Voděrady (Ústí nad Orlicí District)
Voděrady | |
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Municipal office | |
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Voděrady Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°56′59″N 16°17′6″E / 49.94972°N 16.28500°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Pardubice |
| District | Ústí nad Orlicí |
| First mentioned | 1292 |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.79 km2 (3.01 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 332 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 566 01 |
| Website | voderady-dzbanov |
Voděrady (German: Woderau) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Voděrady consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Voděrady (206)
- Džbánov (117)
Etymology
The name is probably derived from the old Czech word voděrad, which denoted a person who likes water (from voda = 'water' and [mít] rád = 'to like'), so the name of the village meant "the village where voděrads live". However, there is also a possibility that the name was derived from the surname Voděrad, meaning "the village of Voděrads (Voděrad family)".[3]
Geography
Voděrady is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Ústí nad Orlicí and 36 km (22 mi) east of Pardubice. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is at 505 m (1,657 ft) above sea level.
History
The first written mention of Voděrady is from 1292, when the village was bought by the Zbraslav Monastery.[4]
Demographics
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Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of the municipality is the evangelical church in Džbánov. It was built in 1880–1881, on the site of a church from 1784. It documents the trend of renewal of Protestant churches in the period around the centenary of the issuance of the Patent of Toleration by Emperor Joseph II in 1781.[7]
Notable people
- Anna Chlebounová (1875–1946), politician; lived and died here
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
- ^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). p. 590–591.
- ^ "Historie Voděrad" (in Czech). Obec Dýšina. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Kostel evangelický" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-03-14.