Dolní Dobrouč (german: Liebenthal) is a municipality and village in
Ústí nad Orlicí District in the
Pardubice Region
Pardubice Region ( cs, Pardubický kraj; , ; pl, Kraj pardubicki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 2,600 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Horní Dobrouč and Lanšperk are administrative parts of Dolní Dobrouč.
Geography
Dolní Dobrouč is located about east of
Ústí nad Orlicí and east of
Pardubice
Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monu ...
. It lies mostly in the
Orlické Foothills, but it extends into the
Svitavy Uplands in the west. The highest point is the hill Kamenný vrch at above sea level. The
Tichá Orlice
Tichá is a municipality and village in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills
Moravian-Silesian Foothills ( cz, Podbeskydská paho ...
River forms the northwestern municipal border. The village is located in the valley of the Dobroučka Stream, which is a tributary of the Tichá Orlice.
History
The Lanšperk Castle was founded during the colonization of this area by King
Ottokar II in the second half of the 13th century. The first written mention of Lanšperk is from 1285, when King
Wenceslaus II
Wenceslaus II Přemyslid ( cs, Václav II.; pl, Wacław II Czeski; 27 SeptemberK. Charvátová, ''Václav II. Král český a polský'', Prague 2007, p. 18. 1271 – 21 June 1305) was King of Bohemia (1278–1305), Duke of Cracow (1291–1 ...
donated it to
Záviš of Falkenstein
Záviš of Falkenstein ( cs, Záviš z Falkenštejna; – 24 August 1290), a member of the noble house of Vítkovci, was a Bohemian noble and opponent of King Ottokar II.
Biography
Záviš was a scion of the Vítkovci, lords of Krumlov ...
. The first written mention of Dolní Dobrouč is from 1292, when King Wenceslaus II donated the Lanšperk estate to the newly established
Zbraslav Monastery
The Cistercian Abbey of Zbraslav ( la, Aula Regia, cs, Zbraslavský klášter) located in Zbraslav near Prague (today part of Prague) was one of the most significant monastery, monasteries of the Cistercians, Cistercian Order in the Kingdom of Bo ...
. In 1343, the estate was acquired by the
Olomouc bishopric, then in 1356 it was transferred to the
Litomyšl bishopric.
From 1451 to 1506, the Lanšperk estate was owned by the Kostka of Postupice family, then they sold it to the
Pernštejn family
The Pernštejn (german: Pernstein) was one of the seven Moravian dynasty families and the most important (uradel) family originating from Moravian nobility. The first mentioned member of House of Pernštejn lived in the 13th century. They took th ...
, who ruled it until 1588. From 1588 to 1622, the estate was in possession of the Hrzán of Harasov family. The
Liechtenstein family bought the estate in 1622 and owned it until the 1920s. In 1873, Dolní Dobrouč was promoted to a
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
, but the municipality lost the title during World War II.
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Demographics
Transport
Dolní Dobrouč is located on the railway line Ústí nad Orlicí– Červená Voda. The municipality is served by two train stations: ''Dolní Dobrouč'' and ''Lanšperk''.
Sights
The main landmark of Dolní Dobrouč is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was built in the Empire style in 1828–1829.
The Lanšperk Castle was probably founded in the mid-13th century. It became a ruin at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Today the ruin is freely accessible to the public.
Notable people
* Zdeněk Beran (1937–2014), painter
* Kamil Vacek (born 1987), footballer; raised here
*Šimon Falta
Šimon Falta (born 23 April 1993) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Viktoria Plzeň
Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to:
Places
* FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of ...
(born 1993), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
Dolní Dobrouč is twinned with:Rovereto
Rovereto (; "wood of sessile oaks"; locally: ''Roveredo'') is a city and ''comune'' in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River.
History
Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier b ...
, Italy
References
External links
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Villages in Ústí nad Orlicí District