An Austrian town, famed for its name, will be renamed come January 1 next year, after locals reportedly got sick of English-speakers sniggering and stealing signs.<\/p>\n
F**king, a village of some 100 people located 350km from Vienna will change its name in the new year to Fugging the local council has revealed.<\/p>\n
The municipal council revealed the name change will take effect on January 1.<\/p>\n
As it turns out the locals were growing tired of English-speaking tourists stopping off to take photos of the signpost to share on social media.<\/p>\n
Theres also been reports of people stealing the signposts, so local authorities were forced to make it theft-resistant.<\/p>\n
Andrea Holzner, the mayor of Tarsdorf, the municipality to which the village belongs, confirmed the name change, after majority of residents, known as F**kingers, decided they had enough of visitors and bad jokes.<\/p>\n
I really don't want to say anything more - we've had enough media frenzy about this in the past,\" Ms Holzner told regional daily Oberoesterreichische Nachrichten (OOeN).<\/p>\n
In 2018 the pornographic website Pornhub said it was offering free premium access to residents of F**king and towns with names such as Titz in Germany or Big Beaver in Pennsylvania, US Reuters reported.<\/p>\n
While the village may have gained quite a bit of attention in recent years, experts believe the name dates back to the 11th century, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
The village was first officially inhabited from around 1070, but local lore suggests that a sixth century Bavarian nobleman called Focko actually founded the settlement.<\/p>\n
A map dating from 1825 used the spelling Fuking.<\/p>\n
In light of the name change, people are mourning on social media with many saying the change is sad.<\/p>\n
Today is a sad day. The Austrian village F**king is changing its name to Fugging, one person tweeted.<\/p>\n
Story continues<\/p>\n
You will be missed, F**king, you will be missed...<\/p>\n
One person replied saying thankfully there was still F**kersberg, sharing a screenshot of a map of the municipality in Austria.<\/p>\n
With AFP and Reuters<\/p>\n
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