Dub is a market town in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Dub consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
The name literally means 'oak'. The settlement was probably founded near some notable oak.
Dub is located about north of Prachatice and northwest of ÃÂeské BudÃÂjovice. It lies in the Bohemian Forest Foothills. The highest point is the hill Spálená at above sea level. The stream Dubský potok flows through the market town. The fishpond Dubský rybnÃÂk is built on the stream.
The first written mention of Dub is from 1274. In 1869, Dub was promoted to a market town by Emperor Franz Joseph I.
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Among the main landmarks of Dub are the church and the castle. The Church of The Mission of the Saint Apostles was built in the late Baroque style.
The Dub Castle was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1854âÂÂ1860 on the site of a medieval fortress, according to the design by Josef Niklas. Next to the castle is a landscape park from the second half of the 19th century.