Mikulášovice

Mikulášovice (German: Nixdorf) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.

Mikulášovice
Town
Church of Saint Nicholas
Flag
Coat of arms
Mikulášovice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°57′56″N 14°21′28″E
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
 (2021-01-01)[1]
 • Total2,111
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
407 79
Websitewww.mikulasovice.cz

Administrative parts

Villages of Mikulášovičky, Salmov and Tomášov are administrative parts of Mikulášovice.

Geography
Observation tower on Tanečnice

The elongated town lies in the valley of the Mikulášovický Brook on the border with Germany. Between Mikulášovice and 7 km north-west German neighbour Sebnitz is the 598 metres (1,962 ft) Tanečnice, the highest mountain of the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Mikulášovice is from 1446. The village was founded in the 12th century. In the 18th century, it was already an industrial municipality with tradition in knives sharpening. In 1794, the production of knives began.[2]

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.[3]

Economy

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

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

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
  2. "Z historie města" (in Czech). Město Mikulášovice. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  3. "Subcamps of KL Gross- Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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