Dobronín

Dobronín
Dobronín
Municipality
	General view of Dobronín
	Flag Coat of arms
	Dobronín Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°28′42″N 15°39′0″E / 49.47833°N 15.65000°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Vysočina
District	Jihlava
First mentioned	1351
Area
• Total	13.73 km2 (5.30 sq mi)
Elevation	475 m (1,558 ft)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	1,860
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	588 12
Website	www.dobronin.cz

Dobronín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdobroɲiːn]; German: Dobrenz) is a municipality and village in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.

Dobronín lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Jihlava and 112 km (70 mi) south-east of Prague.

History

In May 1945, after World War II, local Czechs massacred more than dozen local ethnic German civilians. Since 2009, police investigation continues in that case, as more human remains are unearthed in the village.^[2]

Twin towns – sister cities

Dobronín is twinned with:^[3]

Bellmund, Switzerland

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 30 April 2020.
^ "Czech archaeologists find bodies of Germans massacred in 1945". Deutsche Welle. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
^ "Rozcestník". dobronin.cz (in Czech). Obec Dobronín. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 30 April 2020.

[2] "Czech archaeologists find bodies of Germans massacred in 1945". Deutsche Welle. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

[3] "Rozcestník". dobronin.cz (in Czech). Obec Dobronín. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

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