Dobřany (German: Dobschan) is a municipality and village in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

The name is derived from the Czech adjective dobrá (i.e. 'good'). It referred to good (fertile) land.

Dobřany is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of Rychnov nad Kněžnou and 33 km (21 mi) east of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Orlické Foothills. The highest point is a nameless hill at 775 m (2,543 ft) above sea level. The Dědina River flows along the western municipal border.

The first written mention of Dobřany is from 1361. Until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1848, the village belonged to the Opočno estate.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 466 —     1880 434 −6.9% 1890 466 +7.4% 1900 411 −11.8% 1910 388 −5.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 337 −13.1% 1930 332 −1.5% 1950 218 −34.3% 1961 183 −16.1% 1970 151 −17.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 132 −12.6% 1991 130 −1.5% 2001 105 −19.2% 2011 131 +24.8% 2021 128 −2.3%
Source: Censuses

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

The main landmark of Dobřany is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was built in the Baroque style in 1738–1740 on the site of an older church.

A cultural monument is also the nearby rectory, dating from 1776. The wooden house is an example of local folk architecture. At the beginning of the 19th century, the patriotic priest Josef Liboslav Ziegler worked here. The rectory then became an important regional centre of the Czech National Revival, where notable personalities met, such as Josef Dobrovský, František Vladislav Hek and Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová. Today the house serves as a recreational facility.

On a hill above the Dědina River in the western part of the municipality there is a ruin of the Dobřany Castle. The castle was founded at the end of the 13th century at the earliest, but more likely at the beginning of the 14th century. No written records have been preserved about the castle. It was probably abandoned already in the 14th century and disappeared during the Hussite Wars in 1425, when it was conquered by the Orebites. It was a two-part bergfried-type castle. It is a tourist destination, but only a little of the castle has survived to this day.

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