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  Mikulov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mikulov (-Czech, German: Nikolsburg) is a town in the Czech Republic, in the South Moravian Region.
Mikulov is located at the edge of a hilly territory and a large lake.
The settlement of the Jews in Mikulov dates probably from 1420, when, after the expulsion from the neighboring province of Lower Austria, fugitives settled in the town under the protection of the princes of Liechtenstein.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mikulov   (938 words)

  
 Centropa Quarterly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mikulov was also the seat of the senior of the provincial Jewish elders who assessed the state contributions due by the Jews resident in all the six Moravian districts.
The successors of the Mikulov squiredom of the house of Oietrichstein con finned and in appropriate instances improved the privileges of the Jews.
The collection in its entirety was evacuated from the Nazis to Brno in the autumn of 1938 and transferred to the Jewish museum in Prague during the occupation.
www.centropa.org /reports.asp?rep=HR&ID=7069&TypeID=0   (2001 words)

  
 Mikulov Castle and Town - Mikulov, zámek a město
Mikulov is a picturesque town, crowded on the slopes around the castle.
The Mikulov castle was first given by the Czech King Premysl Otakar II to the Lichtensteins, who sold it in 1575 to the German noble family of Dietrichsteins who owned it until 1945 when it became national property.
Mikulov se také pyšní Piaristickým gymnasiem, odkud vyšli slavní čeští vědci jako byl, mezi jinými, lékař a biolog Jan Evangelista Purkyně.
homepage.mac.com /milankalus/blogwavestudio/LH20041220192517/LHA20060515215946/index.html   (677 words)

  
 Czech hotels tourism and travel guide - Mikulov
Mikulov was celebrated for its religious tolerance, such as towards "Baptists" or to Jews.
The town of Mikulov was a residence of the land rabbinate in the period from 17th till 19th century.
At present, Mikulov is well known especially as a town of vine.
www.czechbyclick.com /regions/12s_moravia/mikulov/index.cfm   (231 words)

  
 Mikulov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
   The center of Mikulov with its oblong sloping square and the Church of St. Wenceslaus ranks among the most charming of historical Moravian town centers.
Even when seen from a distance, Mikulov is dominated by the manor, which received its present appearance through a whole hearted reconstruction by its predecessor between 1719 - 1730.
The Slavonic settlement was already discovered at the place of the manor so it is quite natural that a strong stone castle used to stand here, which was still substantially expanded by the Lichtensteins in later periods.
www.zamky-hrady.cz /1/mikulov-e.htm   (177 words)

  
 Copartners
Mikulov Gymnasium /grammar school/ was established in 1631 by then-owner of Mikulov Cardinal Franz of Dietrichstein.
Mikulov Piarist Gymnasium had a number of excellent teachers and students who became well-known achievers, such as Josef von Sonnenfels, who contributed to the abolishment of torture in the Austrian Monarchy, or Jan Evangelista Purkynì, the founder of experimental physiology.
The increase in the Czech population in Mikulov after WWI led to the foundation of Private Czech Gymnasium in 1936.
www.gymik.cz /finsko/copartners.html   (1055 words)

  
 Remembering Mikulov's Jewish past with unique cultural festival - 26-05-2006 - Radio Prague
A unique festival of Jewish culture was held last weekend in the South Moravian town of Mikulov, part of the Year of Jewish Culture in the Czech Republic.
Mikulov was once a major centre of Jewish religious and cultural life - but today all that's left is a handful of historic monuments.
Mikulov lives and breathes its Jewish heritage; you can feel it all around you as you walk through its winding medieval streets.
www.radio.cz /en/issue/79338   (1192 words)

  
 Thomas's Glassware Tour --- Mikulov (CZ)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mikulov (German: Nikolsburg) is situated on the left bank of the river Dyje (Thaya) in the Břeclav district of South Moravia.
Mikulov also was the centre of one of the largest Jewish communities in Moravia.
During the war between Prussia and Austria in 1866 Mikulov was the Prussian headquarters.
www.thomasgraz.net /glass/gl-178.htm   (382 words)

  
 Penzion POHODA, Mikulov
The guest-house Pohoda = Well Beeing is situated in the calm part of the town Mikulov.
There is a possibility to taste the wines + gathering in the wine cellar, lending bikes with the posibility of their storage in our house.
Nearby, there are tennis courts, bowling, swimming pool, lots of cycle routes and historical centre of the town Mikulov as well.
www.ndc.cz /mach/index_eng.php   (175 words)

  
 The Van Praagh Family Story - Chapter2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Picturesque but totally underrated, Mikulov and its castle sit precariously on a hill in the centre of the flat wine-growing region of Palava, a UNESCO-designated biospheric reservation.
One of South Moravia's highlights, Mikulov has some very impressive monuments, but it should come as no surprise that Mikulov is most popular for its excellent white wines.
Mikulov used to have a strong Jewish community and still has a synagogue, though it was damaged during WW II and neglected during Communist rule.
www.vp-it.com.au /vanpraagh/story/mikulov.htm   (203 words)

