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Beavis and Butthead never made it to Austria. But if they did, they would have plenty of fun poisoning cakes, smashing Sound of Music records and upsetting old ladies with dictator impressions.
One place that certainly wouldn't escape their attention is a small village near Salzburg in the Tarsdorf municipality.
By Austrian standards, the village of F***ing is nothing out of the ordinary when one considers the charms of the surrounding region. Even its antiquity - annals have recorded F***ing since AD 1070 - is nothing remarkable given the venerable age of so many settlements nearby. (District capital Scharding has a history that stretches all the way back to AD 804).
But this hasn't stopped travellers from flocking here in their droves. In fact, the main attraction of F***ing is to be found at the very entrance to the place..... 
The village of Fucking has the most stolen road-sign in Austria
Local authorities have tried every possible means of attaching the F***ing signposts to the ground. Current projects involve embedding the signs in concrete and welding several poles together. But this has done little to dissuade raggamuffins from trying to loot the items.
Matters came to a head in 2004 when the local council decided on a referendum on the town's name. All 104 inhabitants were entitled to cast their vote. Would a thousand year heritage now be cast to the wind....?
The answer was a resounding no. F***ing would remain as it always had done. There was to be no change in the ancient tradition.
Etymologically, the settlement derives its name from a medieval nobleman called Focko. The village literally means 'Focko's place'. That said, not much has come down to us about Herr Focko. And it is unlikely that more information will see the light of day. Was he a gallant knight, or was he a F***ing disgrace? We'll probably never know.
Whilst some villagers acknowledge that not all the consequences of the name are bad (travellers making detours are indeed spending money in the region) marketing is considered a no no. One Herr Winkler tried selling T-shirts with a picture of the village sign and the slogan: "I like F**king in Austria." But this was considered a step too far by locals, who closed ranks. Indeed, given that even postcards of the sign are frowned upon, it's not surprising that the T-shirt ruse came a cropper. For most locals, F***ing is no laughing matter.
That said, the up and coming generation are more relaxed about things, as a certain Fraulein Gabriel revealed to the Sunday Telegraph: "The older people don't like being laughed at by some of the younger ones from other villages, but we are proud of our beautiful F***ing."
Well said Gabriel.
* In Austria, correct pronunciation for the village of Fucking is a tad removed from a London or New York accent. A more comparable pronunciation would be that of a northern English accent, especially of the Newcastle 'Geordie' variety. As in: "Where's the Fooking place?"
Information about the village of Fucking, Austria
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 | | "ha ha ha" | hasan
Bangladesh
May.16.2009
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "Hey a few Indian fucker explained about why their villages wont be named such ugly. Motherf**kers ! You dont f**k does not imply your wife wont get f**ked. So dont dare to tell them to change its name. Its f**king good and f**king-ans should be proud of it. ( Not concerning other comments from India )" | Fuck ya , fools
India
May.03.2009
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "my grandmother lives in a village which is called Oberfucking.
"Ober" means very.
Oberfucking is located in the near of Schärding in Upper Austria." | andreas
Austria
Apr.16.2009
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "Hi, there the village name in austria is quite suspicious, is it the place of fuck and suck. Request to all the Austrian Citizen Please change the name of your village. Thanks , Santosh Jadhav. At- Post- Ratawad, Taluka- Mangaon, Dist- Raigad, Maharashtra, India" | Santosh Jadhav
India
Feb.26.2009
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "I think its a cool name for a town. Even if you get laughed at. BE PROUD :)" | rose
United States
Feb.02.2009
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "OMG!!! that's f***ing hilarious!!! this reminds of a funny story about a sonic taco, i was in the back yard when i saw this white flash flash across the sky (at this moment, i dropped the sandwhich that i had been eating).and from there, the story gets pretty interesting if you know what i mean." | White Stallion
United States
Jan.22.2009
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "lool i was lucking for porn" | pornolopa
United Kingdom
Jan.20.2009
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "omfg. thats hilarious! i live in austria but i've never seen that. LOL
can't stop laughing.
