[One hundred years of German neuropathology]

The history of the German Neuropathology since the beginning of the 20th Century with its roots in psychiatry, neurology, and pathology and with its interconnections in these specialties til today is demonstrated. The changes in methods and in main scientific topics are mentioned just as the shadows fallen after a flower time in the first three decenniums in the international reputation by the expulsion into the emigration and the political persecution of so many colleagues, furthermore by the involvement in the so-called euthanasia. The institutional development since 1945 lead to the foundation of an own scientific society, own congresses, and a regulated training as the basis to win again international acceptance. Risks will be seen in the overspecialization as well as in the uncritical adaptation of molecular genetic methods.