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There was only one reason those signs hadn't been grabbed as souvenirs. They were too big to fit into a kit bag.
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****ing (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊkɪŋ], rhymes with "booking"[2]) is an Austrian village[3] in the municipality of Tarsdorf,[4] in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria
. The village is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north of Salzburg, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the German border.
Despite having a population of only 104, the village has become famous for its name in the English-speaking world. ****ing has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[5][6] 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.Putting the problem in context, however, tz-online notes that numerous villages across the border in Germany have names that are "unfortunate" even in German, including Affendorf (Monkey Village), Faulebutter (Putrid Butter), Fickmühlen (**** Mill), Himmelreich (Kingdom of Heaven), Katzenhirn (Cat Brain), Plöd (Stupid), Regenmantel (Raincoat), Sklavenhaus (Slave House) and Warzen (Warts).[21]
In 2009, the European Union's OHIM trademarks agency forbade a German brewery to market a beer called "****ing Hell". It appealed, and was granted permission in January 2010 to market the beer.[22] It claims the beer is named after the Austrian village ****ing and the German term for pale lager, Hell.[23]
****ing, Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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