What Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda does

DGD Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda gGmbH is a non-profit regional acute-care hospital located at Hebronberg 5 in Marburg-Wehrda, Hesse, Germany, operating as part of the DGD Stiftung gGmbH network. Founded in 1899 (with the hospital itself in continuous operation since at least 1939), it functions as an academic teaching hospital affiliated with Philipps-Universität Marburg and serves the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and surrounding Mittelhessen region. Its service portfolio spans seven clinical departments — Acute and Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, General/Visceral Surgery, Radiology, and Anesthesia/Pain Management — supported by an 11-station 24/7 emergency department handling 400-600 patients per month and certified specialty centers including the DGU-certified AltersTraumaZentrum and a three-week inpatient Multimodale Schmerztherapie program based on the bio-psycho-social model. The hospital holds DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 quality certification, DSG-EKD data protection compliance, and DGU geriatric trauma recertification, and operates a Skills-Lab for nursing education alongside a chaplaincy program.

The hospital generates revenue primarily through statutory (GKV) and private (PKV) health insurance reimbursement under the German DRG system, supplemented by a recently expanded EU-approved catering service that supplies meals to three DGD-network senior centers in Herborn since November 2025. Customer concentration sits with regional residents across Marburg-Biedenkopf, with payers including statutory funds (notably AOK Hessen, which has awarded top ratings for heart catheter, hernia, and knee replacement quality) and private insurers. In April 2025 the organization acquired the Marburger Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum am Krekel (MMVZ), adding outpatient practices in orthopedics, internal medicine, cardiology, and general medicine to create an integrated outpatient-inpatient care pathway. The hospital operates 16 practical training supervisors and trains approximately 10 nursing apprentices annually in partnership with the CBG Christliches Bildungszentrum, and is preparing to launch the Marburger Gesundheitskongress in October 2026 as a regional medical and nursing congress format.

Name

Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda

Legal name

DGD Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda gGmbH

Website

https://dkh-wehrda.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DGD Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda is a non-profit regional acute-care hospital in Marburg, Hesse, Germany, operated by DGD Stiftung, serving the Marburg-Biedenkopf population with emergency medicine, geriatrics, orthopedics/trauma, internal medicine, multimodal pain therapy, and an integrated outpatient MVZ acquired in April 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Acute hospital care
• Emergency medical services
• Geriatric trauma care
• Multimodal pain therapy
• Orthopedic surgery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marburg-Wehrda

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Statutory Health Insurance (GKV): Primary revenue stream from treatment of patients covered by statutory health insurance funds under the German DRG (Diagnosis-Related Groups) system.
2. Private Health Insurance (PKV): Revenue from treatment of privately insured patients with different billing rates.
3. Catering Services: Hospital kitchen with EU approval provides meals to hospital patients and expanded to serve three senior centers in Herborn since November 2025.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

DGD Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda is a non-profit regional acute care hospital providing 24/7 emergency services, inpatient and outpatient medical care across multiple specialties including internal medicine, geriatrics, orthopedics and trauma surgery, general/visceral surgery, radiology, anesthesiology, and multimodal pain therapy. It also serves as an academic teaching hospital for Philipps-Universität Marburg and operates the Marburger Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum (MMVZ) ambulatory care center.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DGD Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda — General Hospital Services General hospital providing comprehensive medical and nursing care services across multiple specialized departments including Internal Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Geriatrics, Acute and Emergency Medicine, Radiology, and Pain Management. Serves the regional population of Marburg-Biedenkopf and surrounding Central Hesse area.
• Marburger Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum am Krekel (MMVZ) Medical care center providing outpatient orthopedic, internal medicine, cardiology, and general practice services. Operated as part of the hospital group to strengthen the connection between outpatient and inpatient care in the region.
• AltersTraumaZentrum (Geriatric Trauma Center) Specialized DGU-certified trauma center for elderly patients offering holistic care with interdisciplinary collaboration including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and social work. Features rapid surgical treatment followed by intensive geriatric rehabilitation.
• Multimodale Schmerztherapie (MMS) Three-week inpatient pain therapy program based on the bio-psycho-social model for chronic pain patients. Combines medication, physical activation, relaxation training, stress management, physiotherapy, psychological pain management, experiential therapy, and nutritional counseling.
• Zentrale Notaufnahme (Central Emergency Department) 24/7 emergency department with 11 treatment stations providing round-the-clock emergency care, including capability to handle minor wounds, bruises, head injuries, and sprains without requiring referral from a primary care physician. Treats 400–600 emergency patients monthly.
• Krankenhausseelsorge (Hospital Chaplaincy) Spiritual care services including pastoral visits, prayer, religious rituals (communion, anointing, confession), and end-of-life rituals, provided by full-time chaplains and supported by volunteer 'Green Ladies and Gentlemen' (Grüne Damen und Herren).

