Unterfucking

Unterfucking
The Oberrader (left) and Niederrader (right) farms in Unterfucking, 2016
Unterfucking
Coordinates: 48°22′00″N 013°29′00″E / 48.36667°N 13.48333°E / 48.36667; 13.48333
CountryAustria
StateUpper Austria

Unterfucking is a populated place that is part of Sankt Marienkirchen bei Schärding, Schärding, Upper Austria, Austria.[1] Unterfucking has often been included in lists of places with unusual names, due to the fact that part of its name bears a similarity to the English-language expletive "fuck".[2]

Geography

The name of the village was based upon the 6th century Bavarian noble name "Focko".[3] In the 1800s, whilst it was a part of Austria-Hungary, the village's name was spelt as "Unter Fucking".[4] By the 1960s, it was officially confirmed that it was spelt without the space.[5] The village was also formally surveyed in the 1940s by the Nazi German authorities in German-occupied Austria.[6] It is located near the village of Oberfucking as well as a village that until 2021 was known as Fucking (renamed Fugging). Despite the former Fucking village opting to change its name due to English-speaking tourists regularly stealing the village's sign and mocking the name, both Oberfucking and Unterfucking opted to retain their names despite speculation they might follow suit.[7][8] The mayor of Sankt Marienkirchen bei Schärding affirmed there would be no change as it was only considered by the council as any other business and they unanimously voted against any change.[3] Unterfucking has two farmhouses there and is the highest point of the district of Sankt Marienkirchen bei Schärding.[9]

In 1929, the British playwright Noel Coward unsuccessfully looked for a European tenor to play Carl Linden for the London West End debut of play, Bitter Sweet, as he had intended to have the tenor perform under the pseudonym of "Hans Unterfucker", named after the village.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "GEOnet Names Server (GNS)". Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. ^ "From Butt Hole Road to Climax, PA: The Horny Art of Vulgar Geography". 11 February 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Ortsnamen: Oberfucking in St. Marienkirchen bleibt Oberfucking". Mein Bezirk (in German). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  4. ^ Topographisches Post-Lexicon des Erzherzogthumes Oesterreich ob der Enns und des Herzogthumes Salzburg (in German). Handels-Ministerium. 1889. p. 517.
  5. ^ United States Office of Geography (1960). Austria. United States Government Printing Office. p. 348.
  6. ^ Muller, Friedrich (1944). Ortsbuch für die Ostmark (Österreich) (in German) (3 ed.). Post und Ortsbuchverlag. p. 247.
  7. ^ Lauber, Matthias (27 November 2020). "Ortschaft Fucking in Tarsdorf wird laut Gemeinderatsbeschluss auf Fugging umbenannt". Laumat (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Austrian village of 'Fucking' decides to change its name". Taiwan News. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Oberraderhof". Donau Region (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  10. ^ Soden, Oliver (2023). Masquerade: The Lives of Noël Coward. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781474612838.
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