Dubá

Dubá consists of 20 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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• Dubá (1,135)
• Bukovec (10)
• Deštná (102)
• Dražejov (12)
• Dřevčice (98)
• Heřmánky (21)
• Horky (20)
• Horní Dubová Hora (6)
• Kluk (2)
• Korce (37)
• Křenov (8)
• Lhota (18)
• Nedamov (38)
• Nedvězí (16)
• Nový Berštejn (35)
• Panská Ves (11)
• Plešivec (10)
• Sušice (10)
• Zakšín (69)
• Zátyní (23)

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The name is derived from the Czech word dub, i.e. 'oak'.{{cite book |last=Profous|first=Antonín|title=Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H|url=https://mjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php|page=483|year=1947|language=cs}}

Dubá is located about {{convert|15|km|0}} south of Česká Lípa and {{convert|48|km|abbr=on}} north of Prague. It lies in the Ralsko Uplands. The highest point is the hill Korecký vrch at {{convert|465|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. There are two fishponds in the municipal territory, Černý and Rozprechtický. Černý is used for recreational purposes, Rozprechtický is used for fish farming. Most of the territory lies in the Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj Protected Landscape Area.

According to archaeological finds, there was an old Slavic settlement, existing from the first half of the 11th century. The first written mention of Dubá and Lords of Dubá is from 1253. The Berka of Dubá family owned the town until 1622. After the Battle of White Mountain, their properties were confiscated and Dubá was acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein. After that, the owners of Dubá often changed.{{cite web |title=Historie města Dubá|url=https://www.mestoduba.cz/mesto/historie/|publisher=Město Dubá|language=cs|access-date=2022-10-27}}

Because of large fires in 1692, 1711 and 1845, Dubá never became a big town.{{cite web |title=Kostel Nalezení sv. Kříže|url=https://www.mestoduba.cz/mesto/katalog-firem/kultura/kostel-nalezeni-sv-krize-0_2.html|publisher=Město Dubá|language=cs|access-date=2022-10-27}}

Until 1918, the town was part of Austria-Hungary, head of the Dubá – Dauba district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967 From 1938 to 1945, it was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as a part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland. After World War II, the German population was expelled.

{{historical populations

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|1869|5023

|1880|5133

|1890|4751

|1900|4393

|1910|4021

|1921|3992

|1930|3802

|1950|2409

|1961|2391

|1970|2116

|1980|1999

|1991|1723

|2001|1757

|2011|1753

|2021|1681

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

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The I/9 road (the section from Česká Lípa to Mělník) passes through the municipality.

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The main landmark of the Dubá is the Church of the Finding the Holy Cross. It was built in the late Baroque style in 1744–1760. The interior is equipped with rococo furniture.{{cite web |title=Kostel Nalezení sv. Kříže|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-nalezeni-sv-krize-16197554|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2022-10-27}}

Nový Berštejn Castle was built in 1553–1567. In 1945, it was confiscated by the state and adapted to a special boarding school. After falling into disrepair, it was to be demolished, but it was bought by a private owner in 1991 and repaired. Since 1997, the castle has been used as a hotel with a sports complex.

• Gerold Tietz (1941–2009), German writer

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}

Dubá is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Přeshraniční spolupráce s městem Mirsk|url=https://www.mestoduba.cz/o-meste/preshranicni-spoluprace/|publisher=Město Dubá|language=cs|access-date=2024-06-05}}

• {{flagicon|POL}} Mirsk, Poland

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