Established by a handful of French surgeons in 1979, the former GREPA spread out all over Europe to become the European Hernia Society-GREPA in 1998.
Germany
| Name of Chapter | Deutsche Herniengesellschaft (DHG) |
| Date of Constitution | 15.03.2002 |
| Names of founding members | Prof. V. Schumpelick, Prof. R. Bittner, et al. |
| President of National Chapter | Prof. Dieter Berger |
| National delegate of National Chapter | |
| Contact | Deutsche Herniengesellschaft e.V. Stadtklinik Baden-Baden Balger Str. 50 D-76532 Baden-Baden, Germany |
| Website | http://www.herniengesellschaft.de |