Dobra, Łobez County

Dobra
Dobra
	Town center with the Saint Clare church and the town hall
	Coat of arms
	Dobra
	Coordinates: 53°35′0″N 15°18′20″E / 53.58333°N 15.30556°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Łobez
Gmina	Dobra
Town rights	before 1331
Government
• Mayor	Krzysztof Wrzesień
Area
• Total	2.32 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Highest elevation	92 m (302 ft)
Lowest elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Population (31 December 2021)
• Total	2,215
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	72-210
Area code	+48 91
Vehicle registration	ZLO
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.dobragmina.pl

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]

History

In the Middle Ages a Slavic gród existed in present-day Dobra.^[2] The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I around 967.^[3] It was granted town rights before 1331.^[4] 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.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1871	2,158	—
1880	2,271	+5.2%
1890	2,156	−5.1%
1900	2,305	+6.9%
1910	2,213	−4.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1925	2,218	+0.2%
1950	1,397	−37.0%
1960	2,004	+43.5%
2010	2,305	+15.0%

Source: ^[5]^[6]

Gallery

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-07-30. Data for territorial unit 3218014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Historia Dobrej, Gmina Dobra" (in Polish). Retrieved July 17, 2019.
^ Labuda, Gerard (1993). "Chrystianizacja Pomorza (X–XIII stulecie)". Studia Gdańskie (in Polish). Vol. IX. Gdańsk-Oliwa. p. 47.
^ Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.
^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 10.
^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.