Dobra | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Łobez |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Dobra |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Krzysztof Wrzesień |
Area Total Km2: | 2.32 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2021[1] |
Population Total: | 2215 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 53.5833°N 15.3056°W |
Elevation Min M: | 72 |
Elevation Max M: | 92 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 72-210 |
Area Code: | +48 91 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | ZLO |
Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
Website: | http://www.dobragmina.pl |
Dobra (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.
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.