Fugging, Upper Austria

The village limit sign of Fucking, Upper Austria, photographed in August 2015, back when it still said that. The name is old and innocent: the village was first mentioned in 1070, and the name is believed to come from a local nobleman, Adalpert von Vucckingen, with his V later swapped for an F. English-speaking visitors did not care about any of that. From 2000 the signs kept vanishing, and the village of about 100 people finally changed its spelling. Since January 1, 2021 it has been Fugging, which is closer to how locals say it anyway, so this sign is now a collector's item.