Published 18:05 IST, November 27th 2020

Austrian village changes name to ‘Fugging’ for endless mockery; netizens are 'mourning'

Austrian villagers were seemingly fed up with people that photographed themselves in front of the signposts and later mocked the name on the internet

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In an absurd situation, residents of an Austrian vill on vember 26 changed name of vill to ‘Fugging’ with effect from January 1, 2021, after y were seemingly tired of trolls, online mockery, and tourists stealing signposts. town council anunced that it finally achieved milestone after attempting to rename town for several years. Located in Upper Austria, vill is inhabited by around 100 people and its ‘awkward’ name has invited a lot of jokes. Mayor Andrea Holzner told Austrian brocaster Oe24 that town will be spelled as Fugging from year 2021.

According to Austrian brocaster, with social media, vill’s name gained popularity after it was frequently included in list of funniest places with most ‘unusual’ names. residents were also frustrated with fts of ro signposts and or banners that town flashed with its name on. People photographed mselves in front of signposts and later mocked name on internet. While town has sustained its name for approximately 1000 years, recently, it h become a joke for activists. Last year, some local residents inserted messs to promote climate change activism above and below signpost. mess re: ‘Our climate is — Fu**ing — important!”.

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Inspired a pale lr

vill located some 350 kilometers east of Vienna still hasn’t me clear wher y were going to take down signs. Almost all banners that are installed across vill are synymous with English langu derogatory term and have been a subject of jokes and ironic puns online. name h also inspired a pale lr, named “Fu**ing Hell” and a movie. With news of renaming surfacing online, vill was once again in spotlight as Twitter users cracked jokes sharing council’s press release. “ Austrian vill has decided to rename itself Fugging. idea why,” a tweet re, putting update sarcastically.