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Hintertupfingen ( in Alemannic -speaking ) and Hintertupfing ( in the Bavarian- Austrian language space, ie east of the Lech ), are fictitious place names in the vernacular, is indicated by which that place is very small and isolated area.

Thus, similar names are Hinterfultigen ( in the Bernese countryside ), Hinterpfupfikon or Hinterpfupfike ( in parts of the eastern German Switzerland ), Hinterduggigen ( in the North West Switzerland ) or small towns in northeastern Germany.

The term Hintertupfing (s) is in use since about 1920, and particularly common in southern Germany. Lutz Rohrich translates the phrase " of Hintertupfingen be " with " a right Hillbilly be " and " to live in a place that is far away from any civilization" with.

In the model railroad building kits for stations of nominal size of H0 Faller GmbH Gebrüder a breakpoint Hintertupfingen included in the range.

The Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix from 1975 was shown in Germany as Hintertupfinger Grand Prix.