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Mikulovice is situated at an altitude of 420 m in the valley of the river Bělá at the northeatern edge of the Jeseníky mountains in the Jeseník district close to the border to Poland.

Mikulovice (german: Niklasdorf) was first mentioned in a document of 1263. At that time the rivers Bělá and Olejnice were also used for washing gold. In 1907 the village obtained the status of a market town and the neighboring community of Buchberg (Buchberk, now Bukovec) was incorporated into the new municipality (Markt Niklasdorf). In 1960, Kolnovice (formerly Kohlsdorf) and Široký Brod (Breitenfurt) were also incorporated into Mikulovice. Mikulovice obtained the status of a town in 1990.

The picture on glass no.1972 [left] shows the parish church of St. Nicholas goes back to a church of 1550. the present church was built in Historistic style in 1903. Among the interior decorations is a relief plaque depicting the Crucifixion and the Four Evangelists from the second half of the 16th century. A Renaissance tombstone dates from 1605.