F*cking is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria.It is located 32 km north of Salzburg and 4 km east of the border with Germany. The village is known to have existed as "F*cking" 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 "F*cking," in this case, means “place of Focko’s people.
F*cking'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. Significant amounts of public funds are spent on replacing the stolen signs.
In 2004, due to the stolen signs and embarrassment over the name, a vote was held on changing the village's name, but the residents voted against doing so. In August 2005 the road signs were replaced with theft-resistant signs welded to steel and secured in concrete to make the signs harder to take.
The strange questions that are always put up and proves to be an embarrasment for the residents of this small village are--
Are the residents called F*ckers?
What are the mothers called?
What would you be learning at the F*cking High School?
Does the F*cking Hospital help you with anything else?
