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> we were living in Boeblingen, near Stuttgart

Grew up in Herrenberg (a few kilometers from Böblingen). When neighbors learned that my father was thinking of replacing his old Audi someone put a Mercedes calendar on our doorstep. Swabians are very particular with their cars.

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My father grew up in Herrenberg (on "Auf'm Bildkäppele") and has never driven anything but Mercedes.

That's funny, I grew up about 100m away. Small world. :-)

Tübingen here... and working in Böblingen (or nowadays "for a company located in Böblingen").

Cool. When you commuted did you take the Ammertalbahn and S-Bahn, or did you drive? There was no high school in Herrenberg after the war, so my dad took the train to Tübingen every day and had to cross between the French and American zones of occupation.

Took the Ammertalbahn for a while, but it was extremely unreliable due to the known issues, so I switched to cycling (2x35km) which crazily turned out to be faster, more reliable and benefitial for my health as well.

There is a Mercedes research centre in Böblingen.

While I don't know how manufacturing is distributed today, historically the primary Mercedes production facility has been in Sindelfingen which is adjacent to Böblingen.

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