Dobrá Voda u Českých Budějovic | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South Bohemian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | České Budějovice |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 48.9683°N 14.525°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1720 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.55 |
Elevation M: | 450 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2669 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 373 16 |
Dobrá Voda u Českých Budějovic (German: Gutwasser) is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,700 inhabitants.
The name literally means 'good water'. It refers to a spring of allegedly healing water, above which a chapel was founded.[2]
Dobrá Voda u Českých Budějovic is located about east of České Budějovice, in its immediate vicinity. It lies mostly in the Třeboň Basin, only the western part of the municipal territory extends into the České Budějovice Basin. The highest point is at 505m (1,657feet) above sea level. The municipality is urbanistically fused with neighbouring Srubec.
The first written mention of Dobrá Voda is from 1720.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark is the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. It was built in the Baroque style in 1733–1735, probably according to the design by the architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. It is known as a pilgrimage site.[3]