Fucking, Austria
Fucking is an Austrian village in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. It is believed that the settlement was founded in the 6th century AD by Focko, a Bavarian nobleman. The ending -ing is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached.
About Fucking, Austria in brief
Fucking is an Austrian village in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. It is believed that the settlement was founded in the 6th century AD by Focko, a Bavarian nobleman. Fucking is most famous for its four traffic signs with its name on them, beside which tourists stop to have their photograph taken. The signs were often stolen by souvenir-hunting vandals until 2005, when the signs were modified to be theft-resistant. In 2004, owing mainly to the stolen signs, a vote was held on changing the village’s name, but the residents voted against doing so. The ending -ing is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached, thus Fucking means ‘Focko’s people’ The Austrian census of 2020 recorded that the village had a population of 106.
The village is especially popular with British tourists, as a local tour guide explained: ‘The Germans all want to see Mozart’s house in Salzburg; the Americans want tosee where The Sound of Music was filmed; the Japanese want Hitler’s birthplace in Braunau; but for the British, it’s all about Fucking’ It may be amusing to you, but we will not stand for the Fucking signs being removed. What is this big joke? I am not at liberty to disclose it to you. I am simply stating the facts. It’s going to stay Fucking. It may not be amusing for you to know it, but it is simply amusing for us to know that it is the same as the profane English-language word ‘fucking’
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