Dub (Prachatice District)

Dub
Market town
Dub Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Dub Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°6′30″N 14°0′43″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Prachatice
First mentioned	1274
Area
• Total	14.52 km^2 (5.61 sq mi)
Elevation	474 m (1,555 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	436
• Density	30/km^2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	384 22
Website	www.dubuprachatic.cz

Dub is a market town in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The villages and hamlets of Borčice, Dubská Lhota, Dvorec and Javornice are administrative parts of Dub.

Etymology

The name literally means 'oak'. The settlement was probably founded near some notable oak.^[2]

Geography

Dub is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Prachatice and 36 km (22 mi) northwest of České Budějovice. It lies in the Bohemian Forest Foothills. The highest point is the hill Spálená at 595 m (1,952 ft) above sea level. The stream Dubský potok flows through the market town. The Dubský pond is built on the stream.

History

The first written mention of Dub is from 1274. In 1869, Dub was promoted to a market town by Emperor Franz Joseph I.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 1,191 —     1880 1,100 −7.6% 1890 1,053 −4.3% 1900 1,035 −1.7% 1910 1,035 +0.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,039 +0.4% 1930 866 −16.7% 1950 563 −35.0% 1961 522 −7.3% 1970 454 −13.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 435 −4.2% 1991 382 −12.2% 2001 398 +4.2% 2011 395 −0.8% 2021 376 −4.8%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Church of The Mission of the Saint Apostles and rectory

Among the main landmarks of Dub are the church and the castle. The Church of The Mission of the Saint Apostles was built in the late Baroque style.^[6]

The Dub Castle was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1854–1860 on the site of a medieval fortress. Next to the castle is a landscape park from the second half of the 19th century.^[7]

Notable people

• Václav Vondrák (1859–1925), slavist and philologist

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). p. 483.
3. "Historie" (in Czech). Městys Dub. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
4. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
5. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
6. "Kostel sv. Apoštolů" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
7. "Zámek" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-05.

External links

• Official website