Todtnauberg

Todtnauberg is a German village in Black Forest (Schwarzwald) belonging to the municipality of Todtnau, in Baden-Württemberg. It is named after the homonym mount ("berg" means hill or mountain in German) and is famous because it is the place where the German philosopher Martin Heidegger had a chalet and wrote portions of his major work, Being and Time.HistoryThe village was an autonomous municipality, merged in Todtnau on April 1, 1974.GeographyThe village is located at 1150m amsl, 7km in north of Todtnau, in the north-eastern corner of Lörrach District. It is a distance of 29km from Freiburg, 48km from Lörrach, 60km from Basel, in Switzerland, and 90km from Mulhouse, in France. The town is within hiking distance of Feldberg, the highest point in the Black Forest, and its open, well-sunlit valley helps sustain its popularity as a destination for skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer.CultureShortly after giving a Der Spiegel interview and following Paul Celan's lecture at Freiburg, Martin Heidegger hosted Celan at his chalet at Todtnauberg in 1967. The two walked in the woods. Celan impressed Heidegger with his knowledge of botany (also evident in his poetry), and Heidegger is thought to have spoken about elements of his press interview. Celan signed Heidegger's guest book.