Dobre, Masovian Voivodeship
Dobre | |
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Town | |
 Aerial view of Dobre | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Dobre | |
| Coordinates: 52°19′17″N 21°40′42″E / 52.32139°N 21.67833°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Mińsk |
| Gmina | Dobre |
| Town rights | 1530 |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,627 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WM |
| Voivodeship road |  |
Dobre [ˈdɔbrɛ] is a town in Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dobre.
History
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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] Town rights were granted in 1530.[3] 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.
Transport
Dobre lies on vovoideship road 637 which connects it to Stanisławów to the west and to Węgrów to the east.
The nearest railway station is in Mińsk Mazowiecki to the south.
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. II. Warszawa. 1881. p. 69.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.