Reutlingen [SEP] inception
-called "Bempflingen Treaty" () which is dated approximately 1089–90.
Around 1180, Reutlingen received market rights and, between 1220 and 1240 it was promoted to city status and city-walls and fortifications were built. Shortly thereafter, from 1247–1343, the town's landmark, the St. Mary's Church () was built.
In 1377 Reutlingen was the scene of a victory by the Swabian League, formed in the previous year by 14 Swabian cities, led by Ulm, over the Count of Württemberg. In
was installed in a building of the Tübingen-Reutlingen Technology Park, in close proximity to the Tübingen Max Planck campus.
Since its inception, the CIN has been headed by its spokesman, the neurobiologist Prof Dr Peter Thier, who is also director of the Department of Cognitive Neurology at the Center for Neurology/Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research at Tübingen University Hospital.
Scientific approach and research questions.
Research at the CIN focuses on the twofold question how the brain generates its functions (such as perception, memory