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Coat of arms of Dobczyce Alternate names: Dobczyce [Pol], Dobshitz [Yid]. 49°52' N, 20°05' E, 17 miles SSE of Kraków, 8 miles N of Wieliczka, 7 miles NE of Myślenice. Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), II, p. 59: "Dobczyce" #1. 1910 Jewish population: 404. Dobczyce is a town in S Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975-1998). Alarge dam on river Raba and a partially rebuilt 14th century castle. (Dobczyce also is the name of a small part of Bobrowniki Małe, a village in the Lesser Poland.) [April 2009]

CEMETERY: used Myslenice cemetery