Mikulášovice
Mikulášovice () is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts. Villages of Mikulášovičky, Salmov and Tomášov are administrative parts of Mikulášovice. Geography. The elongated town lies in the valley of the Mikulášovický Brook on the border with Germany. Between Mikulášovice and 7 km north-west German neighbour Sebnitz is the Tanečnice, the highest mountain of the municipality. History. The first written mention of Mikulášovice is from 1446. The village was founded in the 12th century. In the 18th century, it was already an industrial municipality  with tradition in knives sharpening. In 1794, the production of knives began. From 1938 to 1945 it was occupied by Germany, before it was liberated by Polish soldiers in May 1945 and restored to Czechoslovakia. In the final stages of World War II, in May 1945, the prisoners of the "AL Bautzen" subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, evacuated from Bautzen to Mikulášovice by the Germans, were liberated there by Polish soldiers. Economy. The company "Mikov", producing popular knife "Rybička", has its seat in Mikulášovice.