  
 Not Your Normal Pagan Fertility Ritual: Easter Monday In Mikulov, The Czech Republic ~ by Matthew Gregory
However, there were plenty of buses running between Brno and Mikulov, a village of 8000 or so located in the wine-growing region of South Moravia not more than 5 km from the Austrian border.
The town of Mikulov is beautiful as I've mentioned but it's quite small so you won't be spending that much time there.
After I descended the hill, I saw the last of the pomlazka ritual of the day in the resedential area of Mikulov that was on the other side of Goat Hill.
www.escapeartist.com /efam/69/Travels_To_The_Czech_Republic.html   (2036 words)

  
 Jan Richter - historian at the regional museum in Mikulov - 12-12-2005 - Radio Prague
Mikulov, known in German as Nikolsburg, was for centuries one of the most important Jewish centres in the region.
Mikulov is very, very near the Austrian border, it's around 50 km from Vienna - how closely was the fate of Jews in Mikulov tied to the fate of Jews in Austria?
And of course there were all related...there was this big fire, I think the biggest fire in Mikulov happened in 1719, and the Jews in Vienna had a collection to help to rebuild the community in Mikulov.
www.radio.cz /en/article/73658   (1328 words)

  
 3. "A RICH TREASURE" -- Brethren In Christ, by Alan Eyre
Amidst all the exhibits glorifying Man, and war and revolution is a small alcove with an exhibit of a different kind.
It is in Mikulov and vicinity that his output of writings of a religious and secular character attained the full flower of maturity.
Letters from Mikulov to members in Italy are preserved in Venice (Plate 7).
www.west.net /~antipas/books/brethren_in_christ/binc_03.html   (1422 words)

  
 Mikalov to Kunovice
Mikulov was getting folks from lots of tour buses as I explored it this morning.
I walked up the hill - Mikulov is sited on a big hill - to the Jewish graveyard and the main Synagogue which are located close to the large chateau which dominates Mikulov's impressive skyline.
The road from Mikulov to Breclav runs through a mix of fields, forests (great since they blocked the wind!), small towns and some hills.
www.cs.unca.edu /~boyd/touring/tour02/day10/day10.htm   (1420 words)

  
 ShtetLinks Page: Mikulov - Nikolsburg
Nikolsburg, the seat of the Moravian Chief Rabbi, had a well-known Yeshiva, many synagogues and a large graveyard in which many of the famous rabbis of Moravia are buried.
Mikulov was part of the Sudetenland which was handed over to Hitler by the appeasers at Munich in 1938.
Mikulov Regional Museum: Documentary Centre for Moravian Judaism
www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org /Nikolsburg/homeniko.htm   (357 words)

  
 Mikulov-Nikolsburg,Czech Republic Photo Gallery by Franz Bauer at pbase.com
Images are taken on two bicycle tours to Czechy,checking the new pedestrian&bicycle bordercrossing from Lower Austria to Czechy.
Mikulov (deutsch Nikolsburg) ist eine Bezirksstadt mit 7.664 Einwohnern im Süden von Mähren, direkt an der Grenze zu Niederösterreich.
Zwischen Mikulov und dem 7 km südlich gelegenen Drasenhofen in Österreich besteht ein Grenzübergang.Im Frühjahr 2006 würde ein neuer Fußgänger-Fahrrad-Grenzübergang an den Ausfallsstraßen von Pottenhofen u.Ottenthal eröffnet.
www.pbase.com /bauer/mikulov   (294 words)

  
 Mikulov - Západ I (EN) - Regional Development Agency South Moravia
The land in the zone is offered by town of Mikulov.
The positive factors present here include favourable natural and business environment in the proximity of a larger town, active approach of the current owners and the proximity of the Austrian market.
As the Mikulov railroad station very close to the site, there is a possibility of connecting the site to the railroad by a siding.
www.rrajm.cz /mikulov-zapad-i-en.html   (472 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - Vinobrani: The annual Moravian wine festival
His cozy cellar-restaurant, which faces the 16th-century castle that dominates the landscape of the town of Mikulov, is carved into the side of a large limestone cliff.
The largest, best-known events are held in the towns of Znojmo, Mikulov and Valtice.
The Valtice celebration, organized by school officials, is free of charge, but the larger Mikulov and Znojmo festivals are organized by local firms and charge an admission fee.
www.ce-review.org /99/12/brown12.html   (1629 words)

  
 cecta - Members - Mikulov
Mikulov, Czech Republic - is an exotic white town in the sunny south of the middle of Europe, a town at the foot of the white rocks of the Pavlovske hills that are thirty million years old.
The region of Mikulov is one of the oldest settlements in central Europe.
Wherever a wayfarer's foot treads, it encounters the unprecedented fertility of nature and the peaceful life of our ancestors.
www.cecta.org /nto/mikulov.htm   (138 words)

