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Kuchary, Gmina Wiślica

village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ6441418 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kuchary [kuˈxarɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiślica, within Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 km (1 mi) south-west of Wiślica, 16 km (10 mi) south of Busko-Zdrój, and 62 km (39 mi) south of the regional capital Kielce.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kuchary, Gmina Wiślica” as village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kuchary, Gmina and Wiślica.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 48-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 value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kuchary, Gmina and Wiślica providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kuchary, Gmina Wiślica”, the useful work is to connect “village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6441418. Authority coordinates are 50.331, 20.664. 1 of 1 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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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kuchary, Gmina Wiślica”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kuchary, Gmina Wiślica primary sources, Kuchary, Gmina Wiślica archive and Kuchary 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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  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Kuchary, Gmina Wiślica” 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.