In medieval Austria, there was a duke named Lord Fuck. The tiny

there they got a beer called "fucking hell"

No, he was called Focko, and he lived in the early middle ages, when that area was still a part of Bavaria.

Several early Bavarian lords left their imprint on Slovenian topography, such as Meingoz, for whom Mengeš is named, or Prebold, who also has his town.

>>74309517
>No, he was called Focko, and he lived in the early middle ages, when that area was still a part of Bavaria.
Isn't the Early Middle Ages within the Medieval Age?

>>74301864
This, indeed, is a true story.

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>>74306322
German names are fucking hilarious. On my trip to Speyer I was fucking dying laughing when our train stopped and I looked across the platform to see this.

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In medieval Austria, there was a duke named Lord Spurdo spärde :DD. The tiny village of Fugging is named in his honor. It still exists today.

>>74310297
yeah, but Austria was not a political reality until the mid 12th century.

>>74310527
My impression, and sorry if this is completely wrong, is that modern Austria has little to do culturally with the historical nation of Austria anyway, and that it just uses the name. I could be mixing that up with other countries doing that, though.

>>74310627
All the high culture and excellent pastries that define Austria in the eyes of the world today were created in the 18th and 19th century, so I'd say it's the other way around, that Austria was not truly Austria before Maria Theresa.

>>74310710
Neat, thanks for the information.

In America, Austria is kind of forgotten about. We mostly just think of it as knockoff Germany + Arnold Schwarzenegger, which I think is unfair, but unfortunately it had very few interactions with the USA so there's nothing to be done.