The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

Brtnice consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The name is derived from the old Czech word brtě, i.e. 'apiaries'.

The first written mention of Brtnice is from 1234, when it was donated to convent in Předklášteří by King Wenceslaus I.

The family had built a monastery and had rebuilt the castle, interiors of the church, and houses on the square in the Renaissance and Baroque styles.

[6] Apart from the bridges, the main landmark of the Svobody Square is the Renaissance town hall from 1580.

[7] The large birth house of the architect Josef Hoffmann on the town square belongs to main tourist destinations.

The early Gothic castle was conquered and demolished in the 15th century by Matthias Corvinus and his army.