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Bílovice-Lutotín

village in Prostějov District of Olomouc region

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ2350759 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bílovice-Lutotín is a municipality in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Bílovice-Lutotín lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Prostějov, 19 km (12 mi) south-west of Olomouc, and 198 km (123 mi) east of Prague.

Administrative division

Bílovice-Lutotín consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):

Bílovice (331)

Lutotín (171)

History

The first written mention of Lutotín is in a deed of bishop Jindřich Zdík from 1141. The first written mention of Bílovice is from 1305.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Bílovice-Lutotín” is village in Prostějov District of Olomouc region. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Bílovice-Lutotín, village and Prostějov, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 1141, 1305—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Bílovice-Lutotín, village and Prostějov is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Prostějov District of Olomouc region” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2350759. Authority coordinates are 49.511, 17.040. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1141 and 1305.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bílovice-Lutotín”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bílovice-Lutotín primary sources, Bílovice-Lutotín archive and Bílovice-Lutotín research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Bílovice-Lutotín”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Bílovice-Lutotín” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.