i'll seriously go there haha" |
Austria
Dec.28.2008
rates this page 4/5
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| | "sdfe sdf sadf sdf " | sdf
United States
Dec.02.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "That's fucking hilarious! I was looking for stuff on Austria for a MUN conference lol. And this is what I find!" | Rizwan Takkhar
Pakistan
Nov.15.2008
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "If you were amused by Fucking, you'll also be amused by Wanking, also in Austria (near St. Poelten) " | George Szenderwicz
Poland
Nov.14.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "new slogan: Vienna Life - Better than porno!"" | anish Rahman
Bangladesh
Nov.08.2008
rates this page 2/5 |
| | "Hi! I am Dr.Madhu, Mumbai, India.
What New thing for the Indians. It is some thing very different for me also. Becouse in india it is not possible by low and the ancient culture of india. It is really amazing!!!!!!!
Dr.Madhu Lahankar.
Mumbai, India " | Dr.Madhu Lahankar
India
Oct.30.2008
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "hahaha... the sign "FUCKING" and the bicicle there, it's looking like that the biker is really FUCKING and put that sign there to warn someone! FUCKING great idea..." | Palmeiras
Brazil
Oct.07.2008
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "How to get the t-shirt with the slogan "I like F**king in Austria."?" | taiwan
United States
Sep.19.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "Some Things Are Just Too Comical ;>
http://www.tomifobia.com/galexander/nigger_river.html" | Looker
United States
Sep.19.2008
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "Austria is a nice place to visit, but I didn't see one fucking kangaroo!!! lmfao!!" | Devin
Canada
Sep.18.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "I f**king wanna go to Fucking, Austria, live my f**king asylum life and f**king die there." | ทักษิŨ
United Kingdom
Sep.10.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "i'm so fucking going! " | batman
Canada
Sep.06.2008
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "Things that make you say Hmmmm. I wonder if the people who live there are having a great f***ing time??? Who knows, this may be the place to be." | Max
United States
Aug.23.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "wow?" | fred logue
United States
Aug.11.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "I'll be there one day to enjoy the village!!hehe ;)
kiss from portugal" | Sara
Portugal
Jul.26.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "czesc wam!" | klaud tryb
Poland
Jun.08.2008
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "Bloody hell! I was looking for some nasty stuff but I come across this page... Hahaha! The best fxxxing stumble! :-') One day I'll be there!" | rainbowman
Malaysia
May.18.2008
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "I could sing of my fxxxing laughter,
but WTF" | Deflowerer
United States
May.04.2008
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "Let's not forget the village of Twatt in Scotland..." | fred
United Kingdom
May.01.2008
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "thanx 'fucking'place 4 give me reason 2say fucking.in our country,we cant say this eagily.n i also meet by text with JEN from phil.my interest increasin day by day on it.but i cant visit here early 4my studies.plz let me know realview of this village..008801716784232(mob)" | JU Rony
Bangladesh
Apr.05.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "punk´d i lovet punk´d is very great" | banana
United States
Mar.31.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "its geat that I know about that.im very interested to visit this village.if any1 wanna go with me,plz contact 008801716784232(mob). thanx..." | J U RONY
Bangladesh
Mar.17.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "u know it's very much creative dat anyone cant imagine . me too ........" | prashant
United States
Jan.22.2008
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "new slogan: Vienna Life - Better than porno!" | Anka
Poland
Dec.14.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "i was looking for porno when i came across this site and its even better" | Big Mike
United States
Dec.12.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "I agree with Dilip. Who cares if it was 1070 or 1970 when it was named and how the hell one can claim there was no media in 1070. It must be some early Fucker who sexed up the town's name. Yuck, watta name... Fucking. I heard they had a place called Cunt so they renamed it Kent and domestic ass became donkey... he he he" | Phil
United States
Dec.06.2007
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| | "so do the villages live up to their name ... they shud hav a yearly fuck-fest or sumthin ...hahahaha" | mosqo
Fiji
Nov.26.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "Wow Dilip, youre an ignorant piece of trash." | Lyndsay
United States
Nov.15.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "Yeah. NO don't be a moron. This place has existed since 1070. Before the media you moron. ANd has it crossed your mind that Austrians don't speak ENGLISH? That they speak a different language and that Fucking doesn't mean anything to them aside from it being the name of their hometown?" | Sam
United States
Nov.07.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "in my country we dont name it we do it." | Darumisman
Bangladesh
Oct.30.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "I guess naming a place "Fucking" is a pathetic way of seeking attention. As mentioned in the article if the settlement got its name from nobleman Focko, then it should have been "Focking" and this would make no Fucking resident embarrassed [I guess many of them are embarrassed to say they live in a place called Fucking] but in that case "Focking" would not make international news. Seeking international attention, but at what cost?" | Dilip Dhakal
Nepal
Oct.18.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "Hallo,
I live in Fucking for 20 year and my name is Kunt.
