'Heimatstaat' [Country of Origin/Citizenship]

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NO! http://en.dicios.com/deen/heimatstaa...50g32-GTZqVDmA

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But a "Tierpark "

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After a couple of glasses of wine, I see "Am I fat", "I'm at Staat", "Hi I'm Stan" or "Have I shat"... might also be dyslexia? Or a "Swiss-German denial syndrome"!

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On the contrary, it's a great idea, all you documents in one place, compared to the US with birth certificate in one town/state, marriage certificate in another, divorce in another, etc.

Tom

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A brilliant idea- I only went to my Heimatort/Commune d'origine, once about 5 years ago. My daughters have never been- and neither have my relatives all over the world- and yet we all know that all the family documents are there- OH when he got his Swiss passport a few years ago, is now a citizen of the town- births, deaths, children, etc, all recorded safely in one place for each family. Fantastic. I will soon go to mine to study all the family documentation for 100s of years.

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Safely? What about landslides? A cow herd going astray? A "bourbine" setting fire with his pipe by accident to all the archives?

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the one you feel most at home

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Home country or Home canton count, not the city

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Well. yes- plenty of bourbines in the Canton Jura (a bit of a bone of contention at times ....) where mine is- and cows- no landslides though

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AND the Albispass is part of Langnau aA with plenty of views onto the lake

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Langnau

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You can always rely on Wollie to keep the conversation back on track and to the level of seriousness it deserves! What was the original thread again?

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[QUOTE]A brilliant idea- I only went to my Heimatort/Commune d'origine, once about 5 years ago. My daughters have never been- and neither have my relatives all over the world- and yet we all know that all the family documents are there- OH when he got his Swiss passport a few years ago, is now a citizen of the town- births, deaths, children, etc, all recorded safely in one place for each family. Fantastic. I will soon go to mine to study all the family documentation for 100s of years.[/ QUOTE]

Uhhhhhhhhhh maybe not a good idea

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Now I am home sick .Have to ask my wife to make some " bratwurscht and roeschti", but first I have a lockout for some polar bears

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But which one keeps the records when you have more than one?

Tom

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the one where you last time had your residence

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And if you've never had residence in any of them?

Tom

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the Canton where you deposited your papers last

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Any Swiss around with some anecdotes about the reaction of foreign border police when they checked back about your place of birth and you told them the truth?

I have very found memories about one particular American immigration officer who thought I'd wind him up and couldn't believe me when I explained him the concept of the Heimatort (of course that was long time ago when even American border officers were human) .

After talking with his supervisor and lot of looking up in some very important regulations for two hours I was gracefully allowed to enter the country despite my very obscure background.

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So, it has nothing to do with your Heimatort?

Tom

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As I changed my driving licence, Heimatstaat referred to your "country of origin" and Heimatsort to your current municipality or canton (I'm not sure, it was quite some time ago).

In your case, where you are UK and HU citizenship you had to choose one when you applied for a permit (I had to do so). It is still on you permit. That's your Heimatstaat.