Dobřichovice is a town lying on both banks of the river Berounka

Berounka

The Berounka is a river in the Czech Republic. It carries the name Mže from its source in Germany, next to the Czech border, until its confluence with the Radbuza in Pilsen...

, about 25 km south-west from the centre of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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 capital Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

. Dobřichovice is situated half way between Prague and Karlštejn Castle, one of the most famous landmarks in the Czech Republic. Dobřichovice has about 3000 permanent inhabitants and several hundred temporary inhabitants (mainly from Prague) coming to spend weekend on cottages scattered by the waterside.

Important railway line Prague–Beroun

Beroun

Beroun is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area. It is located 30 km southwest of Prague and has a population of 18,930 . It lies on the confluence of Berounka and Litavka rivers.Despite its small size, it is an...

–Pilsen–Nuremberg

Nuremberg

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 is situated on the right bank of the Berounka river.

In August 2002 significant part of Dobřichovice was flooded

2002 European floods

In August 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia....

 by the river and more than 200 houses in Dobřichovice were severely hit up to the ground floor.
The flood have also destroyed local 30 years old footbridge which has been then replaced by new one, also funded from the European Phare

Phare

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 fund.

Dobřichovice was proclaimed a town by the Czech parliament

Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

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 in 2006.

Important buildings

• The most important building in Dobřichovice is Castle of Dobřichovice - in the past it was serving as summer residence of the grand master of Knights of the Cross with the Red Star.

• Church of St. Judas Thaddaeus next to the Castle.

Famous people

• Born in Dobřichovice
  • Lenka Kotková (Šarounová) (*1973) - Czech astronomer

• Living or connected with Dobřichovice
  • Ludvík Vaculík
    Ludvík Vaculík
    Ludvík Vaculík is a Czech writer and journalist. A prominent samizdat writer, he is most famous as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968.-Pre-1968:...
    
     (*1926) - Czech writer

Twin or partner cities

Villieu-Loyes-Mollon

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, France

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 (since 2002) Manhattan

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, Kansas

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, United States

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 (since 2004)