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'''Fugging''' ({{IPA|de|ˈfʊgɪŋ|lang|Fugging.ogg}}), spelled '''Fucking''' until 2021, is an [[Austria|Austrian]] village in the municipality of [[Tarsdorf]], located in the [[Innviertel]] region of western [[Upper Austria]]. It is {{convert|33|km|abbr=on}} north of [[Salzburg]] and {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of the [[Inn (river)|Inn river]], which forms part of the [[Austria–Germany border|German border]].

Despite a population of only 106 in 2020, the village has drawn attention in the [[English-speaking world]] for its former name, which was spelled the same as an inflected form of the vulgar English-language word "[[fuck]]".<ref>{{cite book|last=Parker|first=Quentin|title=Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29zh3dIgmv8C&pg=PA83|date=18 July 2010|publisher=Adams Media|isbn=978-1-4405-0739-7|page=83}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Andrew|last=Bain|title=1000 Ultimate Experiences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZBcCIixzIIC&pg=PA124|year=2009|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|isbn=978-1-74179-945-3|page=124|access-date=21 February 2016|archive-date=26 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726094230/https://books.google.com/books?id=IZBcCIixzIIC&pg=PA124|url-status=live}}</ref> Its road signs were a popular visitor attraction and were often stolen by souvenir-hunting vandals until 2005, when they were modified to be theft-resistant. A campaign to change the village's name to Fugging was rejected in 2004 but succeeded in late 2020.<ref name="the-register" /><ref name="fucking-to-fugging" />

== Former name and etymology ==
[[File:City limit sign of Fucking, Austria.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The village of Fucking in August 2015, with the frequently-stolen traffic sign before the name change.]]

The settlement is believed to have been founded in the 6th century AD by Focko, a [[Austro-Bavarian|Bavarian]] nobleman. The Austrian region during this century was mostly under the domain of the [[Kingdom of the Ostrogoths]] and was populated by a mix of [[Christians]] and [[Paganism|pagans]]. The existence of the village was documented for the first time in 1070, and historical records show that some 20 years later, the lord was recorded in Latin as ''{{Lang|la|Adalpertus de Fucingin}}''. The spelling of the name, which is pronounced with the English language vowel ''oo'' as in ''book'',<ref name="dailytele"/> evolved over the years; it is first recorded in historical sources as ''Vucchingen'' in 1070, as ''Fukching'' in 1303,<ref>{{cite book|last=Etz|first=Albrecht|title=Die Siedlungsnamen des Innviertels als lauthistorische Quellen|page=212|series=Volume 53 of ''Dissertationen der Universität Wien''|publisher=Notring|year=1971}}</ref> as ''Fugkhing'' in 1532, and in the modern spelling ''Fucking'' in the 18th century.<ref name="age030905">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/09/02/1125302734420.html|title=What's the F—ing joke?|date=3 September 2005|newspaper=[[The Age]]|access-date=25 October 2009|archive-date=15 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815011333/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/09/02/1125302734420.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ending ''-{{Lang|gem|ing}}'' is an old [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached, thus ''Fucking'' means "(place of) Focko's people".<ref name="the-register">{{cite news|first=Lester|last=Haines|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/austrian_signs/|title=Brits steal carloads of F**king Austrian roadsigns|work=The Register|date=15 August 2005|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-date=3 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203092525/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/austrian_signs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
The [[Demographics of Austria|Austrian census]] of 2020 recorded that the village had a population of 106.<ref>Statistik Austria: Bevölkerung am 1 January 2020 nach Ortschaften (Gebietsstand 1 January 2020)[https://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_PDF_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=103419] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029131232/https://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_PDF_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=103419|date=29 October 2021}} Retrieved 13 September 2020.</ref> ''[[The Age]]'' reported in 2005 that it had 104 inhabitants and 32 houses.<ref name="age030905" />

