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Pivín

village in Prostějov District of Olomouc region

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ2637421 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pivín is a municipality and village in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Pivín lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Prostějov, 24 km (15 mi) south of Olomouc, and 214 km (133 mi) east of Prague.

History

The first written mention of Pivín is from 1321.

Editorial summary

“Pivín” enters the record as village in Prostějov District of Olomouc region. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pivín, village and Prostějov can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1321—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Pivín, village and Prostějov.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Pivín” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Pivín, village and Prostějov provides the most credible route into that argument.

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 Jun 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2637421. The first chronological checks are 1321.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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 “Pivín”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Pivín primary sources, Pivín archive and Pivín 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 “Pivín”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Pivín” 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.