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| The frequently stolen traffic sign, at the entrance to the village of Fucking |
Fucking is a small village having 104 people and 32 houses ( as on 2005 ).
Fucking's most famous feature is four traffic signs with its name on them, beside which tourists stop to have their photograph taken, owing to the identical spelling to the present participle and gerund of the English-language profanity fuck. One version of the sign features the village name with an additional sign beneath it, with the words "Bitte – nicht so schnell!" ("Please – not so fast!"). The lower sign—which features an illustration of two children—is meant to advise drivers to watch their speed, but tourists see this as a double meaning coupled with the village name.
Austrians considered renaming their village from Fucking to Fugging in 2012. But there is another village with the name Fugging in Austria, so it is rejected.
Reference : wikipedia