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Mikulášovice

Coordinates: 50°57′56″N 14°21′28″E / 50.96556°N 14.35778°E / 50.96556; 14.35778
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Mikulášovice
Town
Saint Nicholas Church
Saint Nicholas Church
Flag of Mikulášovice
Flag
Coat of arms of Mikulášovice
Coat of arms
Mikulášovice is located in Czech Republic
Mikulášovice
Mikulášovice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°57′56″N 14°21′28″E / 50.96556°N 14.35778°E / 50.96556; 14.35778
Country Czech Republic
RegionÚstí nad Labem
DistrictDěčín
First mentioned1449
Government
 • MayorMiluše Trojanová
Area
 • Total25.85 km2 (9.98 sq mi)
Elevation
414 m (1,358 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total2,182
 • Density84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
407 79
Websitewww.mikulasovice.cz

Mikulášovice (German: Nixdorf) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants.

Geography

The elongated town in the valley of the Mikulášovice Brook (Nixdorf Bach) is 414 m above sea level in the west of the Bohemian low country near the border with Germany. Between Mikulášovice and 7 km north-west German neighbor Sebnitz is the 598 m high Tanečnice (Dance Plan), the mountain of the municipality.

History

From 1938 to 1945 it was occupied by Germany, before it was liberated by Polish soldiers in May 1945 and restored to Czechoslovakia. In the final stages of World War II, in May 1945, the prisoners of the AL Bautzen subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, evacuated from Bautzen to Mikulášovice by the Germans, were liberated there by Polish soldiers.[2]

Economy

The company Mikov, producing popular knife Rybička, has its seat in Mikulášovice.

Notable people

  • Town hall and Saint Nicholas Church
    Town hall and Saint Nicholas Church
  • Baroque Saint Nicholas church
    Baroque Saint Nicholas church
  • Church of the Ascension
    Church of the Ascension
  • Monument commemorating the liberation of the town by Poles in 1945
    Monument commemorating the liberation of the town by Poles in 1945
  • John of Nepomuk statue
    John of Nepomuk statue

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
  2. ^ "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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