Abstract: A hose fitting for use with high pressure hoses and/or hoses with large diameter with reinforcement layers incorporated into the hose material consists in a metal nipple to which, on the one hand, each reinforcement layer is individually fixed, and which, on the other hand, is connected in seal-tight manner and firmly with the inner and covering layers of the hose. So that the strength of the hose construction in the area of the fitting should not be reduced, and in particular the internal pressure resistance should not be lowered, the nipple has a plurality of concentric shells which are firmly connected with the nipple and are disposed in a radial direction at a distance one from the other, so that radial clearances between adjoining shells are produced. The fixing ends of the reinforcement layers engage into the clearances between the shells, each reinforcement layer being fixed to at least one shell surface.