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Kutschera is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Kutschera, German footballer
- Chris Kutschera, French journalist
- Franz Kutschera, German SS general
- Hermann Kutschera, Austrian architect
- Maria von Trapp, born Maria Kutschera, stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.
- Ulrich Kutschera, German scientist
- Walter Kutschera, Austrian physicist
Kutschera is a Bohemian and Austrian noble family descended from Matthäus Kutschera (died 1755), a burgher of Leitmeritz, who became an accountant for the Prämonstratenserstift Strahow outside Prague. Carl Kutschera, deputy state accountant of Bohemia (Vize-Landesbuchhalter in Böhmen), was ennobled by letters patent in Vienna on 8 March 1805. On 19 April 1819, his sons, General and Feldzeugmeister Johann Nepomuk von Kutschera, county governor of Saaz Joseph von Kutschera and Imperial-Royal war council secretary (Hofkriegsratssekretär) Anton von Kutschera, were raised to baronial rank. On 31 August 1821, the family received the Bohemian Inkolat.
Kutschera is a Bohemian noble family. It is descended from Johann Kutschera (born 1744) from St. Johann near Prague. Hugo Kutschera, Austro-Hungarian Embassy Secretary and administrative director of the regional government in Sarajevo, was awarded the knight's cross second class of the Order of the Iron Crown and raised to baronial rank on 6 March 1885.