Graham Harman relays a nice anecdote from Lingis about Heidegger's hut. I can certainly understand how Lingis might have missed the hut back in the 60s because even though it is technically staring you in the face once you reach Todtnau its obviousness almost makes you second guess that it is the right one. These days if you get the bus to Todtnau the bus drops you off right beside the (super-tiny) tourist office (comprising some maps, a few Heidegger books, and rarely any humans). Once there a quick look around the landscape will reveal the hut is not so far away albeit there is no direct route to it without cutting through some small fields.
I've relayed my experience a couple of times on this blog about going there so I won't go over this again, but I figure it is worth posting up my pics from time. These days it is hard to imagine missing the hut because there is a nice Heidegger trail (the famous Rundweg that people know from the sign albeit don't expect it to be anything more than a handful of random quotes with scraps of info). I think the panoramic pic ought to give an idea just how small the village is and when Heidegger was speaking to locals he really must have been speaking to rural folk drawn from random farms in the surrounding area.
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