemberg providing inpatient, outpatient, day clinic, and forensic psychiatric care — directly comparable in public-sector statutory mandate and comprehensive psychiatric service model.
• Isar-Amper-Klinikum München-Ost (Bezirkskrankenhaus Haar): Major public psychiatric hospital operated by KBO (Kliniken des Bezirks Oberbayern), delivering a full spectrum of psychiatric services including forensic, gerontopsychiatric, and addiction care — directly comparable in scope, ownership structure, and statutory care mandate.
• Celenus Kliniken: Private German hospital group specializing in psychiatry, psychosomatics, and addiction medicine across multiple sites — directly comparable in clinical focus and multi-site delivery model, though operating under for-profit ownership.
• LVR-Klinik Köln: Public regional psychiatric hospital operated by the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR), providing comprehensive inpatient, day clinic, and outpatient psychiatric care across multiple sites in the Cologne region — directly comparable as a public-sector statutory psychiatric provider in Germany.

Broad incumbents

• Helios Kliniken: Major private hospital chain (part of Fresenius group) with psychiatric and psychosomatic departments alongside a broad acute-care portfolio — comparable in scale and service breadth but not a specialist psychiatric operator.
• Asklepios Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private hospital operators with psychiatric and psychosomatic services offered as part of a broader acute-care portfolio — comparable in clinical service mix but operates as a diversified, for-profit general hospital group rather than a focused psychiatric provider.

Others

• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE): Academic medical center and PKL's formal Lehrkrankenhaus partner — comparable as a psychiatric care provider and as a referral/academic affiliation partner, but operates at a much larger general hospital scale and is not a peer in the operational sense.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Psychiatrische_Klinik_LG/videos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/psychiatrische-klinik-l%C3%BCneburg
• Instagraminstagram.com/psychiatrische_klinik_lg
• TikToktiktok.com/@psychiatrische_klinik_lg
• Facebookfacebook.com/PKLueneburg

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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