Nížkov is a municipality and village in

Žďár nad Sázavou District Žďár nad Sázavou District () is a Okres, district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Žďár nad Sázavou. Administrative division Žďár nad Sázavou District is divided into four Districts of the Czech ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Nížkov consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Nížkov (734) *Buková (150) *Špinov (39)

Etymology

The village was originally called Mníškov (from the Czech word ''mnich'', i.e. 'monk'), but due to complicated pronunciation, the name was distorted to Nížkov.

Geography

Nížkov is located about west of

Žďár nad Sázavou Žďár nad Sázavou (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The town is an industrial and tourist centre. It is known for the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, which is a UNESCO Wor ...

and northeast of

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

. It lies mostly in the

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. A small part of the municipal territory in the southeast extends into the

Křižanov Highlands The Křižanov Highlands (, ) is a highland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Vysočina Region. Geomorphology The Křižanov Highlands is a mesoregion of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands within ...

and includes the highest point of Nížkov at above sea level. The stream Poděšínský potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Nížkov is from 1234, when there was founded a monastery with a wooden church by the monks from

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Demographics

Transport

Nížkov is located on the railway line

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban mon ...

–

Sights

The main landmark of Nížkov is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It is an early Gothic church from the second half of the 13th century. In 1753, the Baroque

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was added and the tower was raised. The

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from 1709 stands in front of the west façade of the church.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nizkov Villages in Žďár nad Sázavou District