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Životice (Plzeň-South District)

village in Plzeň-jih District of Plzeň region

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 revisionMay 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ394199 ↗
Source-derived summary

Životice is a municipality and village in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 60 inhabitants.

Životice lies approximately 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-east of Plzeň and 87 km (54 mi) south-west of Prague.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Životice (Plzeň-South District)” as village in Plzeň-jih District of Plzeň region. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Životice, Plzeň-South and District.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 40-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 Životice, Plzeň-South and District providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Životice (Plzeň-South District)”, the useful work is to connect “village in Plzeň-jih District of Plzeň 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 May 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q394199.

Critical limits

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

This entry incorporates text from “Životice (Plzeň-South 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.