Mikolin | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brzeg |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Lewin Brzeski |
Coordinates: | 50.8°N 59°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 320 |
Population Footnotes: | (approx.) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | OB |
Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship road |
Mikolin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lewin Brzeski, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) north-east of Lewin Brzeski, 170NaN0 south-east of Brzeg, and 230NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Opole.
The name of the village comes from the name Mikołaj (Nicholas).[2]
During World War II, on 21 January 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp passed through the village.[3]