Svatý Mikuláš Explained

Svatý Mikuláš
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Central Bohemian
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kutná Hora
Pushpin Map:Czech Republic
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates:49.9908°N 15.3506°W
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1307
Area Total Km2:17.83
Elevation M:206
Population As Of:2024-01-01
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:970
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal codes
Postal Code:284 01

Svatý Mikuláš is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. It is known for the Kačina Castle.

Administrative parts

The villages of Lišice, Sulovice and Svatá Kateřina are administrative parts of Svatý Mikuláš. Lišice and Sulovice form an exclave of the municipal territory.

Etymology

The name means "Saint Nicholas".

Geography

Svatý Mikuláš is located about 6km (04miles) northeast of Kutná Hora and 30km (20miles) west of Pardubice. It lies in the Central Elbe Table. The Elbe River briefly flows through the northern part of the municipal territory.

History

The first written mention of Svatý Mikuláš is from 1307.[2]

Transport

The I/2 road (the section from Kutná Hora to Pardubice) passes through the municipality.

Sights

Svatý Mikuláš is known for the Kačina Castle, protected as a national cultural monument. It is considered the most important Czech building in the Empire style. It was built in 1802–1823 and consists of three parts, the main building and two wings. Today it is used by National Museum of Agriculture, which opened here the Czech Countryside Museum. In the left wing is a never-finished castle chapel and a castle theatre completed in the middle of the 19th century. In the right wing is the Chotek Library with more than 40,000 volumes of educational and beautiful literature from the 16th–19th centuries.[3] [4]

The Church of Saint Nicholas probably dates from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. It is a Gothic church with neo-Gothic modifications from 1872.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024. Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. Web site: Svatý Mikuláš. Obec Svatý Mikuláš. cs. 2023-03-16.
  3. Web site: Historie zámku Kačina. National Museum of Agriculture. cs. 2022-05-28.
  4. Web site: Zámek Kačina. National Heritage Institute. cs. 2023-03-16.
  5. Web site: Kostel sv. Mikuláše. National Heritage Institute. cs. 2023-03-16.