The world famous Austrian village of Fucking will change its name to Fugging from January 1. The residents were tired of their place name signs getting wings again and again.
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The village of Fucking, near the border with Germany, has about a hundred inhabitants, but was still often in the news. Of course, this has everything to do with the name, which according to experts dates back to the eleventh century. Although it has no meaning in German, it is a curse in English, which has led to much hilarity in recent years.
Many tourists make a stopover in the village to pose at the remarkable place name sign. The board is so popular that it is also regularly stolen from the clock.
Much of the troubled population has been pushing for a name change for years, and on January 1, the time has finally come. Then the village will bury the name Fucking and survive as Fugging. Andrea Holzner, the mayor of Tarsdorf of which Fucking is a borough, has confirmed this. However, she does not want to say much more about it. “I think there has been enough media coverage for it in the past,” she told the regional newspaper Upper Austrian news.
Sometimes the name Fucking was also used creatively. For example, activists used the name of the village in the fight for climate protection last year. They placed placards above and below the Fucking signs that read, “Because our climate is – fucking – important!”
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