Furth im Wald

Furth im Wald is a city inside the Upper Palatinate district of Cham and a border metropolis to the Czech Republic. Stone axes and other prehistoric reveals advocate that the primary settlements in the Neolithic Age in 4500 BC. On April 9, 1086 Furth became first stated inside the woodland. At that time, the Salierkaiser Henry IV gave numerous erbuntertanige villages and their earnings in the Margraviate of Cham within the northern part of Bavaria, along with Vurte, which later evolved to the town Furth within the woodland, to the Regensburg cathedral vogt Friedrich from the house of the Counts of Bogen for its deserves for the duration of the investiture dispute in desire of the emperor.

As the name Vurte indicates, the village changed into placed on a ford, via which exchange and military routes alongside the floodplains of the meandering Chambs led to the agreement area of the Chods in western Bohemia. In 1300, Furth become first cited as a customs submit within the wooded area. In 1332, the Bavarian Duke Henry XIV showed the metropolis rights.