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Větrušice

village in Praha-východ District of Central Bohemian region

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ1573691
Source-derived summary

Větrušice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Geography

Větrušice is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Prague. It lies in the Prague Plateau. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Vltava River.

Along the Vltava there is the Větrušická rokle National Nature Reserve. It is a large complex of steep rocks, rocky ridges, gorges and wooded slopes, where there are diverse communities of dry grasslands and rocky steppes. The reserve has an area of 49.6 ha (123 acres).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Větrušice” as village in Praha-východ District of Central Bohemian region. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Větrušice, village and Praha-východ.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 99-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 Větrušice, village and Praha-východ providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Větrušice”, the useful work is to connect “village in Praha-východ District of Central Bohemian region” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1573691. Authority coordinates are 50.191, 14.383. 2 of 2 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 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.

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  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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