The endoscope has a shaft (1). The distal end part (3) of a video camera (30) is arranged in the medical endoscope. The main part (2) and the end part are surrounded in a sealed manner by rigid shaft tube (5,8), which are sealed at a hinge (4) with a hollow axle (18) that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft parts and supported together, by which the connecting pipes (27,31) run between the internal area of the shaft parts.
