Bučovice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The name is derived from the personal name Buček (a shortened form of Budislav or Budivoj).

The owner of the manor Jan Šembera Černohorský of Boskovice had built here one of the most magnificent Renaissance residences in Moravia.

During the Thirty Years' War in 1645, Bučovice was looted and damaged by the Swedish troops, but the castle was defended.

The owners of the textile companies of the time belonged to a large Jewish community.

[5] The I/50 road (part of the European route E50), which connects Brno with Uherské Hradiště and the Czech-Slovak border in Starý Hrozenkov, passes through the town.

[5] The castle has a valuable arcade courtyard with 90 columns, which are decorated with a total of 540 reliefs.