Klinikum Hochrhein

What Klinikum Hochrhein does

Klinikum Hochrhein is a publicly-trusted general and standard care hospital (Krankenhaus der Grund- und Regelversorgung) headquartered in Waldshut-Tiengen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1411 as a charitable institution for elderly and poor residents, it now operates 303 inpatient beds across twelve medical departments, including cardiology, gastroenterology, pneumology and sleep medicine, anesthesiology and intensive care, surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine (with robot-assisted knee surgery using the ROSA system), spinal surgery, trauma surgery, gynecology, obstetrics, geriatrics, radiology, urology, ENT, and physiotherapy/ergotherapy. The hospital also runs an affiliated nursing school (Fachschule für Pflege) that trains roughly 60 nursing students annually and has held academic teaching hospital status with Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg since 2014.

The hospital serves the population of the Waldshut district in the Hochrhein/Südschwarzwald region, treating approximately 18,000 inpatients per year alongside outpatient consultations and 24/7 emergency care through its Zentrale Notaufnahme. It operates two wholly-owned subsidiaries — SpitalServe and Medizin am Hochrhein — and is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 for quality management, with GDPR/DSGVO-compliant data handling. Workforce size is reported at either approximately 750 or 850 employees depending on the source, with the operative headcount described as roughly 750 care-providing Mitarbeitende plus broader staff functions.

Revenue is generated primarily through reimbursements from statutory (GKV) and private (PKV) health insurers under the German DRG system, supplemented by outpatient consultation fees, occupational therapy/physiotherapy services, the sleep medicine center, and educational revenues from the nursing school. As a public hospital operating under öffentlicher Trägerschaft, the entity is funded through a mix of case-based insurance reimbursements, municipal support, and supplemental public funding rather than equity capital, and management is led by Geschäftsführer Dr. med. Hans-Peter Schlaudt. No venture, private equity, or public shareholders are evident in the source materials, and the company is registered as Klinikum Hochrhein GmbH, a private limited company operating in public trusteeship.

Name

Klinikum Hochrhein

Legal name

Klinikum Hochrhein GmbH

Website

https://klinikum-hochrhein.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Klinikum Hochrhein is a publicly-trusted German general and standard care hospital in Waldshut-Tiengen operating 303 beds across twelve medical departments, serving the Waldshut district with inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services, including ROSA robot-assisted orthopedic surgery, plus an affiliated nursing school.

Ownership category

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Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Orthopedic & Spine Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAB)

Keywords

• General hospital services
• Acute and emergency care
• Robot-assisted surgery
• Nursing education
• Sleep medicine center

Headquarters

HQ city

Waldshut-tiengen

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

Revenue model

1. Hospital Services Revenue: As a public hospital (öffentlich getragen), Klinikum Hochrhein generates revenue through medical services including emergency care, inpatient treatment, outpatient consultations, and diagnostic services. The hospital is operated by Klinikum Hochrhein GmbH under public ownership, serving the Waldshut district population.

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Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Klinikum Hochrhein is a general and standard care hospital operating 303 beds across twelve medical departments in Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany. It delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services spanning emergency medicine, internal medicine specialties, surgical specialties, women's health, geriatrics, radiology, urology, ENT, and rehabilitation therapies, supported by modern medical technology including the ROSA robot system for orthopedic surgery. The hospital also operates an affiliated nursing school that trains healthcare professionals.

Product overview

Klinikum Hochrhein is a general and specialized care hospital operating as a unified healthcare services platform with 303 beds across 12 medical departments. The hospital provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services, including emergency medicine, internal medicine specialties (cardiology, gastroenterology, pneumology), surgical specialties (general surgery, orthopedics, trauma surgery, spinal surgery), women's health (gynecology and obstetrics), geriatrics, radiology, urology, ENT, and therapeutic services (physiotherapy, ergotherapy). Key differentiating services include robot-assisted knee surgery using the ROSA robotic system and a specialized sleep medicine center. The hospital also operates an affiliated nursing school (Fachschule für Pflege) that trains approximately 60 students annually, providing educational services alongside clinical care. With approximately 750 employees, the hospital serves the Waldshut district population and has operated as an academic teaching hospital of the University of Freiburg since 2014.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Klinikum Hochrhein Hospital Services Comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services across twelve departments, including emergency medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, pneumology, surgery, orthopedics, trauma surgery, gynecology, obstetrics, geriatrics, radiology, urology, ENT, and therapeutic services.
• ROSA Robot-Assisted Knee Surgery Robot-assisted knee surgery using the ROSA robotic system enabling high-precision procedures in the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine department (ZOWU).
• Fachschule für Pflege (Nursing School) An affiliated nursing school that trains approximately 60 students annually in the Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege (healthcare and nursing) profession, combining theoretical and practical education through partnership with the hospital's clinical operations.
• Zentrum für Schlafmedizin (Sleep Medicine Center) Specialized sleep laboratory and sleep medicine services for diagnosing and treating sleep disorders, operated as part of the hospital's pneumology and sleep medicine capabilities.
• Physiotherapie & Ergotherapie Physical therapy and occupational therapy services supporting patient rehabilitation and recovery across multiple care pathways.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 18,000 inpatient patients treated annually
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Albert-Ludwigs-Universität FreiburgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Academic teaching hospital partnership with Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg since 2014. Medical students can complete portions of their training at Klinikum Hochrhein, providing educational value and research collaboration opportunities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sana Kliniken: Privately operated German hospital group with significant presence in southern Germany. Provides comparable regional acute care but with private-sector capital structure, representing an alternative operating model benchmark.
• Helios Kliniken: Germany's largest private hospital operator with nationwide footprint including multiple sites in Baden-Württemberg. Comparable in providing regional acute care, but operates at much larger scale under private ownership with materially different capital structure and decision-making speed.
• SRH Kliniken: Non-profit hospital and healthcare operator with multiple regional sites in Baden-Württemberg and Thuringia. Operates comparable district hospital services but across a multi-region network, providing a useful reference for network-based operating leverage.
• Asklepios Kliniken: Second-largest private hospital group in Germany with broad geographic coverage including Baden-Württemberg facilities. Offers similar general and standard care services but at national scale under private ownership, representing a structurally different competitor archetype.
• Universitätsklinikum Freiburg: Full university hospital and academic partner of Klinikum Hochrhein since 2014. Operates as the tertiary referral center to which complex cases from Waldshut are escalated, providing a natural upstream-downstream relationship and the most relevant benchmark for clinical quality and academic integration.

Direct peers

• Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum: Public regional hospital group in Villingen-Schwenningen operating multiple sites with a comparable mix of basic and standard care, similar bed count, and a similar teaching hospital affiliation. Directly comparable in scale, service breadth, and regional acute-care mandate within Baden-Württemberg.

Regional players

• Ortenau Klinikum: District-level hospital operator in the Ortenaukreis region of Baden-Württemberg, also publicly-trusted, offering a comparable range of specialties across multiple sites. Same regional acute-care anchor model in a neighboring Black Forest / Upper Rhine catchment.
• Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum (Klinikum Konstanz): Public hospital network in the Lake Constance / Hegau region serving a similarly sized rural district near the Swiss border. Comparable geographic positioning, comparable service mix, and comparable public ownership model.

Market position

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Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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