Tuchořice

Tuchořice
Tuchořice
Municipality
	General view
	Flag Coat of arms
	Tuchořice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°17′5″N 13°39′45″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Louny
First mentioned	1239
Area
• Total	23.18 km2 (8.95 sq mi)
Elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)[1]
• Total	684
• Density	30/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	438 01, 439 69
Website	www.tuchorice.cz

Tuchořice (German: Tuchorschitz) is a municipality and village in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Tuchořice lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-west of Louny, 50 km (31 mi) south-west of Ústí nad Labem, and 59 km (37 mi) west of Prague.

Administrative parts

Miocenní sladkovodní vápence Nature Monument

Villages of Nečemice and Třeskonice are administrative parts of Tuchořice.

Paleontology

Tuchořice is a paleontological site with Miocene lacustrine limestone deposits. Some 90 species of molluscs were found in this site. The majority of those species are land snails and some of them were originally described from Tuchořice.[2] Additionally, bear-dogs,[3] rhinos,[4] and eulipotyphlans have been found at this site.[5]

References

"Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
Chlupáč, Ivo; et al. (2002). Geologická minulost České republiky (in Czech). Prague: Academia. pp. 318–319. ISBN 80-200-0914-0.
Morales, Jorge; Fejfar, Oldřich; Heizmann, Elmar; Wagner, Jan; Valenciano, Alberto; Abella, Juan (2021). "The Amphicyoninae (Amphicyonidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) of the early Miocene from Tuchořice, the Czech Republic". Fossil Imprint. 77 (1): 126–144. doi:10.37520/fi.2021.011. ISSN 2533-4069. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
Heissig, Kurt; Fejfar, Oldřich (January 2007). "Die Säugetiere aus dem Untermiozän von Tuchořice in Nordwestböhmen. I. Die fossilen Nashörner (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae)". Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae. 63 (1): 19–64. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
Fejfar, Oldřich; Sabol, Martin (November 2005). "[The Fossil Record of the Eurasian Neogene Insectivores (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Mammalia), Part I.]: Czech Republic and Slovak Republic". Scripta Geologia. 5: 51–60. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.

[2] Chlupáč, Ivo; et al. (2002). Geologická minulost České republiky (in Czech). Prague: Academia. pp. 318–319. ISBN 80-200-0914-0.

[3] Morales, Jorge; Fejfar, Oldřich; Heizmann, Elmar; Wagner, Jan; Valenciano, Alberto; Abella, Juan (2021). "The Amphicyoninae (Amphicyonidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) of the early Miocene from Tuchořice, the Czech Republic". Fossil Imprint. 77 (1): 126–144. doi:10.37520/fi.2021.011. ISSN 2533-4069. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[4] Heissig, Kurt; Fejfar, Oldřich (January 2007). "Die Säugetiere aus dem Untermiozän von Tuchořice in Nordwestböhmen. I. Die fossilen Nashörner (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae)". Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae. 63 (1): 19–64. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[5] Fejfar, Oldřich; Sabol, Martin (November 2005). "[The Fossil Record of the Eurasian Neogene Insectivores (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Mammalia), Part I.]: Czech Republic and Slovak Republic". Scripta Geologia. 5: 51–60. Retrieved 8 October 2023.