Nížkov is a municipality and village in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.

Nížkov consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The village was originally called Mníškov (from the Czech word mnich, i.e. 'monk'), but due to complicated pronunciation, the name was distorted to Nížkov.

A small part of the municipal territory in the southeast extends into the Křižanov Highlands and includes the highest point of Nížkov at 615 m (2,018 ft) above sea level.

The first written mention of Nížkov is from 1234, when there was founded a monastery with a wooden church by the monks from Osek.

[3] Nížkov is located on the railway line Havlíčkův Brod–Žďár nad Sázavou.