Dobki | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Olecko |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Olecko |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1555 |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 54.05°N 46°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | NOE |
Dobki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olecko, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 7km (04miles) west of Olecko and 1290NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located on the southern shore of Dobskie Lake in the region of Masuria.
The origins of the village date back to 1555, when Marcin Kibisz bought land to establish a village.[2] The village historically had two equivalent Polish names, Dobki and Kibisze,[2] the latter of which was derived from the last name of its founder. It was populated by Poles from the beginning, and as of 1600, the population was solely Polish.[2] Under Nazi Germany, the village was renamed Markgrafsfelde to erase traces of Polish origin. Following World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic Polish name Dobki was restored.