Kissing, Germany
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Kissing is a small town in the Aichach-Friedberg district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located just 10 km south of Augsburg and has about 11.500 inhabitants (2003).
Kissing was first mentioned in a document in 1050 as Chissingin, it was a minor regional centre of rule and jurisdiction called a Hofmark (German article). In even earlier times, around 500, there was a thing hill nearby, which was later swept away by the floods of the river Lech.
The surname Kissinger (as in Henry Kissinger) means inhabitant of Kissingen.
Ironically, the towns of Petting and Wank are also in Bavaria, while the town of Fucking is just across the border in Austria.
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