Oberfucking is a populated place in
Upper Austria
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,
Austria
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.
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It is a part of the town
St. Marienkirchen am Hausruck
St. Marienkirchen am Hausruck is a municipality in the district of Ried District, Ried in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Geography
St. Marienkirchen lies in the Innviertel. About 18 percent of the municipality is forest, and 74 percent is fa ...
in district
Schärding
Schärding ( , Bavarian name: Scharing) is a town in the northern Austrian state of Upper Austria, the capital of the district of the same name, and a major port on the Inn River. Historically, it was owned by the Wittelsbach family, which is r ...
, near the border to
Germany
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. Oberfucking has 38 inhabitants (by January 2020).
Oberfucking 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
''Fuck'' () is profanity in the English language that often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested ...
".
See also
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Fugging, Upper Austria
Fugging (), spelled Fucking until 2021, is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, located in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. It is north of Salzburg and east of the Inn river, which forms part of the Germa ...
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Unterfucking
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Sankt Marienkirchen bei Schärding
Sankt Marienkirchen bei Schärding (German for "St. Mary's Church near Schärding") is a municipality in the district of Schärding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Geography
Sankt Marienkirchen lies in the Innviertel
The Innviertel (l ...
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Shitterton
References
Cities and towns in Schärding District
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