Krankenhaus St. Vinzenz

What Krankenhaus St. Vinzenz does

The Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund (EVV), operating in Germany through facilities including Krankenhaus St. Vinzenz and headquartered in Berlin, is one of the largest Catholic hospital networks in the country. It was formed in 2014 through the merger of Katholische Wohltätigkeitsanstalt zur hl. Elisabeth Reinbek (KWA) and Kirchliche Stiftung St. Bernward Hildesheim (renamed Vinzenz Bernward Stiftung in 2018), with predecessor institutions dating back to 1852 (St. Bernward Krankenhaus Hildesheim), 1895 (St. Joseph-Stift Dresden), and 1909 (St. Marienstift Magdeburg).

The network comprises 10 hospitals with more than 3,000 beds across 7 German states, supplemented by 10 medical care centers (MVZ), nursing homes, hospice and palliative services, and the Elisabeth Vinzenz Institut for leadership and spiritual training. EVV employs approximately 10,000 people and treats hundreds of thousands of patients annually (for example, 164,000 at St. Bernward Krankenhaus and 14,000 at St. Marienstift Magdeburg). Service offerings span general inpatient and outpatient care, geriatric medicine, palliative medicine, cardiology, orthopedics, surgery, obstetrics (approximately 1,000 deliveries per year at St. Marienstift Magdeburg), and recently introduced differentiated procedures such as the extravascular ICD implantation, ThuLEP laser prostate surgery, and the Palligrafie palliative biography service. Academic teaching hospital affiliations with Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (Campus Lübeck), and Technische Universität Dresden anchor its clinical and research standing.

Revenue is generated through inpatient and outpatient medical services reimbursed via Germany's DRG system under statutory (GKV) and private (PKV) health insurance schemes. The organization operates as a private GmbH under joint sponsorship of two Catholic foundations, with centralized shared services delivered through wholly-owned subsidiary EVV Solutions GmbH. Day-to-day management rests with a three-member executive team (Tobias Dreissigacker, Peter Pfeiffer, Christian Thiemann) under an eight-member Supervisory Board chaired by Dr. Hans-Jürgen Marcus.

Name

Krankenhaus St. Vinzenz

Legal name

Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund GmbH

Website

https://st-vinzenz-bs.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund is a German Catholic hospital network of 10 hospitals, 10 medical care centers, and ~10,000 employees serving patients across 7 states with inpatient, outpatient, geriatric, palliative, and specialty surgical care reimbursed through statutory and private health insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (6231)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based & Nonprofit Hospital Systems (HLAFAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), Short-Stay Respite SNFs (HLADADAN), Medicare-Certified Skilled Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABACAA)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Inpatient outpatient care
• Geriatric medicine
• Palliative medicine
• Catholic hospital network

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

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 and Healthcare Services: Revenue generated from inpatient and outpatient medical treatment, diagnostic services, and patient care across hospital facilities. Funded through public health insurance (GKV) and private insurance (PKV).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Krankenhaus St. Vinzenz is a Catholic hospital operating within the Elisabeth Vinzenz Verbund (EVV) network, providing inpatient and outpatient medical and nursing care across multiple specialties. As part of one of Germany's largest Catholic hospital groups, it delivers values-based medical treatment, geriatric and palliative care, surgical services, and academic teaching hospital functions funded primarily through statutory and private health insurance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EVV Solutions: Shared services company providing IT, project management, construction, technical services, and financial accounting to EVV facilities

