# Kuchařovice

Kuchařovice (German: Kukrowitz) is a municipality and village in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

## Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Kuchař, meaning "the village of Kuchař's people".

## Geography

Kuchařovice is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of Znojmo and 52 km (32 mi) southwest of Brno. It liesin an agricultural landscape in the Jevišovice Uplands. The highest point is at 336 m (1,102 ft) above sea level. The stream Dobšický potok flows through the municipality.

### Climate

Kuchařovice's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb; Trewartha: Dcbo). Among them, the annual average temperature is 9.6 °C (49.3 °F), the hottest month in July is 20.2 °C (68.4 °F), and the coldest month is −0.8 °C (30.6 °F) in January. The annual precipitation is 500.1 millimetres (19.69 in), of which June is the wettest with 67.4 millimetres (2.65 in), while February is the driest with only 17.3 millimetres (0.68 in). The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from −24.2 °C (−11.6 °F) on 7 January 1985 to 38.4 °C (101.1 °F) on 1 July 2019.
Climate data for Kuchařovice, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–present :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.1 (82.6) | 32.4 (90.3) | 36.1 (97.0) | 38.4 (101.1) | 37.9 (100.2) | 34.1 (93.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 20.0 (68.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 38.4 (101.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | 9.4 (48.9) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.3 (79.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 13.6 (56.5) | 7.2 (45.0) | 2.6 (36.7) | 14.4 (57.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) | 0.6 (33.1) | 4.6 (40.3) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.6 (58.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 14.7 (58.5) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.2 (39.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | 9.6 (49.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | −2.5 (27.5) | 0.7 (33.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.4 (57.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.1 (35.8) | −2.1 (28.2) | 5.6 (42.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.2 (−11.6) | −23.0 (−9.4) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −6.4 (20.5) | −2.0 (28.4) | 1.0 (33.8) | 4.7 (40.5) | 4.0 (39.2) | −1.0 (30.2) | −6.0 (21.2) | −12.8 (9.0) | −21.7 (−7.1) | −24.2 (−11.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.3 (0.84) | 17.3 (0.68) | 30.0 (1.18) | 30.4 (1.20) | 58.8 (2.31) | 67.4 (2.65) | 66.3 (2.61) | 65.6 (2.58) | 55.1 (2.17) | 34.1 (1.34) | 29.2 (1.15) | 24.8 (0.98) | 500.1 (19.69) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 10.7 (4.2) | 7.3 (2.9) | 5.5 (2.2) | 0.3 (0.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | trace | 3.1 (1.2) | 7.9 (3.1) | 34.9 (13.7) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 81.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83.2 | 77.4 | 71.5 | 63.7 | 66.3 | 66.0 | 63.0 | 64.2 | 71.7 | 80.2 | 85.8 | 85.7 | 73.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 62.2 | 95.2 | 145.1 | 205.2 | 234.6 | 243.8 | 252.3 | 248.1 | 178.6 | 118.2 | 58.1 | 50.4 | 1,892 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Czech Hydrometeorological Institute ||||||||||||||

## History

The first written mention of Kuchařovice is from 1220.

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1869 | 680 | — |
| 1880 | 654 | −3.8% |
| 1890 | 705 | +7.8% |
| 1900 | 826 | +17.2% |
| 1910 | 848 | +2.7% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1921 | 848 | +0.0% |
| 1930 | 883 | +4.1% |
| 1950 | 876 | −0.8% |
| 1961 | 907 | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 890 | −1.9% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1980 | 874 | −1.8% |
| 1991 | 793 | −9.3% |
| 2001 | 906 | +14.2% |
| 2011 | 957 | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 881 | −7.9% |
Source: Censuses :

## Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

## Sights

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.
The main landmark of Kuchařovice is the Chapel of Saint Florian, built in 1932.