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Černovice (Plzeň-South District)

village in the Czech Republic, Plzeň-South District

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ2204715 ↗
Source-derived summary

Černovice is a municipality and village in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Černovice lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of Domažlice, 31 km (19 mi) south-west of Plzeň, and 115 km (71 mi) south-west of Prague.

Administrative division

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

Černovice (158)

Nemněnice (20)

History

The first written mention of Černovice is from 1362.

From 1 January 2021, Černovice is no longer a part of Domažlice District and belongs to Plzeň-South District.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Černovice (Plzeň-South District)” as village in the Czech Republic, Plzeň-South District. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 1362—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Černovice, Plzeň-South and District can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in the Czech Republic, Plzeň-South District. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2204715. Authority coordinates are 49.616, 12.997. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 1362.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Černovice (Plzeň-South District)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Černovice (Plzeň-South District) primary sources, Černovice (Plzeň-South District) archive and Černovice 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 “Černovice (Plzeň-South District)”?
  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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This entry incorporates text from “Černovice (Plzeň-South 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.