Products and services

• Hospital and Healthcare Services Inpatient and outpatient medical treatment, surgical procedures, diagnostic services, and patient care delivered across EVV hospital facilities, funded through public health insurance (GKV) and private insurance (PKV).
• Geriatric and Palliative Care Specialized inpatient and outpatient geriatric treatment, dementia care, palliative medicine, and a geriatric day clinic with 20 places at Sankt Elisabeth Krankenhaus Eutin.
• Palligrafie (Palliative Biography Service) A palliative biography service at Sankt Elisabeth Krankenhaus Eutin where trained Palligrafinnen work with terminally ill patients to produce a personalized bound life-story book, based on dignity-centered therapy principles by Dr. Harvey M. Chochinov. Financed through donations to the palliative ward.
• Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) Therapy First-time implementation of EV-ICD therapy at St. Bernward Krankenhaus Hildesheim for malignant heart rhythm disorders, with the electrode placed under the breastbone rather than through blood vessels. Particularly suitable for young and immunocompromised patients.
• ThuLEP (Thulium-Laser Enucleation of the Prostate) Minimally invasive transurethral laser procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), performed without external incisions using a thulium laser to remove the enlarged inner prostate gland, with tissue morcellated for pathological examination.
• Medical Care Centers (MVZ) - Vinzentinum Ärztezentrum 14 specialist practices across 5 locations providing outpatient specialist medical care within the EVV network.
• Nursing Homes and Elderly Care Care homes for elderly residents including St. Monika Hannover, St. Elisabeth Harsum, and other facilities in the EVV network.
• Hospice and Palliative Care Facilities Hospice and palliative services including Marien-Hospiz Dresden and the Hope palliative center.
• Healthcare Training and Education (Pflegeschulen and Elisabeth Vinzenz Institut) Educational institutions including Pflegeschulen for nursing training and the Elisabeth Vinzenz Institut offering personal development and spiritual continuing education for executive leadership.

Quantifiable outcome

• St. Joseph-Stift Dresden ranked as best hospital in Saxony in its size category (91.2/100 points)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Schön Klinik NeustadtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCertified Geriatric Trauma Center cooperation - St. Elisabeth Krankenhaus Eutin collaborates with Schön Klinik Neustadt as a certified Alterstraumatologisches Zentrum for comprehensive geriatric trauma care.
• Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus LübeckcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSankt Elisabeth Krankenhaus Eutin is an Academic Teaching Institution affiliated with the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck.
• Universitätsmedizin GöttingencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt. Bernward Krankenhaus serves as an academic teaching hospital (Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus) of the University Medical Center Göttingen.
• Technische Universität DresdencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt. Joseph-Stift Dresden is an academic teaching hospital of the Technical University of Dresden.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Schoen Klinik: Family-owned German hospital group with ~17 facilities focused on specialty and acute care. Comparable to EVV in private ownership, multi-site operations, and recent partnership with Sankt Elisabeth Eutin in geriatric trauma care (Alterstraumatologisches Zentrum).
• Sana Kliniken: Privately held German hospital group with ~50 facilities, partly owned by private insurer Gothaer. Closely comparable to EVV in multi-state acute care footprint, mixed ownership, and academic hospital participation.
• SRH Kliniken: Nonprofit foundation-owned hospital and education group operating acute and rehabilitation facilities across Germany. Highly comparable to EVV in foundation ownership structure, regional footprint, and academic teaching hospital participation.
• Asklepios Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private hospital operators with ~170 facilities nationwide. Directly comparable to EVV as a multi-site acute care and rehabilitation network, with broader geographic reach but a secular (rather than faith-based) ownership model.
• BG Kliniken: Network of 12 trauma and rehabilitation hospitals in Germany owned by the statutory accident insurance carriers. Comparable in scale (similar bed counts, multi-site network, academic affiliations) but focused on occupational trauma rather than general acute care.

Broad incumbents

• Helios Kliniken: Subsidiary of Fresenius and Germany's largest private hospital operator with ~90 hospitals. Comparable in scale, academic teaching affiliations, and multi-specialty inpatient footprint, but operates as a for-profit publicly-listed group rather than a faith-based nonprofit Verbund.
• Caritas Deutschland: German Catholic welfare confederation operating hospitals, nursing homes, and care services nationally. Shares EVV's Catholic sponsorship and elder-care/palliative focus, though Caritas itself is a coordinating body rather than a single operating company.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Umbrella organization of Protestant welfare institutions, operating numerous hospitals and elder-care facilities across Germany. Theologically parallel to EVV as a faith-based hospital sponsor, offering the closest values-based comparability.

Regional players

• Median Kliniken: Germany's largest private rehabilitation clinic operator with ~120 facilities, owned by Waterland. Adjacent comparable to EVV in multi-site nonprofit/private German healthcare delivery and patient volume, though focused on rehabilitation rather than acute care.

Emerging players

• Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden: University hospital affiliated with TU Dresden, located in the same market as EVV's St. Joseph-Stift Dresden. Comparable in academic teaching status and specialty capability, but state-owned and a direct competitor for complex cases and physician talent in Saxony.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/elisabethvinzenzverbund
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/krankenhaus-st.-vinzenz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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