Furth im Wald
Furth im Wald (in Czech Brod nad Lesy, resp. Bavorský Brod) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border in the Bavarian Forest, 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) northeast of Cham, and 17 kilometres (11 miles) southwest of Domažlice. The city is known as Drachenstadt (Dragon City), a reference to Furth im Wald's annual Drachenstich (Slaying of the Dragon) play. The Drachenstich, originally part of a Corpus Christi procession, was first mentioned in 1590. As one of the oldest folk plays in the German language, each year actors re-enact the legend of Saint George slaying the dragon.[3] In 2010, the play became notable for using the world's largest walking robot, an animatronic dragon called Tradinno.
Furth im Wald | |
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| Coat of arms | |
Location of Furth im Wald within Cham district | |
Furth im Wald Furth im Wald | |
| Coordinates: 49°18′35″N 12°50′24″E / 49.30972°N 12.84000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Palatinate |
| District | Cham |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Sandro Bauer[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.00 km2 (25.87 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,032 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 93437 |
| Dialling codes | 0 99 73 |
| Vehicle registration | CHA |
| Website | www.furth.de |
Twin towns edit
Furth im Wald is twinned with:
- Ludres, France
- Furth bei Göttweig, Austria
- Domažlice, Czech Republic
Gallery edit
Photographs from the Drachenstich[4]
Sons and daughters of the town edit
- Aloys Fischer (1880–1937), educator
- Helmut Sturm (1932–2008), painter, member of the group SPUR, from 1980 to 1982 guest professor at the Berlin University of the Arts
- Willibald Utz (1893–1954), officer, most recently Generalleutnant in the Second World War
References edit
- ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
- ^ "Drachenstich Festspiele". Drachenstich-Festspiele e.V. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ Bohnenstengel, A. (2002): Bayern, Page 132–139