Dobra, Opole Voivodeship

Dobra [ˈdɔbra] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzeleczki, within Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in region of Upper Silesia in southern Poland.

Dobra was first mentioned in a document of Duke Casimir I of Opole from 1228, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.

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.

During World War II, the Germans operated the E115 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.

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.

Saint John the Baptist church
Dobra Palace