Dobříš

Dobříš is a town in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, with about 8,900 inhabitants. It lies about 15 kilometres northeast of Příbram and 31 kilometres southwest of Prague, on the border between the Brdy Highlands and the Benešov Uplands. The first written mention dates from 1252; it received market town rights from King Ferdinand I in 1543, and the estate passed to the House of Mansfeld in 1630 and later to the Colloredo-Mansfeld dynasty. Glove making, which began in 1865, long defined the town, and a factory that employed 3,300 people at its peak ended production in 1992. Its main landmark is Dobříš Castle, rebuilt in late Baroque form between 1745 and 1755, with a French formal garden and an English landscape garden. The D4 motorway runs beside the town.