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Heřmanov (Děčín District)

village in Děčín District of Ústí nad Labem region

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 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ782934 ↗
Source-derived summary

Heřmanov (German: Hermersdorf) is a municipality and village in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Heřmanov lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Děčín, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Ústí nad Labem, and 72 km (45 mi) north of Prague.

Editorial summary

“Heřmanov (Děčín District)” enters the record as village in Děčín District of Ústí nad Labem region. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Heřmanov, Děčín and District can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 53-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Heřmanov, Děčín and District.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Heřmanov (Děčín District)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Heřmanov, Děčín and District provides the most credible route into that argument.

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 Aug 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q782934. Authority coordinates are 50.727, 14.291. 2 of 2 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.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Heřmanov (Děčín District)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Heřmanov (Děčín District) primary sources, Heřmanov (Děčín District) archive and Heřmanov 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

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  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Heřmanov (Děčín 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.