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[[Image:Fucking, Austria, street sign.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The frequently stolen traffic sign,<ref>{{cite news|title=Fucking signs now theft-proof |publisher=[[Ananova]]|url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1509431.html |accessdate=2006-12-15}}</ref> at the entrance to the village of Fucking.]] |
[[Image:Fucking, Austria, street sign.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The frequently stolen traffic sign,<ref>{{cite news|title=Fucking signs now theft-proof |publisher=[[Ananova]]|url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1509431.html |accessdate=2006-12-15}}</ref> at the entrance to the village of Fucking.]] |
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Fucking, Austria, founded in 1998, is a prosperous homosexual hangout. Often frequented by transvestites, and unigenders. Fucking has most cases of HIV per capita. Katelyn Voth is a slut. |
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'''Fucking''' ({{IPA2|ˈfʊkɪŋ}}; pronounced "fooking") is an [[Austria]]n [[village]]<ref>[http://www.gisdat.at/website/tarsdorf/main_content.html Tarsdorf Official map]</ref> in the municipality of [[Tarsdorf]],<ref>[http://www.tarsdorf.at/ Official governmental Homepage of Tarsdorf Municipality]</ref> in the [[Innviertel]] region of western [[Upper Austria]]. |
'''Fucking''' ({{IPA2|ˈfʊkɪŋ}}; pronounced "fooking") is an [[Austria]]n [[village]]<ref>[http://www.gisdat.at/website/tarsdorf/main_content.html Tarsdorf Official map]</ref> in the municipality of [[Tarsdorf]],<ref>[http://www.tarsdorf.at/ Official governmental Homepage of Tarsdorf Municipality]</ref> in the [[Innviertel]] region of western [[Upper Austria]]. |
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Revision as of 21:58, 12 December 2008
Fucking (IPA: [ˈfʊkɪŋ]; pronounced "fooking") is an Austrian village[2] in the municipality of Tarsdorf,[3] in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria.
The village is located 33 kilometres north of Salzburg, four kilometres east of the German border and half an hour by car from the town of Petting, in Bavaria.
History
The settlement Fucking has existed since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. "-ing" is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people of the root word to which it is attached; thus Fucking means "(place of) Focko’s people."[4] The village has a population of 104.
Fucking's most famous feature is a traffic sign with its name on it, beside which tourists often stop to have their photograph taken. It is a commonly stolen street sign.[5] Significant public funds have been spent on replacing the stolen signs.[6]
In 2004, mainly due to the stolen signs, a vote was held on changing the village's name, but the residents voted against doing so.[4] In August 2005, the road signs were replaced with theft-resistant signs welded to steel and secured in concrete to prevent further chances of the sign being stolen.[6] Few thefts have since occurred, but it remains a problem.[citation needed]
See also
References
External links
Media related to Fucking at Wikimedia Commons