Mikulášovice (german: Nixdorf) is a town in
Děčín District
Děčín District ( cs, okres Děčín) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Děčín.
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in the
Ústí nad Labem Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Mikulášovičky, Salmov and Tomášov are administrative parts of Mikulášovice.
Geography
Mikulášovice is located about northeast of
Děčín
Děčín (; german: Tetschen, 1942–1945: ''Tetschen–Bodenbach'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It is the 7th largest municipality in the country by area.
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. It lies in the salient region of
Šluknov Hook
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, on the border with
Germany, adjacent to the municipal territory of
Sebnitz.
Mikulášovice is situated in the
Lusatian Highlands
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. The highest point is the mountain Tanečnice, at . The town lies in the elongated valley of the Mikulášovický Brook.
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.
From 1938 to 1945 it was
occupied by Germany, before it was liberated by
Polish
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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
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, evacuated from
Bautzen to Mikulášovice by the Germans, were liberated there by Polish soldiers.
Economy
The company ''Mikov'', producing the popular knife ''
Rybička'', has its seat in Mikulášovice.
Notable people
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Franz Dittrich (1815–1859), pathologist
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Anni Frind
Anni Frind (3 February 1900 – 8 April 1987) was one of the most highly recorded lyric sopranos in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s.
Anni Frind was born into a German family in Nixdorf, a small town in Bohemia (now Czech Republic). Career
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(1900–1987), soprano opera singer
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Oskar Schäfer Oskar may refer to:
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Etymology
The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ' ...
(1921–2011), Knight's Cross holder
Gallery
Mikulasovice - MU.jpg, Town hall and Church of Saint Nicholas
Kostel sv Mikulase (Mikulasovice) 1.jpg, Church of Saint Nicholas
Hřbitovní kostel Mikulášovice 26.jpg, Church of the Ascension of Jesus
Mikulášovice 4464.jpg, Monument commemorating the liberation of the town by Poles in 1945
Mikulášovice 030027.jpg, Statue of saint John of Nepomuk
References
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Děčín District