  
 Mikulov
The best information about Mikulov's Jewish history and tourist attractions of this kind you gain on the instructive trail through the Jewish Quarter.
The trail ends in a visit to the Jewish Cemetery with its four thousand gravestones.
This alone bears witness to the importance of the Jewish community in Mikulov.
www.mikulov.cz /main_eng.php?Akce=turisticke_produkty_trasa4&Menu=turisticke_produkty   (130 words)

  
 iWon - Travel Guide - Off the Beaten Track   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It's very close to the border with Austria and is a perfect stop-off to or from Vienna.The castle, perched over the west side of the town, has been painstakingly restored after being burned by the Germans in WWII.
Mikulov used to have a strong Jewish community and still has a synagogue, though it was damaged during WWII and neglected during Communist rule.
For large, tranquil forests, largely unpolluted and undamaged by acid rain, you can't go past the Sumava Mountains, stretching for about 125km along the border with Austria and Germany.
www1.iwon.com /travel/travelguide/beatentrack/0,20310,europe-385,00.html   (761 words)

  
 Town Mikulov
t the foot of Pavlovské hills, surrounded by rich vineyards and lush verdure of South Moravia, there rises a renowned town of Mikulov which will make everyone, domestic and foreign visitors alike, fall in love with it.
You will be enchanted by our Holy Hill whose slopes steeply fall into a landscape with the town of Mikulov and monumental chateau in the middle.
The dazzling white rocks with silver cliffs, rich flora and unique fauna and azure sky-this is Mikulov, one of the jewels of Moravia.
urad.mikulov.cz /_eng/index.php3   (119 words)

  
 Hotel MBZ M Mikulov - Accommodation, Petrol Station, Service Station, Hotel in Mikulov in the southern Moravia.
The town is located in the unique landscape of natural beauties, fairy-tale chateaus and medieval castles, excelent wine and hospitable people and it is by right called Garden of Europe.
There is no other place in the world with two UNESCO World Heritage Sights in the neighbourhood - Biospheric Reservation Pálava and Lednice - Valtice Cultural Landscape area.
Mikulov region region belongs to the largest viticultural area in the Czech Republic.
www.mbzm.cz /main.php?A=okoli&Language=eng&L=   (138 words)

  
 ISJM News for the Week of June 12-19, 2000
On Sunday, June 18, 2000 the Mikulov Society of Friends of Jewish Culture will officially open its new instructional trail through the historic town, highlighting aspects of Jewish history.
Ceremonies begin on Sunday at 10:30 at the restored monument to 21 Hungarian Jews in the Jewish cemetery in Mikulov.
Descendants of Jews from Mikulov from around the world been invited to the events.
www.isjm.org /Links/news6_19_00.htm   (1451 words)

  
 Mikulov - Czech republic
Situated southwest of the Pavlovské Hills, a town was established below a former castle.
Mikulov was famous for its religious tolerance, especially toward the Protestants and the Jews.
In the 17th through 19th centuries, Mikulov was the seat of the rabbinate.
www.czech.cz /link.aspx?id=1719-Mikulov   (652 words)

  
 Mikulov: Eating, Sleeping, and Drinking, Mikulov Tourism and Things to Do - IgoUgo
Mikulov is a town of around 8000 people, and it obviously receives a lot of tourists.
It’s right on the main square of Mikulov, tucked away in a courtyard behind some wooden gates.
Having arrived in Mikulov without any accommodation reserved, we made a beeline for the tourist information office on the main square at number 30.
www.igougo.com /travelcontent/journal.aspx?JournalID=58173   (298 words)

  
 MAB Workshop for Czech Republic, October 2002
On these days a minibus can pick you up at the Vienna airport at given times (to be announced later).
On these days, a minibus can pick you up at given times and places in Prague (to be announced later).
Travel to Mikulov from Brno is by coach, from Breclav by local train.
www.ramsar.org /wn/w.n.czech_biosphere_workshop2.htm   (977 words)

  
 ... Obec Mikulov ...
dnešní době je již hornictví historií a Mikulov přitahuje spíše jako turistické místo, hlavně v zimních měsících, kdy svahy Bouřňáku nabízí mnoho pro milovníky lyží, snowboardů a podobných činností.
le ani v létě není Mikulov ničím pozadu, svědčí o tom i rozsah chatové oblasti a množství ubytovacích možností.
zhledem k náročné horské poloze je Mikulov vyhledáván i pěšími turisty a vyznavači horských kol, pro které jsou rájem krásně zalesněné svahy Krušných hor a spousta lesních cest.
www.obec-mikulov.cz   (340 words)

  
 Hotel Reva Mikulov
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The Hotel Reva is in the historical centre of the Mikulov and the main square can be reached in 1 min.
Demanding clients can stay in My Hotel which is only 15 km from Mikulov in UNESCO town Lednice.
www.discoverczech.com /mikulov/hotel-reva.php4   (201 words)

  
 Net-Cities.Com Directory and Search Engine
A great variety of all-year-round cultural events in Mikulov.
Mikulov - město v nejkrásnějším cípu jižní Moravy.
Important economic factors in Mikulov are the machine and clay industry,...
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