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Blatno (Chomutov District)

village in Chomutov District of Ústí nad Labem region

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ882128 ↗
Source-derived summary

Blatno (German: Platten) is a municipality and village in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Blatno lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Chomutov, 52 km (32 mi) west of Ústí nad Labem, and 90 km (56 mi) north-west of Prague. The Bílina River originates in the municipal territory.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Blatno (Chomutov District)” is village in Chomutov District of Ústí nad Labem region. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Blatno, Chomutov and District, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 61-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Blatno, Chomutov and District is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Chomutov District of Ústí nad Labem 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

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q882128. VIAF identifies the subject as 305341241. Authority coordinates are 50.512, 13.358. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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.

Best used for
  • 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 “Blatno (Chomutov District)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Blatno (Chomutov District) primary sources, Blatno (Chomutov District) archive and Blatno 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 “Blatno (Chomutov District)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Blatno (Chomutov District)” 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.