 Living conditions in Doubrava deteriorated during the Communist era as a result of extensive coal mining.In 1990 it once again became an independent municipality.The most important landmarks in the village are the Roman Catholic church devoted to Saint Hedvika, consecrated in 1899, the 1928 Czechoslovak Hussite church, and "Národní dům" (National House), built in 1903 to serve cultural and sporting purposes.