Kuchařovice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South Moravian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Znojmo |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 48.8761°N 16.0769°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1220 |
Area Total Km2: | 7.60 |
Elevation M: | 297 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 898 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 669 02 |
Kuchařovice (de|Kukrowitz) is a municipality and village in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
The name is derived from the personal name Kuchař, meaning "the village of Kuchař's people".[2]
Kuchařovice is located about northeast of Znojmo and 52km (32miles) southwest of Brno. It liesin an agricultural landscape in the Jevišovice Uplands. The highest point is at 336m (1,102feet) above sea level. The stream Dobšický potok flows through the municipality.
Kuchařovice's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb; Trewartha: Dcbo). Among them, the annual average temperature is, the hottest month in July is, and the coldest month is in January. The annual precipitation is, of which June is the wettest with, while February is the driest with only . The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from on 7 January 1985 to on 1 July 2019.[3]
The first written mention of Kuchařovice is from 1220.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Among the protected cultural monuments are a late Baroque statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1779 and a late Baroque column with the scultural group of the Holy Trinity, created around 1800.[4]
The main landmark of Kuchařovice is the Chapel of Saint Florian, built in 1932.[5]