Fünsing

Fünsing is a fictional German "village of fools". The 19th-century Deutsches Wörterbuch by the Brothers Grimm defines the word Fünsinger as a silly person, a simpleton whose actions provoke laughter; Latin: baburnus, stultus, and compares the word with "Schildburger".
Making fun of peasants was common in 16th-century German drama, drawing a contrast between smart and well-mannered city dwellers and stupid and clumsy peasants.
Fünsing is best known from two Schwank by the 16th-century German poet and playwright Hans Sachs: "Der Roßdieb zu Fünsing" and "Die Fünsinger Bauern" .
In the first one, one of Sachs' best-known pieces, the caught horse thief defends himself by arguing that he is no more dishonest than the judges, who, he asserts, would do the same if they had the opportunity. The judges let him go after he promises to come back after the harvest to be hanged.
The second one tells of the stupidity of the Fünsinger in verse. One of the tales goes as follows:
There is a Molbo story similar to that of "Die Fünsinger Bauern".