Dobra,_Łobez_County

Dobra, Łobez County

Dobra, Łobez County

Place in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

For other places with the same name, see Dobra.

Dobra [ˈdɔbra] (German: Daber), also known as Dobra Nowogardzka, is a town in Łobez County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland, with 2,215 inhabitants as of December 2021.[1]

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History

Castle ruins

In the Middle Ages a Slavic gród existed in present-day Dobra.[2] In the 10th century the area became part of the emerging Polish state under Mieszko I of Poland. It was granted town rights before 1331. In the 13th and 14th centuries a castle was built, rebuilt later in the 16th century,[2] and heavily damaged in the 17th to 19th centuries. In 1647, due to the plague epidemic, the population of Dobra fell from over 600 to 48 people.[2] From the 18th century, it was part of Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany. In 1895, a narrow-gauge railway was built, connecting the town with Stargard.[2] Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II it became again part of Poland.

  • The oldest preserved townhouse in Dobra[2]
  • Old timber framed house
  • Saint Clare church
  • Library

References

  1. [1]
    "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-07-30. Data for territorial unit 3218014.
  2. [2]
    "Historia Dobrej, Gmina Dobra" (in Polish). Retrieved July 17, 2019.


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