== Popularity and notoriety ==
Fugging is best known for the four traffic signs at the entrances to the village, beside which many English-speaking tourists have had their photograph taken because of its former name of "Fucking".<ref name="snopes">{{cite web |last=Mikkelson |first=David |date=May 30, 2000 |title=Is Austria Home to a Town Named Fucking? |url=http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp |access-date=26 March 2013 |publisher=Snopes.com |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806123240/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/welcome-to-austria/ |url-status=live }}</ref> British and United States soldiers based in nearby [[Salzburg]] noticed the name after [[World War II]] and began to travel to the village to have their photos taken beside the signs. The local residents, the Fuckingers, were bemused, as they had not previously been aware of the meaning of their village's name in English.<ref name="age030905" /> During the second half of the 20th century and the early 21st century, the number of tourists visiting the village increased, including the occasional tour bus.<ref name="dailytele">{{cite news |last=Harnden |first=Toby |date=28 August 2005 |title='No, there are no F***ing postcards' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/1497132/No-there-are-no-Fing-postcards.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 November 2009 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603221652/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/1497132/No-there-are-no-Fing-postcards.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Map of Fucking.svg|right|thumb|Street map of Fugging]]
The village is especially popular with British tourists; as a local tour guide explained: "The Germans all want to see [[Mozart's birthplace|Mozart's house in Salzburg]]; the Americans want to see where ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' was filmed; the Japanese want [[Hitler birthplace memorial stone|Hitler's birthplace in Braunau]]; but for the British, it's all about Fucking."<ref>{{cite news|first=Tony|last=Parsons|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/columnists/parsons/2005/08/29/this-town-s-a-f-joke-115875-15907192/|title=This Town's A F****** Joke|date=29 August 2005|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror]]|location=London|access-date=7 November 2009|archive-date=10 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910145619/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/columnists/parsons/2005/08/29/this-town-s-a-f-joke-115875-15907192/|url-status=live}}</ref> Augustina Lindlbauer, the manager of an area guesthouse, said that the area had lakes, forests, and vistas worth visiting, but there was an "obsession with Fucking", and she had to explain to a British tourist "that there were no Fucking postcards".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050828/wl_uk_afp/britainaustriaoffbeat|title=Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name|date=28 August 2005|agency=[[Agence France Presse]]|access-date=7 November 2009|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050911151145/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050828/wl_uk_afp/britainaustriaoffbeat|archive-date=11 September 2005}}</ref> The English meaning of its name also resulted in the village being the butt of jokes in popular media. ''[[The Grand Tour]]'' featured the village in the 2017 episode "[censored] to [censored]", as part of a road trip from [[Wank (mountain)|Wank]] via [[Kissing, Bavaria|Kissing]], [[Petting, Bavaria|Petting]], and Fucking to [[Wedding (Berlin)|Wedding]].<ref>{{cite news |date=27 January 2017 |title=The Grand Tour: Series 1, Episode 12 – [Censored] to [Censored] |work=TopGearbox |url=https://www.motoringbox.com/cars/entertainment/the-grand-tour/grand-tour-episode-guides/series-1-grand-tour-episode-guides/the-grand-tour-series-1-episode-12-censored-to-censored/ |access-date=14 February 2019 |archive-date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215050641/https://www.motoringbox.com/cars/entertainment/the-grand-tour/grand-tour-episode-guides/series-1-grand-tour-episode-guides/the-grand-tour-series-1-episode-12-censored-to-censored/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, Norwegian broadcasting company [[NRK Sport]] produced a comedic tourism video on Fucking. Released on [[YouTube]], the video consists of the reporter and the former ''[[Melodi Grand Prix Junior]]'' presenter Nicolay Ramm both advertising the village's attractions and listing off a large number of [[double entendre]]s based on its name.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramm |first1=Nicolay |date=24 February 2019 |title=Welcome To Fucking |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bawmxQE_Fj0 |url-status= |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/bawmxQE_Fj0 |archive-date=2021-11-18 |access-date=7 July 2020 |website=YouTube |publisher=NRK Sport}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The road signs were commonly stolen as souvenirs,<ref name="dailytele"/><ref name="snopes" /> and cost some 300&nbsp;[[euros]] to replace.<ref name="age030905" /> In 2005, theft-resistant welded signs were installed, secured in concrete.<ref name="age030905" /> The mayor of Tarsdorf said that tourists were still welcome,<ref name="ananova">{{cite news|title=F***ing signs now theft-proof |publisher=[[Ananova]]|url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1509431.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050930221340/http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1509431.html | archive-date = 30 September 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Austrian town uses concrete to block cursed sign thefts |date=23 August 2005 |newspaper=[[The Ottawa Citizen]] |page=A8}}</ref> though the local police chief emphasised that "we will not stand for the Fucking signs being removed. It may be very amusing for you British, but Fucking is simply Fucking to us. What is this big Fucking joke? It is puerile."<ref name="dailytele" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Austrians Not Amused |url=http://www.banderasnews.com/0611/nw-fucking-austria.htm |date=November 2006 |newspaper=BanderasNews.com |agency=AFP |access-date=25 July 2011 |archive-date=27 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827123344/http://www.banderasnews.com/0611/nw-fucking-austria.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> One resident set up a website selling T-shirts featuring the signs, with the slogan "I like Fucking in Austria", but shut it down after other residents disapproved.<ref name="dailytele" />

