Dub is a market town in Prachatice District in the

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of the

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. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Dub consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Dub (269) *Borčice (8) *Dubská Lhota (48) *Dvorec (10) *Javornice (41)

Etymology

The name literally means 'oak'. The settlement was probably founded near some notable oak.

Geography

Dub is located about north of

Prachatice Prachatice (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monumen ...

and northwest of

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

. It lies in the

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. The highest point is the hill Spálená at above sea level. The stream Dubský potok flows through the market town. The fishpond Dubský rybník is built on the stream.

History

The first written mention of Dub is from 1274. In 1869, Dub 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 rura ...

by Emperor

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Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

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. The Dub Castle was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1854–1860 on the site of a medieval fortress, according to the design by

Josef Niklas Josef Niklas (11 March 1817 – 10 October 1877) was a Czechs, Czech architect, builder and pedagogue. In 1873–1874, he was the rector of the Czech Technical University in Prague. Biography Josef Niklas was born on 11 March 1817 in Volyně. He ...

. Next to the castle is a landscape park from the second half of the 19th century.

Notable people

Václav Vondrák Wenzel Vondrák (Czech: ''Václav Vondrák''; 22 September 1859 – 13 August 1925) was a Czechs, Czech Slavist and professor at the universities of University of Vienna, Vienna and Masaryk University, Brno. Life Vondrák was born on 22 Septe ...

(1859–1925), slavist and philologist

References

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* {{authority control Populated places in Prachatice District Market towns in the Czech Republic