[Ernst Fürstenheim (1836-1904). On the 150th birthday of the pioneer of Berlin urology].

On the occasion of his 150th birthday we make mention of the Berlin urologist Ernst Fürstenheim born in Köthen in 1836 who in 1863 set up his practice as first "physician for diseases of the urinary tract" in Berlin and thus indicates the beginning of urology in Berlin. Emphasized are Fürstenheim's efforts for the introduction and popularization of the urological endoscopy in Germany, the practical usability of which he detects as first physician. By his engaged advocacy of the performance of lithotripsy this versatile urological practitioner became a true pioneer of urology in Berlin.