Rouchovany is a municipality and village in TÃ ÂebÃÂÃÂ District in the VysoÃÂina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.
Rouchovany consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Rouchovany is located about southeast of Tà ÂebÃÂàand southwest of Brno. It lies in the Jevià ¡ovice Uplands. The highest point is the Cibuluà ¡ka hill at above sea level. The Rouchovanka Stream flows through the municipality. The Rokytná River, to which the Rouchovanka is going, flows along the southern municipal border.
The first written mention of Rouchovany is from 1243. In 1353, it was referred to as a market town. In 1468, the village was officially promoted to a market town, but it later lost the title. Between 1458 and 1471, Rouchovany was acquired by the Pernà ¡tejn family. Vilém II of Pernà ¡tejn gave Rouchovany as a dowry to his daughter, and thus they came into the hands of the lords of Lipá. They owned it until the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, when their properties were confiscated.
From 1622 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1848, Rouchovany was the property of the House of Liechtenstein. During their rule, the importance of the settlement declined. In 1805, most of Rouchovany was destroyed by a large fire.
A part of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station lies in the municipal territory.
There are no railways (except for the spur line for the needs of the nuclear power station) or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is an early Baroque building with a Romanesque core. Next to the church is an architecturally valuable separate bell tower, built in the Romanesque-Renaissance style in 1585âÂÂ1610.