Dobrovíz is a municipality and village in

Prague-West District Prague-West District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Prague. The most populated town of the district is Jesenice. Administrative division Prague-West District is formed by only one administ ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 600 inhabitants. The village has well preserved folk architecture and is protected as a village monument reservation.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Dobrovid, meaning "Dobrovid's (court)".

Geography

Dobrovíz is located about west of

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the

Prague Plateau The Prague Plateau () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the area of Prague and in the Central Bohemian Region. Geomorphology The Prague Plateau is a mesoregion of the Brdy Macroregion within ...

History

The first written mention of Dobrovíz is from 1238, when the village was donated to the Zderaz Monastery in what is today Prague-New Town. For a short time, there was a fortress, but it was probably destroyed during the

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. From 1447 to 1621, Dobrovíz was owned by the

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as a part of the

Buštěhrad Buštěhrad () is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,000 inhabitants. Etymology The settlement was originally named Buščeves, which was derived from ''Buškova ves'' (i.e. "Bušek's vil ...

estate. During the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

, the village was badly damaged. In 1645, Dobrovíz was returned to the Christian church, then it was acquired by the

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, who owned it until 1773.

Demographics

Economy

There is the distribution centre of

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in the municipality. It covers an area of and is the largest free-standing industrial building in the country.

Transport

The D6 motorway (part of the

European route E48 European route E48 is a road that is part of the International E-road network. It runs between Schweinfurt, Germany and Prague, Czech Republic. The road follows the route: * Germany ** : Schweinfurt, Bayreuth ** : Marktredwitz * Czech Republic ...

) from Prague to

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...

passes through the southern part of the municipality. Dobrovíz is located on the railway lines Prague–

Středokluky Středokluky is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. Etymology The word ''středokluky'' referred to people who "alternated arrows" (''střídali k ...

and

Hostivice Hostivice () is a town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Hostivice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 c ...

– Noutonice. There are three train stops: ''Dobrovíz'', ''Dobrovíz-Amazon'' and ''Hostouň u Prahy''. The

Václav Havel Airport Prague Václav Havel Airport Prague () , formerly Prague Ruzyně International Airport (, ), is an international airport of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The airport was founded in 1937 when it replaced the Kbely Airport (founded in 19 ...

is partially located in the municipal territory.

Sights

The historic centre of Dobrovíz is declared a village monument reservation. The set of folk architecture houses consists of brick buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries with

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and ...

façade decoration. The baroque Chapel of the Virgin Mary is located in the centre of Dobrovíz. West pole of Prague is located on the border between Prague and Dobrovíz.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobroviz Villages in Prague-West District