Short-term Borrowings and Other Financial Liabilities and Short-term Borrowings from Related Parties (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011 Fresenius SE [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 General Partner [Member]
Short Term Borrowings Other Financial Liabilities And Short Term Borrowings From Related Parties (Details) [Abstract]
Borrowings under lines of credit	$ 111,841	$ 131,791
Accounts receivable facility	640,000	510,000
Other financial liabilities	9,116	28,880
Related Party Transaction Rate			0.245%	1.335%
Short-term borrowings and other financial liabilities	760,957	670,671
Short Term Borrowings Due To Related Parties Current	161,363	9,683
Short-term borrowings, Other financial liabilities and Short-term borrowings from related parties	$ 922,320	$ 680,354

- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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