Fucking

Fucking (IPA: /ˈfʊkɪŋ/) is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf^[2], in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria.^[3] 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 "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] Pop. 93

Fucking'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-resistant 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 village's name, but the residents voted against doing so.^[4]

A similar phenomenon can be attributed to Bavarian places such as Kissing and Petting, although less outside attention is paid due to less obscene names. Other Germanophone village names with an English-language connotation are Hacking and Rottenegg in Upper Austria; Attaching near Munich; Mailing near Ingolstadt; districts in Austria named Kicking; and the Berlin neighborhood Wedding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria