Svatý Mikuláš

Svatý Mikuláš is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Svatý Mikuláš
Municipality
Kačina Castle
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Svatý Mikuláš
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°59′27″N 15°21′2″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictKutná Hora
First mentioned1307
Area
 • Total17.83 km2 (6.88 sq mi)
Elevation
206 m (676 ft)
Population
 (2021-01-01)[1]
 • Total879
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
284 01
Websitewww.svatymikulas.cz

Administrative parts

Villages of Lišice, Sulovice and Svatá Kateřina are administrative parts of Svatý Mikuláš. Lišice and Sulovice form an exclave of the municipal territory.

Sights

Svatý Mikuláš is known for the Kačina Castle. It is an Empire style building from 1806–1824 with three parts, a main building and two wings. Today it is used by National Museum of Agriculture, which opened here the Czech Countryside Museum. In the left wing there is a never-finished castle chapel and a castle theatre completed in the middle of the 19th century. In the right wing is the Chotek Library with more than 40,000 volumes of educational and beautiful literature from the 16th–19th centuries.[2]

  • Church of Saint Nicholas
  • West common
  • Road No 2

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
  2. "Zámek Kačina" (in Czech). Hrady.cz. Retrieved 2021-07-01.


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