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The present study researches the literary materializations of the Heimat visions as they emerge from Herta Müller’s Atemschaukel and Aglaja Veteranyi’s Warum das Kind in der Polenta kocht. The Heimat concepts are narratologically constructed both as Erinnerungsräume and as imaginary geographies. Usage of these notions will be made according to the definitions of Aleida Assmann respectively Doris Bachmann-Medick. Heimat is seen as a space from the past, which is projected with the force of the memories in the present having an imaginary geography, that can be articulated on three aspects associated with this concept: shelter, food and possessions.