Mikulovice (german: Niklasdorf, pl, Mikułowice) is a municipality and village in

Jeseník District Jeseník District ( cs, okres Jeseník) is a district ('' okres'') in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its seat is the town of Jeseník. With approximately 38,000 inhabitants it is the least populated district of the Czech Republic. The a ...

in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Kolnovice and Široký Brod are administrative parts of Mikulovice.

Geography

Mikulovice lies approximately north-east of Jeseník, north of Olomouc, and east of Prague. It is located on the border with Poland. Mikulovice lies in the valley of the Bělá River. The Olešnice flows to the Bělá in the village. The municipality is located in the Zlatohorská Highlands.

History

The first written mention of Mikulovice is from 1263. It was founded in the 13th century, during the colonization by the

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, who owned the area. Mikulovice became part of the

Duchy of Nysa The Duchy of Nysa ( pl, Księstwo Nyskie, cs, Niské knížectví) or Duchy of Neisse (german: Herzogtum Neisse) was one of the duchies of Silesia with its capital at Nysa in Lower Silesia. Alongside the Duchy of Siewierz, it was the only eccle ...

, which later on passed under

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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 it was occupied by Germany as part of the so-called

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. During World War II, the Germans operated several

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subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village. In 1907 Mikulovice became a market town, but lost the title during the reformation in 1949.

Twin towns – sister cities

Mikulovice is twinned with: *

Głuchołazy Głuchołazy ( ; german: Ziegenhals, also known by Głuchołazy#Symbol and etymology, other names) is a historic town in southwestern Poland with approximately 13,534 inhabitants as of 2019. It is located within the Nysa County of Opole Voivodesh ...

, Poland *

Pakosławice Pakosławice is a village in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Pakosławice. It lies approximately north of Nysa and west of the regional capital Opole ...

, Poland

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