Dub (Prachatice District)

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.

Geography
Dub is located about 10 km north of Prachatice and 36 km northwest of České Budějovice. It lies in the Bohemian Forest Foothills. The highest point is the hill Spálená at 595 m 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.

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

Notable people

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