Dietfurt is known as the "Bavarian China" (German: Bayerisch China,[3]simplified Chinese: 巴伐利亚的中国; traditional Chinese: 巴伐利亞的中國; pinyin: Bāfálìyà de Zhōngguó),[4] Chinese culture is the theme adopted for Carnival in Dietfurt, and the city promotes other Chinese cultural activities such as courses in Qigong.
Mayor
The mayor of Dietfurt is Bernd Mayr, elected in March 2020.[1]
Notable people
Argula von Grumbach, (1492-1568) Protestant publicist and reformer, lived and worked in Dietfurt from 1516 onwards
Michael Wittmann (1914-1944), German Panzer commander and panzer ace of the Waffen-SS, born in Vogelthal district
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
^"Dietfurt Chinesenfasching".
^程裕祯 (2010). 中国文化要略. Beijing: 外语教学与研究出版社. pp. 4. ISBN 978-7-5600-1407-4.