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully passed extensive structural examination by Medical Service of Health Insurance Funds (Medizinischer Dienst) in June 2023
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Seniorenzentren Herborn (DGD Stiftung)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Hospital kitchen with EU approval expanded meal service to three senior centers in Herborn, all part of the DGD Stiftung network, since November 2025.
• AOK HessenminorOthers · 2 April 2025AOK Hessen health insurance provider that awarded top ratings to the hospital for heart catheter and hernia surgery quality, and knee replacement in 2026.
• Marburger Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum am Krekel (MMVZ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025DGD Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda assumed operation of the Marburger Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum at the Gesundheitszentrum Marburg on April 1, 2025. The acquisition includes practices in orthopedics, internal medicine, cardiology, and general medicine, creating a crucial link between outpatient and inpatient care in the region.
• orthopaedicum MarburgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 January 2025Cooperation with orthopaedicum for knee surgery services. Professors Turgay Efe and Karl Schüttler now operate at DGD Diakonie-Krankenhaus Wehrda, bringing extensive experience in knee treatment from sports orthopedics to joint replacement.
• PriMa Ärzte (Ärztegenossenschaft PriMa)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 7 November 2024Regular visits and cooperation meetings between DKH Wehrda chief physicians and PriMa physician network to optimize patient care coordination between hospital and ambulatory care.
• CBG Christliches Bildungszentrum GesundheitsberufecoreOthers · 2 September 2024Partnership with Christian educational center in Pohlheim where nursing students complete theoretical portion of their 3-year generalist nursing training while practical training occurs at the hospital. 16 practical training supervisors support students.
• Rheumazentrum MittelhessencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Over 20 years of cooperation with Rheumazentrum Mittelhessen for rheumatology patients, providing continuity of care for orthopedic-rheumatology patients requiring surgical intervention.
• Männel-Wolf StiftungminorOthers · 19 August 2024Foundation that donated a 'Bible tower' with Bibles and Christian literature for patients, visitors, and staff at the hospital.
• Europaschule GladenbachminorOthers · 2 July 2024School visit program where students from Europaschule Gladenbach toured the hospital to learn about career opportunities in healthcare, supporting future workforce development.
• CERT iQ GmbHcoreOthers · 20 June 2024Certification organization that successfully recertified the AltersTraumaZentrum, confirming quality and safety standards in geriatric traumatology.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sana Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private hospital groups operating acute-care facilities across the country; relevant broader incumbent whose regional sites compete with DKH Wehrda on surgical and orthopedic service lines.
• Helios Kliniken: Fresenius-owned hospital group; the largest private acute-care operator in Germany and a broad-incumbent benchmark for how scale, capital structure and service-line expansion are reshaping the German hospital market.
• Asklepios Kliniken: Major German private hospital chain; broader-incumbent exposure to acute, surgical and rehabilitation services across Hesse, with regional sites directly competing for patients and physicians.

Direct peers

• Agaplesion Evangelisches Krankenhaus Mittelhessen: Faith-based regional acute hospital in the Mittelhessen area; comparable in size, mission and service mix (general medicine, surgery, geriatrics) to DKH Wehrda, and competing for the same patient base.
• Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart: Sister acute-care hospital within the DGD Stiftung gGmbH network; structurally closest peer given shared faith-based non-profit ownership, DGD governance and academic teaching role.
• Lahn-Dill-Kliniken: Public hospital network covering the adjacent Lahn-Dill-Kreis with acute care hospitals in Wetzlar, Dillenburg and Bad Nauheim; directly comparable community hospital network competing for residents in DKH Wehrda's wider referral area.
• Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg (UKGM): Academic maximum-care hospital operating the Marburg and Gießen sites; the most direct regional competitor and academic teaching counterpart to DKH Wehrda, overlapping across emergency, orthopedics/trauma and surgery in the same catchment.
• Marienhaus Klinikum: Catholic faith-based regional hospital network with multiple community acute-care sites; mirrors DKH Wehrda's faith-based, multi-specialty community hospital profile, including geriatrics and orthopedic surgery.

Regional players

• Helios Klinik Wetzlar: Helios-operated acute hospital in neighboring Wetzlar/Lahn-Dill district; regional competitor with overlapping surgical and internal medicine services for patients from the broader Mittelhessen catchment.
• Asklepios Klinik Bad Wildungen: Asklepios-operated hospital in northern Hesse (Waldeck-Frankenberg district); comparable regional acute-care footprint with emergency, internal medicine and surgical departments serving an adjacent rural catchment.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

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