Editing Mikulčice

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Mikulčice
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = [[Obec|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Mikulčice - kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie 2.JPG
| image_caption           = Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
| image_flag              = Mikulčice vlajka.jpg
| image_shield            = Mikulčice znak.jpg
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Moravian Region|South Moravian]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Hodonín District|Hodonín]]
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| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1141
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| area_total_km2          = 15.30
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| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 165
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| population_as_of        = 2025-01-01
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2025-05-16}}</ref>
| population_total        = 1973
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 696 19
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| website                 = {{URL|https://www.mikulcice.cz/}}
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'''Mikulčice''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈmɪkultʃitsɛ}}) is a municipality and village in [[Hodonín District]] in the [[South Moravian Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

==Administrative division==
Mikulčice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|language=cs|date=2022}}</ref>
*Mikulčice (974)
*Těšice (921)

==Geography==
Mikulčice is located about {{convert|6|km|0}} southwest of [[Hodonín]] and {{convert|52|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Brno]], on the border with [[Slovakia]]. It lies in a flat landscape of the [[Lower Morava Valley]]. The municipality is crossed by the [[Kyjovka]] River. The Czech-Slovak border is formed here by the [[Morava (river)|Morava]] River.

==History==
From the 6th until the 10th century, a [[Slavs|Slavic]] fortified settlement existed 3&nbsp;km southeast from the modern village on the site called [[Mikulčice-Valy]]. The settlement was one of the main centres of the [[Great Moravia]]n Empire, plausibly its [[capital city]]. Excavations unearthed the remnants of twelve churches, a palace, and more than 2,500 graves (including a [[horse burial]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Berend|first=Nóra|title=Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' C. 900–1200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmFrVUb5DSwC&pg=PA216|access-date=25 June 2012|year=2007|publisher=Cambridge UP|isbn=9780521876162|pages=216, 321}}</ref>

The first written mention of Mikulčice is from 1141. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was first mentioned in 1353. At the beginning of the 15th century, a fortress stood here. The fortress was probably destroyed during the [[Hussite Wars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie obce|url=https://www.mikulcice.cz/o-obci/informace-o-obci/historie/|website=Obec Mikulčice|language=cs|access-date=2021-12-06}}</ref>

Mikulčice was heavily damaged by the [[2021 South Moravia tornado]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mrtví, zavalení, všude trosky. Sedm obcí na Moravě zpustošilo tornádo|url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/pocasi-vzdusny-vir-domy-boure-kroupy-tornado.A210624_203307_domaci_brzy|work=iDNES.cz|language=cs|date=2021-06-24|access-date=2024-09-11}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|1574
|1880|1805
|1890|1915
|1900|2022
|1910|2004
|1921|1980
|1930|1981
|1950|1924
|1961|2011
|1970|1898
|1980|1737
|1991|1751
|2001|1906
|2011|1881
|2021|1895
|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}

==Economy==
[[File:Mikulčice, sousoší sv. Cyrila a Metoděje (2130).jpg|thumb|[[Saints Cyril and Methodius]] monument]]
The local economy is predominantly based on [[agriculture]] and [[tourism]]. 

==Transport==
The I/55 road (the section from [[Břeclav]] to [[Hodonín]]) passes through the municipal territory.

The railway line [[Přerov]]–Břeclav runs through Mikulčice, but there is no train station. The municipality is served by the station in neighbouring [[Lužice (Hodonín District)|Lužice]].

==Sights==
[[File:Mikulčice-Valy 6.JPG|thumb|The foundations of a 9th-century church in Mikulčice-Valy]]
The main landmark of Mikulčice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The original Gothic building from the mid-14th century was replaced by the current structure around 1500. In 1605 and 1683, the church burned down and was reconstructed. In the 1730s, it was rebuilt in the Baroque style, but the Gothic core has been preserved.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-nanebevzeti-panny-marie-15073161|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref>

The [[Mikulčice-Valy]] site is the main tourist attraction. It is freely accessible. It includes an exhibition with archeological finds from this area, administered by the Masaryk Museum in [[Hodonín]]. Since 1962, the site has been protected as a [[Cultural monument (Czech Republic)|national cultural monument]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie expozice|url=https://www.masaryk.info/slovanske-hradiste-mikulcice-o-muzeu/1256/|publisher=Masarykovo muzeum v Hodoníně|language=cs|access-date=2023-10-27}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Miloslav Balun]] (1920–1994), pair skater

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Mikulčice}}
*{{official|https://www.mikulcice.cz/}}
*[http://www.masaryk.info/slovanske-hradiste-mikulcice/ Mikulčice-Valy archaeological site] {{in lang|cs}}

{{Hodonín District}}

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[[Category:Villages in Hodonín District]]
[[Category:Great Moravia]]
[[Category:Moravian Slovakia]]