I guess I am a Fucking Kunt ja!!!" | Kunt Schweizer
Austria
Oct.16.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "why don't the village council sell the "fucking" signs and make some money out of it?" | derek edwards
United Kingdom
Oct.12.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "why don't the village council sell the "fucking" signs and make some money out of it?" | derek edwards
United Kingdom
Oct.12.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "I head there's a town called Jerking Off too, and you move from Jerking Off to Fucking once you start dating. Of course, once you're married, it's back to Jerking Off for you!" | Mikey Googootz
United States
Oct.02.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "are the people of Fucking known as...Fuckers?" | colby
United States
Sep.30.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "i bet there is alot of FUCKING going on there" | paul
United States
Sep.19.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "FUCKING MADE EASY " | Robijyoti bhattacharya
India
Sep.13.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "I believe this picturesque village is reached via another 'interesting' place called 'Petting'. From what I hear, it's the British that come mainly to steal the road signs, which figures ...." | Ken
Switzerland
Jul.31.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "FCUCKING AWESOME !!!!" | Eric
United States
Jul.19.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "rouhi_shouaib@hotmail.com" | shouaib
Morocco
Jul.14.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "I just want to know why ahmed insists on using this site as a fucking hook-up. I mean for fuck's sake try an online dating site. " | Scott
United States
Jul.09.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "I am single !" | sawmintun
Barbados
May.31.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "Bite my ass en route to FUCKING Austria. The only way.." | BubbaBouy
United States
May.02.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "kos omko" |
Egypt
Apr.23.2007
rates this page 3/5
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| | "... WTF ..." | Anubis
United States
Apr.22.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "Interesting. When I return to Austria(was in Vienna in 2001), I will visit Salzburg and F***ing. Too funny.." | Kar
United States
Apr.16.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "Aww, what a cute name for a village :)))" | Kristina
Estonia
Apr.16.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
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United States
Apr.08.2007
rates this page 3/5
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| | "hiiii
moumken net3araf" | hassan
Lebanon
Apr.06.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "SUPERB,F***ING, KEEP IT UP" |
India
Apr.05.2007
rates this page 5/5
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| | "Hi. How old you are. Can u send some images?" | Raju
India
Apr.05.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "malek_shayan@yahoo.com" | jack
United States
Apr.04.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "My second visit to your PARADAISE 4 sure i will visit that FUCKING place." | RAMEZ
Lebanon
Apr.02.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "Mahesh
18/3/1981
India(Bangalore)" | Mahesh
India
Mar.29.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "Why Cant that place be in Bangalore
its great to be here" | Maddy
India
Mar.29.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "That is hilarious to bad we cant have that here in the U.S" | Peggy
United States
Mar.26.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "can you send some photo to me?" | ahmad
Turkey
Mar.22.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "can you send some photo to me?" | ahmad
Turkey
Mar.22.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "If I travel to Austria just to see F**king, does that make me a bad person?" | DJ Silence
Poland
Mar.08.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "My mum told me Fucking is dangerous. Is that true? Should I go around Fucking or not?" | Leanne
United States
Jan.31.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "Can we please see a Fucking Gallery?" | Dirty D
United Kingdom
Jan.31.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "F***ing brilliant! Thanks for making my day, Niku! " | Duncan
United Kingdom
Jan.26.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
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