In 2009, the village said it would install surveillance cameras to deter tourists from continuing to attempt to steal the road signs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Finger weg von Fucking! |url=https://www.aerztezeitung.de/Panorama/Finger-weg-von-Fucking-370535.html |access-date=9 January 2021 |work=Ärzte-Zeitung |date=5 August 2009 |language=German}}</ref> Many methods were taken, which include screwing the Fucking signs to pedestals without much success. The mayor said that he would prefer not to see the village featured in the press anymore: "Just leave [us] alone".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/Home/Nachrichten/Bayern/Artikel,-Die-Ortstafel-als-Souvenir-_arid,1196026_regid,2_puid,2_pageid,4289.html |title=Die Ortstafel als Souvenir |last=Schmidt |first=Axel |date=25 March 2008 |orig-year=24 March 2008 |newspaper=[[Augsburger Allgemeine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619080539/http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/Home/Nachrichten/Bayern/Artikel,-Die-Ortstafel-als-Souvenir-_arid,1196026_regid,2_puid,2_pageid,4289.html |archive-date=19 June 2010 |language=de |quote=Er würde am liebsten nichts mehr von dem kleinen Ortsteil der Gemeinde Tarsdorf in der Presse lesen&nbsp;... 'Lasst's das Dorf halt in Ruh'. }}</ref>

In the same year, the European Union's [[Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market]] trademarks agency forbade a German brewery to market a beer called "[[Fucking Hell]]". The brewery successfully argued that "hell" in German means "pale" and that the beer is named after the town of Fucking; permission for the name was granted in January 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oami.europa.eu/ga-sw/rw/pages/OHIM/OHIMPublications/newsletter/1003/CASELAW/cs2.en.do |title=Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal in Case R 0385/2008-4 – Fucking Hell |publisher=The Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union |date=21 January 2010 |access-date=22 September 2015 |archive-date=11 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711225126/http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/OHIM/OHIMPublications/newsletter/1003/CASELAW/cs2.en.do |url-status=dead }}</ref> (The second part of the name is the German term for a [[pale lager]], ''{{Lang|de|[[Helles|Hell]]}}''.)<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/german-beer-can-call-itself-fking-hell | work = Radio Netherlands | title = German beer can call itself F**king Hell | date = 19 March 2010 | location = Hilversum | access-date = 30 March 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100329153706/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/german-beer-can-call-itself-fking-hell | archive-date = 29 March 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

