good explanation though its not exactly a random place a random ancestor lived. its where the first ancestor became a citizen and thats much more abstract hundreds of years ago than you might think. My first ancestor who became a citizen bought himself out of lehn and registered in the municipality he had worked in in 1534
2026-05-08 10:09:26
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HIhoch3 :
I have never been to my Heimatort
its a small village in SG 😅 I have lived in Zurich all my life 😅
2026-05-28 04:16:44
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ᯓ Ph☆enix ❯❯ :
Mine is Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann St. Gallen 😭
2026-05-07 22:56:28
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susanna🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*:・ :
i was born in switzerland so my ausländerausweis put my date of birth as migration date😭
2026-05-08 15:46:35
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μου αρέσεις—🇨🇭 :
when i was little i was soooo confuse like im born in Neuchâtel, but my origin is Valais 🥲
2026-05-08 04:35:06
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Givememyoil :
Sweden does it aswell
2026-05-08 16:59:55
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Milena :
Yes and then I never know what to put down on ducments when I travel somewhere else when it asks for place of birth… do I put where I was actually born or do i put what it is in my passport to avoid second guessing??
2026-05-08 13:50:22
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HoraLaure :
What do you write when the place of birth is asked in a document , for example any official eu document?
2026-05-07 17:42:54
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Le☆n :
hmm schleitheim, what even is schleitheim
2026-05-08 14:59:13
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👁👁⁷ :
When my German dad got his citizenship, he got the same Heimatort as my mom, so he now has a place in his passport where his wife's ancestors lived, which is kinda funny to me
2026-05-08 10:26:25
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Reto :
Do you know Egg bei Zürich? „Place of Origin: Egg“
2026-05-19 14:01:10
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Andrew :
Mine is St. Gallen, I’m Minnesotan
2026-05-09 03:19:06
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Bluezfox :
My kids are from St Gallen but we've never been there
2026-05-07 18:32:16
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Giselle :
mine is in some little Village of Bern, which I've never been to and don't even know where it is.
2026-05-08 16:28:18
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anni ✧˖°ʚ🍓ɞ :
TSÜRIIIII
2026-05-10 19:07:22
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Nicola :
mine is basel (im a zuricher)
2026-05-08 14:56:41
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KGN GAL :
I just did my interview yesterday and it was such a nerve wracking moment 😭 Glad to be on the other side of that lol but now anxious to see how it goes from here!
2026-05-08 05:44:29
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Camilla :
bellinzona ☀️
2026-05-08 12:43:25
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vani_leu :
I actually live in my Heimatort :)
2026-05-07 22:45:19
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Bela de autist :
mine was ober-unterrohrdorf. then they split up and i had to choose which one i wanted.
2026-05-08 07:35:07
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nicolas 🇨🇭 :
my heimatort is where my dad and grandfather is born
2026-05-08 07:11:16
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El Pepe :
Küsnacht👌
2026-05-08 10:26:31
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Anastasia 🇨🇭 :
My place of birth doesn’t exist anymore, the town was renamed)) I love the Swiss way!
2026-05-26 09:36:02
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Nāż :
Can you share more about the interview process? I'm supposed to start soon and I'm terrified 😳
2026-05-08 10:21:14
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