Česká Kubice () is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division Česká Kubice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Česká Kubice (432) Dolní Folmava (108) Horní Folmava (202) Nová Kubice (27) Nový Spálenec (54) Spáleneček (41) Starý Spálenec (17)
Etymology The name Kubice is a diminutive of Kouba, which is the Czech name of the river Chamb and the German town Cham. Malá Kouba ('little Kouba') was probably the name of a stream that originates here and then flows into the Chamb. The prefix Česká means 'Bohemian', which was used to distinguish from Německá ('German') Kubice (today Nová Kubice, a part of Česká Kubice).
Geography Česká Kubice is located about southwest of Domažlice and southwest of Plzeň. The eastern part of the municipal territory lies in the Cham-Furth Depression. The western part lies in the Upper Palatinate Forest and borders Germany. The peak of the highest mountain of the Upper Palatinate Forest, Čerchov at above sea level, is situated on the northwestern municipal border.
History The first written mention of Česká Kubice is from 1697.
Demographics
Transport On the Czech–German border is the road border crossing Folmava / Furth im Wald-Schafberg. The I/26 road from Plzeň to the Czech-German border runs through the municipality.
Česká Kubice is located on the railway line Domažlice–Schwandorf. It is in operation only on weekends.
Sights The main historical landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, located in Horní Folmava. It was built in the late Baroque style in 1797.
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