Furth im Wald (, ; or ) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border in the Bavarian Forest, northeast of Cham, and 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. In 2010, the play became notable for using the world's largest walking robot, an animatronic dragon called Tradinno.
Twin towns Furth im Wald is twinned with:
Ludres, France Furth bei Göttweig, Austria Domažlice, Czech Republic
Gallery Photographs from the Bohnenstengel, A. (2002): Bayern, Page 132–139
Sons and daughters of the town
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 Wolfgang Wagner (1884–1931), painter
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