Dobre, Masovian Voivodeship Explained

Dobre
Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Mińsk
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Dobre
Coordinates:52.3214°N 21.6783°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Established Title:Town rights
Established Date:1530
Population Total:1627
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:WM

Dobre is a town in Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dobre.[1] It lies approximately 18km (11miles) north-east of Mińsk Mazowiecki and 480NaN0 east of Warsaw.

History

Dobre was the ancestral seat of the Dobrzyniecki noble family.[2] Jan Dobrzyniecki, podstoli of Zakroczym, obtained town rights for Dobre from King Sigismund I the Old.[2] It was a private town of the Dobrzyniecki, and later also Massalski and Szydłowski families, administratively located in the Liw Land in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Dobre was occupied by Germany until 1944.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II. 1881. pl. Warszawa. 69.