Mikulášovice

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Coordinates: 50°57′56″N 14°21′28″E / 50.96556°N 14.35778°E / 50.96556; 14.35778
Mikulášovice
Town
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Country Czech Republic
Region Ústí nad Labem
District Děčín
Commune Rumburk
Municipality Šluknov
Elevation 414 m (1,358 ft)
Coordinates 50°57′56″N 14°21′28″E / 50.96556°N 14.35778°E / 50.96556; 14.35778
Area 25.85 km2 (9.98 sq mi)
Population 2,267 (2011)
Density 88 / km2 (228 / sq mi)
Mayor Ing. Miluše Trojanová (2010)
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 407 79
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Mikulášovice
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.mikulasovice.cz/

Mikulášovice ((German: Nixdorf) ) is a town in the Czech Republic.

Mikulášovice is a city with 2.375 inhabitants (January 1, 2004) in the Czech Republic. The elongated village in the valley of the brook Mikulášovický (Nixdorf Bach) is 414 m above sea level in the west of the Bohemian low country near the border with Germany and belongs to the Okres Decin. Between Mikulášovice and 7 km north-west German neighbor Sebnitz is the 598 m high tanečnice (Dance Plan), the mountain of the community.

Famous residents

  • Franz Dittrich (1815-1859), pathologist and native of Mikulášovice.
  • Anni Frind (1900-1987), soprano opera singer, was born in Mikulášovice.

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