Kuželov

Kuželov
Municipality
Windmill
Flag Coat of arms
Kuželov Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°51′35″N 17°29′20″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
First mentioned	1406
Area
• Total	10.15 km^2 (3.92 sq mi)
Elevation	294 m (965 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	402
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	696 73
Website	www.kuzelov.com

Kuželov (German: Kuzelau) is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Kuželov, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Hodonín, 75 km (47 mi) south-east of Brno, and 262 km (163 mi) south-east of Prague.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	586	—
1880	655	+11.8%
1890	670	+2.3%
1900	678	+1.2%
1910	703	+3.7%
1921	659	−6.3%
1930	582	−11.7%
1950	560	−3.8%
1961	567	+1.2%
1970	476	−16.0%
1980	454	−4.6%
1991	434	−4.4%
2001	436	+0.5%
2011	398	−8.7%
2021	386	−3.0%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

Sights

Kuželov is known for a windmill, protected as a national cultural monument. It dates from 1842. It is a rare example of preserved Holland-type windmill. After the reconstruction, the mill is functional again and its interior houses an exposition about milling and life in the Horňácko region.[4]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
3. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
4. "Větrný mlýn v Kuželově" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2022-06-28.

External links

• Official website