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{{Other uses|Dobra (disambiguation){{!}}Dobra}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dobra
| other_name = Dobrau
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_skyline = 2011-07 Dobra 06.jpg
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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Opole Voivodeship|Opole]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Krapkowice County|Krapkowice]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Strzeleczki|Strzeleczki]]
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1228
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| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
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| population_total = 741
| registration_plate = OKR
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'''Dobra''' {{IPAc-pl|'|d|o|b|r|a}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Strzeleczki]], within [[Krapkowice County]], [[Opole Voivodeship]], in region of [[Upper Silesia]] in southern Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|3|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of [[Strzeleczki]], {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Krapkowice]], and {{convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Opole]].

The nearby hamlet of [[Nowy Bud]] is administered by this village.

==History==
[[File:SM Dobra Kościół św Jana Chrzciciela (1) ID 760156.jpg|thumb|left|Saint John the Baptist church]]
Dobra was first mentioned in a document of Duke [[Casimir I of Opole]] from 1228, when it was part of fragmented [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-ruled Poland. The name of the town derives from a Polish word for "good", and referred to the fertile soil of the area. Later on, the village was also part of [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia (Czechia)]], and in the 18th century it was annexed by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]]. Since 1780 the village was in the possession of Count Heinrich Seherr-Thoss, one of the biggest landowners in Silesia, who had a castle nearby.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strzeleczki.pl/cms/php/strona.php3?cms=cms_strze&lad=a&id_dzi=11&id_dok=11&id_men=11&powrot=1&slowo_szuk=&gdzie_szuk=&id_men_szuk=0 |title=Official website |language=Polish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002212409/http://www.strzeleczki.pl/cms/php/strona.php3?cms=cms_strze |archivedate=2011-10-02 }}</ref> In 1867 the Catholic church was built with a donation from Countess Olga Seherr-Thoss. On the outside of the church is the tombstone of the knight Kasper Rogowski (d.1611), surrounded by eight heraldic crests.

In 1871, the village became part of [[Germany]]. In the [[Upper Silesia plebiscite]] of 20 March 1921, 419 villagers voted to remain with Germany and 76 voted to join the reestablished state of Poland. In the Dobrau Gutsbezirk, the local municipal council, 80 people voted for Germany and six for Poland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.arcor.de/oberschlesien-bw/abstimmung/neustadt.htm |title=Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite (in German) |access-date=2011-10-27 |archive-date=2017-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129101949/http://home.arcor.de/oberschlesien-bw/abstimmung/neustadt.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a result, Dobrau remained in Germany. In 1933 the village had grown to 796 inhabitants. On 21 July 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the town was renamed ''Burgwasser'' to erase traces of Polish origin. During [[World War II]], the Germans operated the E115 [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] subcamp of the [[Stalag VIII-B|Stalag VIII-B/344]] [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camp]] in the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|title=Working Parties|website=Lamsdorf.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> Before 1945 it belonged to the district of Landkreis Neustadt O.S. In the final stages of World War II the village was partially destroyed, first from 25 to 27 January and then again on 19 March 1945, when the historic palace was burned by the advancing [[Red Army]].

After World War II, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name ''Dobra'' was restored. It was assigned to the [[Silesian Voivodeship]]. In 1950 it was reassigned to [[Opole Voivodeship]], and in 1999 reassigned from [[Prudnik County]] to [[Krapkowice County]].

==Sights==
[[File:Dobra Palace, 2018.10.14 (01).jpg|thumb|Dobra Palace]]
There is a [[Gothic Revival architecture|neogothic]] palace near the village, built in 1720 for the Sehher-Thoss family and rebuilt 1857–60. The palace gardens were designed by [[Gustav Meyer]], architect of many of [[Berlin]]'s finest gardens, and contain many fine old trees. The palace, destroyed by the Russian army in 1945, is now in private hands and being renovated.

==See also==
* [[Prudnik Land]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Dobra (województwo opolskie)|Dobra}}

{{Gmina Strzeleczki}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Krapkowice County]]
[[Category:Populated riverside places in Poland]]

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