== Name change ==
A 2004 vote on changing the village's name failed.<ref name="the-register" /> "Everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us Fucking is Fucking{{mdash}}and it's going to stay Fucking" said the mayor<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haywood |first1=Anthony |url=https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetaust00anth |title=Austria |last2=Walker |first2=Kerry |publisher=Lonely Planet |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-74104-670-0 |edition=5th |page=217 |access-date=7 November 2009 |url-access=registration}}</ref> as he pointed out that the name had been ''Fucking'' for 800 years.<ref name="the-register" />
[[File:Fugging Town Sign - 2022.jpg|thumb|The updated sign ]]
In April 2012, rumours spread through international media that villagers had been thinking about changing the name of the village or had actually voted to change it. The satirical website ''The Spoof!'' published a story<ref>{{cite web |first=Sidney |last=Bollocks |url=http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s3i106192 |title=Fucking Village To Change Name |publisher=The Spoof! |date=18 April 2012 |access-date=26 April 2012 |archive-date=3 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503002441/http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s3i106192 |url-status=live }}</ref> that was expanded in the British tabloid the ''[[Daily Mirror]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fucking-village-told-they-cant-be-renamed-798433 |title=No Fugging chance: Fucking village told they can't be renamed Fugging because name is already taken |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=18 April 2012 |access-date=26 April 2019 |archive-date=8 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708064335/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fucking-village-told-they-cant-be-renamed-798433 |url-status=live }}</ref> The story was then reported elsewhere as news, including by ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', who said that a vote had taken place to change the name to Fugging, but it was discovered that a [[Fugging, Lower Austria|village with that name]] already existed in the municipality of [[Obritzberg-Rust]] just west of [[Herzogenburg]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Meltzer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/apr/25/silly-placenames-dull-and-boring |title=Silly placenames: welcome to Dull, twinned with Boring |newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 April 2012 |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902012217/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/apr/25/silly-placenames-dull-and-boring |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tony |last=Phillips |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-phillips/fucking-austria-weird-city-names_b_1439680.html |title=Citizens Vote to Rename Austrian Town From F—ing to Fugging |publisher=Huffington Post |orig-year=20 April 2012 |date=6 December 2017 |access-date=26 April 2012 |archive-date=23 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423224826/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-phillips/fucking-austria-weird-city-names_b_1439680.html? |url-status=live }}</ref> The mayor denied these rumours.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shields |first=Michael |date=18 April 2012 |title=Nothing profane about our name Austrian hamlet says |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-austria-village-idUSLNE83H02B20120418 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420234734/https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/18/uk-austria-village-idUSLNE83H02B20120418 |archive-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

The council of Tarsdorf voted in their 17 November 2020 session to have the village's name officially changed to Fugging, effective 1 January 2021.<ref name="fucking-to-fugging">{{cite news|last=Dallison|first=Paul|date=26 November 2020|title=Austrian village of Fucking to be renamed Fugging|work=Politico Europe|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/austrian-village-of-f-king-to-be-renamed-fugging/|access-date=27 November 2020|archive-date=20 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220032950/https://www.politico.eu/article/austrian-village-of-f-king-to-be-renamed-fugging/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Barron>{{cite news|date=26 November 2020|title=Fugging Hell: Tired Of Mockery, Austrian Village Changes Name|work=Barron's|agency=Agence France-Presse|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/fugging-hell-tired-of-mockery-austrian-village-changes-name-01606414506|access-date=29 November 2020|archive-date=2 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902012045/https://www.barrons.com/news/fugging-hell-tired-of-mockery-austrian-village-changes-name-01606414506|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kundmachung Gemeinderatssitzung |work=[[Tarsdorf]] |url=https://www.tarsdorf.at/system/web/GetDocument.ashx?fileid=2606351&cts=1606119162 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204005525/https://www.tarsdorf.at/system/web/GetDocument.ashx?fileid=2606351&cts=1606119162 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |language=de}}</ref> A video by Danish [[YouTuber]] {{ill|Albert Dyrlund|da}}, which drew attention to the village's peculiar name, was reportedly stated as being the reason for the name change. Around 28,673 people visited the village following the release of the video, disrupting local residents with the excessive filming and trespassing of local property such as the village's elementary school and residents' homes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brunner|first=Lea|date=13 November 2020|title=Es war einmal ein kleines Örtchen namens 'Fucking'|url=https://www.tarsdorf.at/system/web/GetDocument.ashx?fileId=2622666&cts=1616666836|access-date=21 December 2020|work=Tarsdorf Aktuell|publisher=Municipality of Tarsdorf|page=5|volume=59|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413214027/https://www.tarsdorf.at/system/web/GetDocument.ashx?fileId=2622666&cts=1616666836|archive-date=13 April 2021|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 December 2020 |title=「Fucking」村改名「福敬」，有無不敬？ |trans-title=Is it disrespectful to change the name of "Fucking" village to "Fugging"? |url=https://www.thenewslens.com/article/145268 |access-date=29 September 2021 |website=The News Lens |language=zh |archive-date=29 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929100842/https://www.thenewslens.com/article/145268 |url-status=live }}</ref> The following month, signs with the new name were vandalised to read "Fucking".<ref>{{Cite web|first=Lisa|last=Nagl|date=8 December 2020|title=Unbekannte beschmierten Ortstafeln in Fugging|url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/braunau/c-lokales/unbekannte-beschmierten-ortstafeln-in-fugging_a4388162|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220033520/https://www.meinbezirk.at/braunau/c-lokales/unbekannte-beschmierten-ortstafeln-in-fugging_a4388162|archive-date=20 December 2020|access-date=19 December 2020|website=meinbezirk.at|language=de}}</ref> One of the last remaining signs with the old name was given to the Haus der Geschichte Österreich in [[Vienna]]. In September 2021, village mayor Andrea Holzner stated that the disruptions had ceased, and that the name change had the intended effect.<ref>{{cite news|title=„Fucking“ jetzt im Museum - Ortsschild heiß begehrt|date=5 September 2021|access-date=17 December 2024|language=de|url=https://www.oz-online.de/artikel/1069775/Fucking-jetzt-im-Museum-Ortsschild-heiss-begehrt|website=oz-online.de}}</ref>

