Frontier town · Margraviate of Moravia · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Mikulov

The ground under the Pálava hills is Moravian, next to the Austrian castle of Feldsberg (Valtice, of the lords of Seefeld, first named 1192).

Mikulov itself is not reliably named before 1249, when Margrave Ottokar (later Ottokar II) grants the castle and its land to the Austrian noble Henry I of Liechtenstein; a deed naming it in 1173 is a fourteenth-century forgery.

Who holds it

Name
Not pinned (Moravian ground under the margrave)
Title
Lord
Since
not pinned
Confidence
medium

English Wikipedia (Mikulov, Valtice).

Lord in 1200

Not pinned (Moravian ground under the margrave)

How things stand that morning

Not attested on 1 January 1200; do not show a castle or market here without a GM ruling.

Council

None: the place is governed by the prince's or the bishop's officers.

Militia

None of its own; the men of the castle district serve under the castellan.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: English Wikipedia (Mikulov, Valtice).

Primary sources for Moravia

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

Sources and studies

  1. Mikulov (English Wikipedia)
  2. Valtice (English Wikipedia)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.