Neumětely
village in Beroun District of Central Bohemian region
Neumětely is a municipality and village in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Etymology
The Czech word neumětel means a clumsy person. The name Neumětely denoted a village of such people.
Geography
Neumětely is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Beroun and 33 km (21 mi) southwest of Prague. It lies in an agricultural landscape in the Hořovice Uplands. The highest point is the hill Housina at 461 m (1,512 ft) above sea level.
History
The village allegedly existed in 1266, when it was a property of the Zbraslav Monastery. The first trustworthy written mention of Neumětely is from 1331. Until 1573, the village was divided into two parts, one owned by the monastery and one by various noblemen.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Neumětely” as village in Beroun District of Central Bohemian region. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Beroun District of Central Bohemian region. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1919718. Authority coordinates are 49.853, 14.037. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1266, 1331 and 1573.
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This entry incorporates text from “Neumětely” 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.