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Austria was once indeed home to a town called Fucking, a name derived from that of Focko, a sixth-century Bavarian nobleman. The following unattributed text made the rounds online all the way back in the year 2000: In 2012, The Telegraph published that residents were considering a change in spelling for the town's name. The locals truly did have quite a problem dealing with stolen signs: One sign carried the hilarity even further: Bitte — nicht so schnell! is German for Please — not so fast! (Evidently, this type of sign is a commonplace reminder in those parts for motorists to keep their speed down to protect children, but many viewers find the unintended double meaning in this case particularly amusing.) Two decades after this story was written, we published a new article that detailed how the new name of Fugging became official on Jan. 1, 2021. Reuters shared a video in late 2020 to document the name change. Their report also made mention of a German mountain that also had a curious name: The Wank.
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