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Furth im Wald

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Furth im Wald (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊʁt ʔɪm ˈvalt] , lit.'Furth in the Forest'; Czech: Brod nad Lesy or 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.

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Twin towns

Furth im Wald is twinned with:

Photographs from the Drachenstich[4]

Sons and daughters of the town

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Memorial plate Aloys Fischer in Furth

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