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Mikulášovice town (Czechia)
Děčín okres, Ústí region
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image by Jarig Bakker, 16 Jun 2008
adopted 15 Nov 2005
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Mikulášovice town flag
Images based on Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapori obcí ČR (2005)
- Mikulášovice town, Děčín okres, Ústí region - flag adopted 15 November
2005.
Flagdescription: 4 equal vertical stripes of blue and yellow; on first
stripe a white column between two yellow cornears; on the second stripe
a white sword surrounded by a green wreath.
Info at this
page:
"The oldest mention of Mikulášovice can be found in records dating
from 1346. The town is dominated by St Nicholas's Church. Completed in
1555, the structure was expanded several times and eventually rebuilt.
Inside you can find a splendidly decorated carved altar and a remarkable
organ dating from 1901. With more than 2000 pipes, the organ is one of
the largest musical instruments of its kind to be found in Bohemia. At
the end of the 1700s, workshops began to be founded here, which later gave
rise to flourishing industries, in particular the cutlery industry and
the production of bands and ribbons. In 1796 Ignác Rösler founded a factory
manufacturing steel products, the oldest such facility in Mikulášovice.
Known all over Europe, the production of cutlery has survived here to this
day. The summit of Tanečnice (597 metres above sea level) is crowned with
the northernmost lookout tower in Bohemia. This eight-sided stone struckture,
reaching to a height of 26 metres, offers a terrific panoramic view of
the landscape around."
Coat of Arms: as the first two stripes of the flag; the sword's haft is in center
of the figure 1916, when Emperor Franz Josef I granted Mikulášovice town
status.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Jun 2008
Mikulášovice town Coat of Arms
image from this
page.