Furth im Wald (in Czech ''Brod nad Lesy'', resp. ''Bavorský Brod'') is a town in

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, near the

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border in the

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, northeast of

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, and southwest of

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. 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. In 2010, the play became notable for using the world's largest walking robot, an

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dragon called

Tradinno Tradinno is a giant, animatronic, fire-breathing dragon, featured in the 2014 Guinness Book of World Records as the world largest walking robot. It plays the Dragon in the play ''Drachenstich'' in the German town of Furth im Wald. The name Tradinn ...

Twin towns

Furth im Wald is twinned with: * Ludres, France *

Furth bei Göttweig Furth bei Göttweig is a town and municipality in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The municipality consists of the following populated places: *Aigen *Furth bei Göttweig *Klein-Wien *Oberfucha *Palt *Steinaweg ...

, Austria *

, Czech Republic

Gallery

Photographs from the Bohnenstengel, A. (2002)
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Sons and daughters of the town

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Aloys Fischer Aloys Fischer (10 April 1880 – 23 November 1937) was a German educationalist. Fischer was born in Furth im Wald, Bavaria on 10 April 1880. He attended the local elementary school. In 1891 he was awarded a scholarship to the grammar school bas ...

(1880–1937), educator *

Helmut Sturm Helmut Sturm (21 February 1932 – 20 February 2008) was a German painter. He was born in Furth im Wald. From 1952 to 1958, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich. After this he joined Heimrad Prem, Lothar Fischer and Hans- ...

(1932–2008), painter, member of the group

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, from 1980 to 1982 guest professor at the

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* Willibald Utz (1893–1954), officer, most recently Generalleutnant in the Second World War

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