Doubrava (Karviná)

Doubrava
Village
Národní dům (National House)
Flag Coat of arms
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°51′33″N 18°28′11″E / 49.85917°N 18.46972°E / 49.85917; 18.46972
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Karviná
First mentioned	1229
Government
• Mayor	Pavel Krsek
Area
• Total	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Elevation	235 m (771 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	1,273
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Postal code	735 33
Website	Official website

 Doubrava  (1920-1924: Dombrová) (Polish: Dąbrowa , German: Dombrau) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,507 (2006) and lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The name of the village comes from the Slavic for "oak" (Polish: dąb, Czech: dub) and means "oak forest".

It is not clear when the village was founded. It was first mentioned in the document of Pope Gregory IX issued in 1229 among villages belonging to Benedictine abbey in Tyniec, as Dubrowa. In 1268 it was bestowed by Władysław Opolski to the newly established Benedictine abbey in Orlová.

Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Opole and Racibórz and Castellany of Cieszyn, which was in 1290 formed in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland and was ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1573 it was sold as one of a dozen villages and the town of Freistadt and formed a state country split from the Duchy of Teschen.