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Zvole (Šumperk District)

village and municipality (obec) in Šumperk District

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ231420 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zvole (German: Schmole) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Zvole lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Šumperk, 37 km (23 mi) north-west of Olomouc, and 181 km (112 mi) east of Prague.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Zvole (Šumperk District)” is village and municipality (obec) in Šumperk District. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Zvole, Šumperk and District, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 49-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Zvole, Šumperk and District is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village and municipality (obec) in Šumperk District” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q231420. VIAF identifies the subject as 169930860. Authority coordinates are 49.840, 16.914. 3 of 3 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 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 “Zvole (Šumperk District)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Zvole (Šumperk District) primary sources, Zvole (Šumperk District) archive and Zvole 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 “Zvole (Šumperk District)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Zvole (Šumperk District)” 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.