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Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 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 revisionMay 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ8081979 ↗
Source-derived summary

Śmiłowo [ɕmiˈwɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Więcbork, within Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship” as village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Voivodeship.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 20-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 Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Voivodeship providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship”, the useful work is to connect “village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 May 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8081979. Authority coordinates are 53.350, 17.550. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. 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 “Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship primary sources, Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship archive and Śmiłowo 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 “Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship”?
  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 “Śmiłowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship” 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.