Mikulčice

Mikulčice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmi.kul.tʃi.tsɛ]) is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. It lies nearby the Slovak border.

Mikulčice
Municipality
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Flag
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Mikulčice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°48′59″N 17°3′4″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionSouth Moravian
DistrictHodonín
First mentioned1131
Government
 • MayorMarta Otáhalová
Area
 • Total15.30 km2 (5.91 sq mi)
Elevation
165 m (541 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total1,946
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
696 19
Websitewww.mikulcice.cz

Administrative parts

Village of Těšice is an administrative part of Mikulčice.

History

From the sixth until the tenth century, a Slavic fortified settlement existed 3 km away from the modern village. The settlement was one of the main centres of the Great Moravian Empire, plausibly its capital city. Excavations, led by Josef Poulík, unearthed the remnants of twelve churches, a palace, and more than 2,500 graves (three containing African skeletons) (including a horse burial[2]). The only still-standing church safely dated to the Great Moravian period is found in the nearby Slovak village of Kopčany just across the Morava river. The excavation complex is nationally recognised as the Mikulčice-Valy or Mikulčice Archaeopark heritage site.

The foundations of a 9th-century church in Mikulčice-Valy

The oldest written reference to the village itself dates to 1131, when the village was referred to as Miculcici in Medieval Latin. Both the Czech Mikulčice and the Latin Miculcici are nouns which exist only in the plural form. Mikulčice meaning simply "the people of Mikul (dialectal form of Nicholas)".

Economy

The local economy is predominantly based on agriculture and tourism.

Nature

In the municipality there is a biospheric reserve, containing beavers and storks.

Notable people

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
  2. Berend, Nóra (2007). Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' C. 900-1200. Cambridge UP. pp. 216, 321. ISBN 9780521876162. Retrieved 25 June 2012.

Further reading
  • Poláček, Lumír: Ninth-century Mikulčice: The «market of the Moravians»? The archaeological evidence of trade in Great Moravia // Post-Roman towns, trade and settlement in Europe and Byzantium. Vol. 1. The heirs of the Roman West / Ed. by Joachim Henning. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2007. p. 499–524.


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