Územní

Územní is a Czech adjective meaning related to territory or a geographic area. It is formed from the noun území (territory, area) and the suffix -ní, which yields descriptors of relation. The term is widely used in official language, planning, geography, and public administration to indicate matters tied to a specific area rather than to the nation as a whole.

Common uses include územní plán (land-use or spatial plan), územní celek or územní jednotka (territorial unit such as a municipality or region), and územní samospráva (territorial self-government). In legal and administrative texts, územní terms help distinguish local or regional matters from national ones. In geography and environmental contexts, phrases such as územní charakter (territorial character) or územní ochrana (territorial protection) may appear to describe features or protections attached to a particular area.

Adverbial form: územně, used in phrases like územně příslušný to denote jurisdiction or competence tied to a territory.

Etymology and relations: Územní derives from území and is closely related to English “territorial” and German “ territorial.” It is a descriptive term rather than a proper noun and appears in a wide range of compound terms across regional planning, local administration, and geography.

See also: území, územní plán, veřejná správa, territorium.