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Furth im Wald
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Furth im Wald
Total population
8,953
Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Furth im Wald is a town in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border in the Bavarian Forest, 16 kilometres northeast of Cham, and 17 kilometres southwest of Domažlice. The city is known as Drachenstadt, a reference to Furth im Wald's annual Drachenstich 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.
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Official Identifiers
Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office
- AGS
- 09372126
- Population (Wikidata)
- 8,998
- Wikidata
- Q502370
Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439