Voděrady () is a municipality and village in

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in the

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of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Voděrady consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *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 '' ítrád'' = '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)".

Geography

Voděrady is located about west of

Ústí nad Orlicí Ústí nad Orlicí (; ) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument z ...

and east of

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Voděrady is from 1292, when the village was bought by the Zbraslav Monastery.

Demographics

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.