Recognized as one of Germany’s oldest folk festivals, The Drachenstich, or Slaying of the Dragon festival, is held each August in the town of Furth im Wald in the Bavarian Forest. The 500-year-old spectacle includes the reenactment of a Middle Ages village being saved from a dragon attack. Furth im Wald, in fact, is known as the City of Dragons — and the festival dragon ranks as one of the largest high-tech robots in the world, designed with a full range of pyrotechnics and other special effects by Sikander Goldau. Moving at a regal speed of nearly one mph, the robot stands over 14 feet tall and is almost 50 feet long with a 52-foot wingspan (yes, wings!). About 1,400 participants and 250 horses take part in the reenactment. This year’s event takes place from Aug. 5–21, with a host of events that include approximately 10 dragon-slaying events, a medieval market, a historical procession and a German volksfest complete with beer garden.
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