Operating table column

An operating table column comprising a column foot, a column part connected to the column foot, a head part that is intended for the connection to a patient support surface of the operating table, and a plurality of actuating drives that carry the head part and that each comprise a first element and a second element that can be linearly adjusted relative to this first element and that acts upon the head part, wherein the first element of a first actuating drive is connected to the column part in such a manner that the second element of the first actuating drive can only be adjusted in the direction of a vertical first axis, whereby the head part is pivotably connected to the second element of the first actuating drive about a horizontal second axis and about a third axis perpendicular to the latter axis, that the first element of a second actuating drive is pivotably connected to the column part about a pivot axis parallel to the second axis, whereby the head part is pivotably connected to the second element of the second actuating drive about an axis parallel to the second axis and about the third axis, and that the first element of a third actuating drive is connected at a distance from the head part to the second element of the first actuating drive and the second element of the third actuating drive is connected to the head part via respective universal joints.