15 hours agoThe world's worst - name village is found in Austria (Photo)
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)But there's a village called “Fumbling” in Upper Austria and it's really written like that, letter after letter. You may think of it as a joke, but it's true and it's enough to be looked at in “Google Earth” to prove it. If you ask yourself why this name is strange, it is enough to fit [...]
You may think of it as a joke, but it's true and it's enough to be looked at in “Google Earth” to prove it.
If you ask yourself why this name is strange, it is enough to fit it into Albanian.
The history of that name dates back to 1070. The extension “ing” refers to “community” or “to people” from the bavarese nobles who emigrated to Austria who were called “Focko”. We do not know exactly how the village remained with that name, but we hope that they will be proud of it.
Some 100 residents live in the village, and they have to face numerous questions posed by surprised tourists.
