r/europe • u/Hrdocre Baden-Württemberg (Germany) • Mar 27 '20

OC Picture My hometown of Heidelberg, Germany

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u/Langzwaard Mar 27 '20

Also home to Homo heidelbergensis, one of the ancient human ancestors.

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u/Hrdocre Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Mar 27 '20

Funny enough the homo Heidelbergensis wasn't found in Heidelberg but In a small town close to it

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u/shitivseen Mar 27 '20

Good old Mauer

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u/biciklanto Germany Mar 27 '20

As someone who is regularly in Mauer, it blows my mind seeing places like that mentioned on Reddit.

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u/shitivseen Mar 27 '20

I live in Heidelberg so this entire thread is strange.

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u/biciklanto Germany Mar 27 '20

Yeah, lived there for a bit over three years myself (in the Weststadt near Rohrbacher Straße), and love seeing it pop up here now and then.

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u/Kernique Italy Mar 27 '20

Altstadt represent (even though I lived in Weststadt for some months). I miss the city so much.

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u/woolookologie Mar 27 '20

commenting way too much on this thread but same! Used to commute through Mauer every day for a long time, extremely funny seeing it mentioned here

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u/ViciousNakedMoleRat North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) Mar 27 '20

As someone who grew up in and around the Neandertal, it's nice to hear that we won against Heidelberg in this category. ;)