Fucking, Austria

Fucking
Village
The frequently stolen traffic sign at the entrance to the village of Fucking.
Fucking Location in Austria, 4 kilometers from the German border.
Coordinates: 48°04′02″N 12°51′49″E / 48.06722°N 12.86361°E / 48.06722; 12.86361Coordinates: 48°04′02″N 12°51′49″E / 48.06722°N 12.86361°E / 48.06722; 12.86361
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
Region	Innviertel
Municipality	Tarsdorf
Established	since at least 1070
Named for	6th century nobleman named Focko
Population
• Total	104
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	5121 Tarsdorf
Area code(s)	07940
Licence plate	BR

Fucking (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊkɪŋ], rhymes with "booking") is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north of Salzburg, 4 km (2.5 mi) east of the river Inn, which forms the German border.

Despite having a population of only 104 in 2005, the village has drawn attention for its unusual place name in the English-speaking world. Its road signs are a popular visitor attraction, and they were often stolen by souvenir-hunting tourists until 2005, when the signs were modified to be theft-resistant.

It is believed that the settlement was founded in the 6th century AD by Focko, a Bavarian nobleman. The Austrian region during this century was mostly under the domain of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, and was populated by a mix of Christians and Pagans. The existence of the village was documented for the first time in 1070, and historical records show that some twenty years later, the lord was recorded in Latin as Adalpertus de Fucingin. The spelling of the name has evolved over the years; it is first recorded in historical sources with the spelling as Vucchingen in 1070, Fukching in 1303,Fugkhing in 1532, and in the modern spelling Fucking in the 18th century, which is pronounced with the vowel oo as in book. The ending -ing is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached, thus Fucking means "(place of) Focko's people."

The Austrian census of 2001 recorded that the village had a population of 93.The Age reported in 2005 that it had 104 people and 32 houses.