Castles of "Czech Republic" DOBRATICE vs DOLNÍ BENEŠOV

DOBRATICE

Dobratice (German: Dobratitz, Polish: Dobracice) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech...

Dobratice (German: Dobratitz, Polish: Dobracice) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Dobratice was first mentioned in 1580, and later it was recorded as Dobratitz (1666), Dobrachtice (1724, 1750), Dobratitz (1729), Dobratice (1736), and so on.It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg Monarchy.

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DOLNÍ BENEŠOV

Dolní Benešov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdolɲiː ˈbɛnɛʃof]; earlier also Benešov u Hlučína German: Beneschau) is a town in Opava District in the Moravian-...

Dolní Benešov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdolɲiː ˈbɛnɛʃof]; earlier also Benešov u Hlučína German: Beneschau) is a town in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 4,000 inhabitants. The town is a part of the cultural region Hlučín Region. It was first mentioned in a 1312 deed as an estate of the Benešovice noble family and received town privileges in 1493 by King Vladislaus II. On a ca. 1588 map of Poland and Silesia by G. Mercator it is spelled Benischaw, and spelled Benischow on a ca. 1688 map by N.S. D'Abbeville. The original family name was likely spelled Benis, with the suffix -chaw or -chow meaning domain or town. In an 1812 reference book (A System of Geography, Ancient and Modern by James Playfair, Hill, p. 695) it is spelled Benischau, with a German suffix. On an 1880 map of Silesia it is spelled Beneschau.

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