Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum

The Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum (HBK) is a hospital group in the Landkreis Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It forms part of the Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanz gGmbH, the largest healthcare provider in the western Lake Constance region, and combines acute medicine, prevention, rehabilitation and care services under municipal ownership. Its main acute-care sites are the Klinikum Singen, with 448 beds, and the Klinikum Konstanz, with 380 beds; together they treat close to 20,000 and more than 16,000 inpatients respectively each year, plus more than 100,000 outpatients across the group. Further medical and nursing services are provided through the Hegau-Jugendwerk in Gailingen am Hochrhein and the Gesundheitszentrum Engen, and two Medizinische Versorgungszentren (medical care centres) in Hegau-Singen and Konstanz belong to the group. The HBK is an academic teaching hospital of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Its clinical spectrum runs from general and visceral surgery, internal medicine, neurology and neurosurgery to orthopaedics, gynaecology, paediatrics, urology, radiology, radiotherapy and a central emergency department. Specialised centres include the Adipositaszentrum Bodensee, breast cancer centres, a colorectal cancer centre, a diabetes centre, a vascular centre, an oncology centre, a lung centre, a kidney cancer centre, a uro-oncology centre and a trauma centre in Singen, while the Konstanz site hosts an outpatient surgery centre, a liver centre and perinatal services. The group traces its origins to the Städtisches Krankenhaus Singen, converted into Hegau-Klinikum GmbH in 1995. Through mergers with hospitals in Engen, Radolfzell and Stühlingen and the integration of the Hegau-Jugendwerk and other facilities, it grew into a regional network. In December 2012, economic pressures led to the creation of the holding Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanz gGmbH, which brought together the HBK with the Klinikum Konstanz and the Vincentius Krankenhaus Konstanz. Ownership is shared between the Landkreis Konstanz (52%), the gemeinnützige Fördergesellschaft Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum mbH (24%) and the gemeinnützige Spitalstiftung Konstanz mbH (24%), with the holding headquartered in Singen. A major new building opened at the Konstanz site in 2018, combining acute-care services such as the emergency department, diagnostics, operating theatres and a cardiac catheterisation laboratory with the orthopaedic Vincentius specialist hospital, supported by a rooftop helipad. In 2023 the Radolfzell site was closed as part of a decision to concentrate on two main locations, with more than 100 beds and equipment donated to Ukraine. In 2025 the Baden-Württemberg ministry approved additional planned beds for cardiac surgery at Klinikum Konstanz, and a new clinic for cardiac and vascular surgery opened there the following year. The HBK presents itself as a municipal provider offering comprehensive, close-to-home healthcare across the western Lake Constance region.

The Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum traces its origins to the Städtisches Krankenhaus Singen, which was converted into Hegau-Klinikum GmbH in 1995. In 1998 it merged with the Krankenhaus Engen and its senior and nursing home. In 1999 the Hegau-Jugendwerk GmbH, a neurological specialist hospital and rehabilitation centre with 202 beds for children, adolescents and young adults in Gailingen am Hochrhein, joined the corporate group. The Hochrheinklinik Bad Säckingen, an acute and rehabilitation facility for vascular diseases and diabetology, became a subsidiary in 2003. The merger with the Krankenhaus Radolfzell brought a name change: the company became Hegau-Bodensee-Kliniken GmbH. In 2004 the name changed again to Hegau-Bodensee-Hochrhein-Kliniken GmbH, as the Krankenhaus Loreto in Stühlingen and the Krankenhaus Bad Säckingen joined, along with the Seniorenpension Friedrichsheim in Gailingen. In 2005 a new subsidiary, the Rehaklinik Sankt Marien in Bad Bellingen, which focuses on orthopaedic and internal medicine conditions, joined the health group. The Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum with sites in Singen, Engen, Radolfzell and Stühlingen was founded, and all facilities together formed the Gesundheitsverbund HBH-Kliniken. In 2012 the Hochrhein-Eggberg-Klinik, the hospital in Bad Säckingen and the Rehaklinik St. Marien left the HBH-Kliniken group. Economic reasons required a county-wide merger with the Klinikum Konstanz and the Vincentius Krankenhaus Konstanz. For this purpose, the holding Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanz gGmbH was founded in December 2012. Its owners became the Landkreis Konstanz (52%), the gemeinnützige Fördergesellschaft Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum mbH (24%) and the gemeinnützige Spitalstiftung Konstanz mbH (24%). The holding was headquartered in Singen. In 2018 a new building opened at the new Konstanz site, built with a budget of 100 million euros and support from the state of Baden-Württemberg. The new building united the acute clinic's services — emergency department, diagnostics, operating theatres, cardiac catheterisation laboratory — with the orthopaedic specialist hospital Vincentius, which had previously been located in the city centre. A rooftop helipad supported rapid supra-regional emergency care. In the same year the Kreistag decided on further investments of 60 million euros to expand the entire Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum. In 2019 the Konstanz Landrat Zeno Danner became chairman of the supervisory board of the Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanz. In 2023 the Radolfzell site was abandoned following a decision by the governing bodies of the Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanz to concentrate on only two sites in the future. The hospital there was closed due to significant renovation needs and an acute shortage of staff. More than 100 hospital beds as well as other furniture and medical equipment were donated to Ukraine. In 2025 the Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Integration of Baden-Württemberg approved an application by Klinikum Konstanz for the designation of planned beds to establish cardiac surgery. The following year, a new clinic for cardiac and vascular surgery was opened at the Konstanz site.

• 2026

  New clinic for cardiac and vascular surgery opens at Konstanz

• 2025

  Ministry approves planned beds for cardiac surgery at Klinikum Konstanz

• 2023

  Radolfzell site closed; over 100 beds and equipment donated to Ukraine

• 2019

  Zeno Danner becomes chairman of the supervisory board

• 2018

  New building opens at Konstanz site, uniting acute clinic and Vincentius orthopaedic hospital

• 2018

  Kreistag approves further investments of 60 million euros for expansion

• 2012

  Hochrhein-Eggberg-Klinik, Krankenhaus Bad Säckingen and Rehaklinik St. Marien leave the group

• 2012

  Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanz gGmbH founded as holding; headquarters in Singen

• 2005

  Rehaklinik Sankt Marien in Bad Bellingen joins as a subsidiary

• 2004

  Name change to Hegau-Bodensee-Hochrhein-Kliniken GmbH; Krankenhaus Loreto Stühlingen and Krankenhaus Bad Säckingen join

• 2003

  Hochrheinklinik Bad Säckingen becomes a subsidiary

• 2003

  Merger with Krankenhaus Radolfzell; name change to Hegau-Bodensee-Kliniken GmbH

• 1999

  Hegau-Jugendwerk GmbH joins the corporate group

• 1998

  Merger with Krankenhaus Engen and its senior and nursing home

• 1995

  Städtisches Krankenhaus Singen converted into Hegau-Klinikum GmbH

Largest municipal healthcare provider in the western Lake Constance region, offering comprehensive care from acute medicine to rehabilitation and nursing.

• Klinikum Singen

  Main acute-care site with 448 beds, treating nearly 20,000 inpatients annually.

• Klinikum Konstanz

  Acute-care site with 380 beds, treating over 16,000 inpatients annually; new building opened in 2018.

• Hegau-Jugendwerk Gailingen

  Neurological specialist hospital and rehabilitation centre with 202 beds for children, adolescents and young adults.

• Gesundheitszentrum Engen

  Provides basic and standard care for the local population.

• Medizinische Versorgungszentren

  Two medical care centres in Hegau-Singen and Konstanz.

1. 1Startseite - Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanzglkn.de
2. 2Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum - Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
3. 3Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum - Wikidatawikidata.org