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Furth im Wald

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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Oberpfalz

Elevation
  
407 m (1,335 ft)

Population
  
9,057 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Bavaria

District
  
Cham

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Saturday 5:20 PM

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 97% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Drachenhöhle, Wildgarten, Further Felsengänge, Museum Flederwisch, Drachensee Furth im Wald

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Furth im Wald is a city in the District of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border. It is situated 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) in 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 Georg slaying the dragon.

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Map of 93437 Furth im Wald, Germany

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

    • References

    Furth im Wald Wikipedia
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