Voděrady () 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): 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)".
Geography Voděrady is located about west of Ústí nad Orlicí and east of Pardubice. 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.
Notable people Anna Chlebounová (1875–1946), politician; lived and died here
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