Norberčany
village in Olomouc District of Olomouc region
Norberčany (German: Nürnberg) is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Norberčany lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) north-east of Olomouc and 224 km (139 mi) east of Prague.
Administrative division
Norberčany consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Geography
Norberčany is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Olomouc. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is at 722 m (2,369 ft) above sea level. Most of the built-up area is situated in a valley of the stream Libavský potok.
Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Norberčany” as village in Olomouc District of Olomouc region. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Olomouc District of Olomouc 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 Jun 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1894615. Authority coordinates are 49.754, 17.506. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021.
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This entry incorporates text from “Norberčany” 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.