Video endoscopic device comprising - an endoscope with a stereoscopic base length comprising two parallel optical arrangements (16, 24, 26), which, together, are arranged at least in part in the interior of an endoscope shaft and each comprise optical components (16, 17, 24, 26, 27), arranged coaxially with one another along a common first optical axis of the optical components (16, 17, 24, 26, 27) of a respective optical arrangement (16, 24, 26), each optical arrangement (16, 24, 26) being configured to transmit an optical image from a distal end of the respective optical arrangement (16, 24, 26) to a proximal end of the respective optical arrangement (16, 24, 26), - said video endoscopic device further comprising a camera head, which is arranged adjacent to or adjoining the proximal ends of the optical arrangements (16, 24, 26) and which comprises: - at least one image sensor having at least one recording plane, said camera head further comprising at least two projection objectives, of which each one has a second optical axis and is arranged and configured to project one out of two stereoscopic partial images onto the image sensor, wherein regions to be detected in the two stereoscopic partial images have a lateral distance from each other in the recording plane of the image sensor, wherein the optical arrangements (16, 24, 26) each comprise a collimating optical unit, arranged at the respective proximal end thereof, for generating a beam of at least approximately parallel light rays at the outlet of the respective optical arrangement (16, 24, 26), wherein the respective collimating optical unit has a third optical axis that is arranged coaxially with the optical components (24, 26, 27) of the optical arrangements (16, 24, 26) or laterally offset by at most half a diameter of the collimating optical unit from the common first optical axis of the optical components (24, 26, 27) of the optical arrangements (16, 24, 26), and each one of the at least two projection objectives is arranged and configured to image the beam of parallel light rays, generated by a respective collimating optical unit, on at least one focus in the at least one recording plane of the at least one image sensor and wherein at least one of the projection objectives is arranged and configured for imaging said beam of parallel light rays on the at least one focus, as a result of which the beam of parallel light rays enters the at least one projection objective with a lateral distance from the second optical axis of the at least one projection objective, characterized in, that the camera head is connected to the endoscope via a releasable and re-lockable coupling, the at least one of the projection objectives is arranged so that the respective second optical axis has a lateral distance, measuring at most half a diameter of the projection objective, from the third optical axis of the corresponding collimating optical unit which generates the beam of parallel light rays, and t he endoscope is an interchangeable component of the video endoscopic device that can be replaced by a different endoscope with a different stereoscopic base length. - an endoscope with a stereoscopic base length comprising two parallel optical arrangements (16, 24, 26), which, together, are arranged at least in part in the interior of an endoscope shaft and each comprise optical components (16, 17, 24, 26, 27), arranged coaxially with one another along a common first optical axis of the optical components (16, 17, 24, 26, 27) of a respective optical arrangement (16, 24, 26), each optical arrangement (16, 24, 26) being configured to transmit an optical image from a distal end of the respective optical arrangement (16, 24, 26) to a proximal end of the respective optical arrangement (16, 24, 26), - said video endoscopic device further comprising a camera head, which is arranged adjacent to or adjoining the proximal ends of the optical arrangements (16, 24, 26) and which comprises: - at least one image sensor having at least one recording plane, said camera head further comprising at least two projection objectives, of which each one has a second optical axis and is arranged and configured to project one out of two stereoscopic partial images onto the image sensor, wherein regions to be detected in the two stereoscopic partial images have a lateral distance from each other in the recording plane of the image sensor,