Zborovy
village in Klatovy District of Plzeň region
Zborovy is a municipality and village in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Zbor.
Geography
Zborovy is located about 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Klatovy and 39 km (24 mi) south of Plzeň. It lies in the Blatná Uplands. The highest point is at 640 m (2,100 ft) above sea level. There are several small watercourses and fishponds in the territory.
History
The first written mention of Zborovy is from 1418.
Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The most valuable building is the Church of Saint John the Baptist.
“Zborovy” enters the record as village in Klatovy District of Plzeň region. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zborovy, village and Klatovy can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Zborovy” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Zborovy, village and Klatovy provides the most credible route into that argument.
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 Jun 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q130374. Authority coordinates are 49.381, 13.516. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1418.
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.
- Historic place names
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Zborovy”, its source revision and the description used here.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Zborovy” 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.