[4] The chronicle is not considered a credible source, however archaeological excavations show that Bystré did exist already in the 11th century.

[3] Until 1213, Bystré was owned by the Mokrošínský family, who extended the settlement and had built a square shaped as a horseshoe.

[5] The following owners, lords of Martinice, started mining of iron ore in Hamry (currently a part of the municipality of Bystré).

During the rule of his son, Franz Rudolph, the construction of a new church started and spa Balda was founded in the neighbourhood.

As the Counts of Hohenems died out in 1869, the Bystré estate was passed to Emperor Franz Joseph I who owned it until the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918.

[3][8] The Baroque town hall built in 1716–1719 is unique with its high gabled roof and clock tower in all four directions.

Nowadays the premises of the castle houses social care institute and special primary school.

Also the filming of a stand-alone sequel Návrat ztraceného ráje partially took place in Bystré in 1999.