==In literature and film==
''Bad Fucking'', a 2011 satirical mystery novel by the Austrian director and novelist Kurt Palm, is set in a slightly renamed Fucking; it won the Friedrich Glauser Prize and was filmed in 2013 by [[Harald Sicheritz]].<ref name=Barron/><ref>{{cite web |first=Todd |last=Brown |url=https://screenanarchy.com/2013/12/austrian-cinemas-experience-an-outbreak-of-bad-fucking-check-a-quintet-of-teasers.html |title=Austrian Cinemas Experience An Outbreak Of BAD FUCKING. Check A Quintet Of Teasers |website=Screen Anarchy |date=24 December 2013 |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126192013/https://screenanarchy.com/2013/12/austrian-cinemas-experience-an-outbreak-of-bad-fucking-check-a-quintet-of-teasers.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Frank |last=McNally |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/at-swim-two-cultures-an-irishman-s-diary-about-the-austrian-director-who-filmed-an-unfilmable-flann-o-brien-novel-1.3160444 |title=At Swim-Two-Cultures – An Irishman's Diary about the Austrian director who filmed an unfilmable Flann O'Brien novel |newspaper=Irish Times |type=opinion |date=20 July 2017 |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=21 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121105838/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/at-swim-two-cultures-an-irishman-s-diary-about-the-austrian-director-who-filmed-an-unfilmable-flann-o-brien-novel-1.3160444 |url-status=live }}<!-- This states incorrectly that Palm directed the film. The film, not the book, has an article at [[:de:Bad Fucking]], which mentions a theatrical adaptation by Palm. --></ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Place names considered unusual]]
* [[Oberfucking]]
* [[Unterfucking]]
* [[Shitterton]], a hamlet in Dorset, England with a similar history of sign theft
* [[Šukačka]], settlement in the Czech Republic that is slang for "fucking"
* [[Um Dafuq]], town in Sudan
* [[Fuckersberg|Fuckersburg]], another town in Upper Austria containing “fuck” in its name.

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.tarsdorf.at Tarsdorf Municipality website] {{in lang|de}} 
* [http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,686305,00.html German Firm Wins Right to Make Beer Called 'Fucking Hell']. ''[[Spiegel Online]]''. 29 March 2010.

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