Roberto Magni By Foto ReD Photographic Agency - Der Drachenstich - Festspiele
The oldest folk drama in Germany
(Slaying of the Dragon) festival is Germany's oldest and one of the most impressive traditional folk spectacles, held every August in Furth im Wald in the Bavarian Forest.
Dating back 500 years, the event includes a re-enactment of the slaying of a dragon that threatened the town in the middle ages. Furth im Wald is therefore known as the City of Dragons and the history of the little town is full of legends and rituals. For 2020 Slaying of the Dragon will take place July 31 to 16 August, 2020.
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