Mikulovice (German: Niklasdorf, Polish: Mikułowice) is a municipality and village in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.
Mikulovice | |
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  Mikulovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°17′55″N 17°19′18″E / 50.29861°N 17.32167°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Olomouc |
| District | Jeseník |
| First mentioned | 1263 |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.30 km2 (12.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 2,524 |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 790 84 |
| Website | www |
Administrative parts
editThe villages of Kolnovice and Široký Brod are administrative parts of Mikulovice.
Geography
editMikulovice is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northeast of Jeseník and 77 km (48 mi) north of Olomouc, on the border with Poland. It lies in the Zlatohorská Highlands. The highest point is the mountains Bílé skály at 922 m (3,025 ft) above sea level. The built-up area is situated in the valley of the Bělá River. The Olešnice Stream flows into the Bělá in the village. Most of the municipal territory lies within the Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area.
History
editThe first written mention of Mikulovice is from 1263. It was founded in the 13th century, during the colonization by the bishops of Wrocław, who owned the area.[2]
Mikulovice became part of the Duchy of Nysa, which later on passed under Bohemian suzerainty, and following the duchy's dissolution in 1850, it was incorporated directly into Bohemia. Following World War I, from 1918, it formed part of Czechoslovakia.
From 1938 to 1945, the municipality was occupied by Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland. During World War II, the Germans operated several forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[3]
In 1907, Mikulovice became a market town, but lost the title during the reformation in 1949.[2]
Demographics
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Transport
editOn the Czech-Polish border is a railway border crossing and a road border crossing, both named Mikulovice / Głuchołazy.
Sights
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The main landmark of Mikulovice is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was built in 1903, when it replaced an old church from 1550.[7]
Twin towns – sister cities
editMikulovice is twinned with:[8]
Głuchołazy, Poland- Pakosławice, Poland
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ a b "Mikulovice" (in Czech). Sdružení měst a obcí Jesenicka. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- ^ "Working Parties". lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Detail stanice Mikulovice" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Kostel sv. Mikuláše" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ^ "Nemůžu si stěžovat, že bych měl moc volného času" (in Czech). Obec Mikulovice. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
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