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Zapole, Otwock County

part of the village in Masovian, Poland

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 revisionApr 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ8066431 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zapole [zaˈpɔlɛ] is part of Radwanków Szlachecki village, Gmina Sobienie-Jeziory. From 1975 to 1998 this place was in Siedlce Voivodeship.

Editorial summary

“Zapole, Otwock County” enters the record as part of the village in Masovian, Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zapole, Otwock and County can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975, 1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Zapole, Otwock and County.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Zapole, Otwock County” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Zapole, Otwock and County 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 Apr 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8066431. Authority coordinates are 51.950, 21.291. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1975 and 1998.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Zapole, Otwock County”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Zapole, Otwock County primary sources, Zapole, Otwock County archive and Zapole 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 “Zapole, Otwock County”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Zapole, Otwock County” 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.