(Translated from article found in Slovak)
When the village of Dovalovo was founded, there is no exact data, but already in 1300 there is mention of Malý Doval, expropriated from the settlement of Belsko, which spread over large meadows in the sense that it belonged to the Templars and in 1312 it became royal property.
It follows from the paintings on the walls of the Roman Catholic church that monks also inhabited this territory. They acted here as an advanced guard that protected the royal property from foreign invasion.
The establishment of the village dates back to the time of Maria Theresa, when the territory of Dovalov was the property of the then Hrádok, i.e. Komorov manor, and on its land, mains with numerous wells were built, which served to water the estate.
The original occupation of the citizens was mainly cattle breeding and agriculture. Over time these occupations were replaced by crafts, the main one was masonry, women spun and wove cloth.
The first school in the village of Dovalovo was built in 1795, it was evangelical, one-class and wooden. In 1887, a two-classroom was built, including a room for teachers, and in 1943, a new school building was built, which still stands today.
The history of Dovalov is intertwined with the history of the town of Liptovský Hrádok, because in the eastern part of Liptov, the estate "Castrum Wywar" (Hrádok Castle) was created from the royal estates already in the first half of the 14th century. It was mentioned for the first time as "arx" in 1341. Based on this, it can be assumed that the castle Wywar or Ujwar (Castle) was built in the first half of the 13th century, even before the Tatar invasion, which according to the entire territory of Liptov was avoided. The fortified structure was built by the knight magister Donc, son of Dominik, the then mayor of the Zvolen County, which Liptov was also a part of. The castle and the manor often changed owners. Since 1368, Hrádok was owned by the Pongrácz family from Liptovská Ondrašová. In the years 1374 - 1433 it belonged to the monarch. In 1407, the settlements belonging to the Hrádock estate (Wywar) together with the settlements belonging to Liptovský hrad and Likavské hrad, as well as Ružomberok and Nemecká (Partizánska) Lupca were given as backup to Mikuláš of G?ra. After the looting of the region by Hussite troops in the 1530s and looting by the Polish army of King Casimir the Great in 1472, the estate often changed owners. In the 1469 protest of the members of the landowner family Pongrácov from Liptovska Ondrašová against Peter Komorovský, who occupied Hrádok Castle, for the first time the villages that were part of the castle's accessories at that time are named. They were towns: Vrbica, Hybe and villages: Dovalovo, Východná, Malé Dovalovo ("Maly Dowal", Liptovská Kokava), Hybica, Belsko, Ploštín and Ilanovo. The history of the estate is difficult to reconstruct, because most of the documents from its official activities were destroyed on March 18, 1921 by a fire at the Directorate of State Forests in Liptovský Hrádek, where the archival documents were stored. In the years 1624-1703, the estate was owned by the Ostrožice family. The last private owner of the castle was Prince Lichtenstein in 1703, and the royal chamber acquired the castle estate from him. After the demolition of the Likavian Castle, both estates were united into the Likavian-Hrádok estate with its seat in Liptovský Hrádek. According to the list of municipalities and their landlords in Liptov in 1787, the Hrádok part of the estate included: Královská Boca, Dovalovo, Hybe, Ilanovo, Králova Lehota, Liptovský Hrádok, Liptovská Kokava, Liptovská Teplicka, Malužiná, Ploštín, Vrbica and Východná.
Dovalovo was among the most important settlements belonging to the castle estate since its inception, which lay on the main road from Liptov (Liptovský Mikuláš - Podturen - Liptovský Peter - Dovalovo - Hybe - Východná - Lúcivná ...) to Spiš. This old trade route was mentioned as early as 1298 as ..”Via Magna - the great road from Liptov to Spiš” and in 1329 as “The Road to Spiš”. According to King Sigismund's charter dated June 29, 1396, the inhabitants of Hýb were exempted from paying tolls in Lúcivná and Dovalov (in Dobola). Other subjects from the surrounding villages were also exempted from the toll if they went to the Monday market in Hýb. The toll collected in Dovalov belonged to the owners of the Hrádoc manor. The existence of the local parish church of St. Martin in this period also speaks of the important position of Dovalov in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Until 1316, the owners of the territory of Dovalovo were Stráž's sons. These were the guardians of the old trade route from Liptov to Spiš and probably took over the function of the original guardians of the country estates in Uhorská Ves as spearmen. Their ownership of the mentioned territory is proven by documents from 1265 and 1316, which, together with the settlement of Belsko, spread on the right bank of the Bela River before its confluence with the Váh. In 1341, the property, which already belonged to Bohumír's descendants Mikuláš, Bod and Denko, was occupied by Master Donc and exchanged for Istebné na Orava. After this exchange, Donc proceeded to the aforementioned construction of Hrádok castle. In 1341, Stráž's sons appealed against the unauthorized occupation of their properties in 1316, and King Karol Róbert compensated them by donating properties in Malatíny.
Dovalovo was, and still is, a village full of beekeepers, beekeepers, carters and farmers with a focus on sheep and cattle breeding and the processing of products from this breeding, as well as traditional home crafts - weavers, basket makers and carvers of household dishes. The bricklayers and carpenters from Doval were especially famous, for whose work we don't have to travel to Budapest. On the contrary - we have it in front of our eyes - they are houses of residents in the central part of the village with original elements of the architectural design, especially windows and roofs.
There are also important natives of Dovalovo who, with their work and life attitudes, have become among the leading personalities of Dovalovo and Slovak history:
Ján Nepomuk Bobula - builder (Matica Slovenská), publicist, politician Dr. Ján Gašperík - beekeeping writer and historian, organizer of modern beekeeping in Slovakia Július Gašperík - agricultural expert and public activist Peter Slavomír Kompiš - editor Alexander Lauf - educator and outreach worker