Fucking, Austria
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Fucking (IPA: /ˈfʊkɪŋ/) is a hamlet (population c. 93), part of the municipality of Tarsdorf,[2] in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria, located at , bordering Bavaria. [3] It is near the city of Salzburg, and also the town of "Tittmoning". The village is known to have existed as “Fucking” since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. “Ing” is an old Germanic suffix meaning “people”; thus Fucking, in this case, means “place of Focko’s people”.[4]
The settlement’s most famous feature is a traffic sign with its name on it, beside which English-speaking tourists often stop to have their photograph taken. It is a commonly stolen street sign.[5] Significant amounts of public funds are spent on replacing the stolen signs. In August 2005 the road signs were replaced with theft-proof signs welded to steel and secured in concrete to make the signs harder to take.[6]
In 2004, due to the stolen signs and embarrassment over the name, a vote was held on changing the name, but the town's residents voted against doing so.
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