It lies on the border between the Svitavy Uplands and Iron Mountains, within the Polabí region.

The first written mention of Choltice is in a deed of King Wenceslaus II from 1285.

Except for a short break in 1721–1731, they owned Choltice until the establishment of a sovereign municipality.

The area with historically valuable buildings includes the Chapel of Saint Romedius, a court of honour with statues, farm facilities, a park and a garden with a gloriette.

[8] A cultural monument is an unusual wooden belfry, built in the Alpine style in 1863 by the Counts of Thun und Hohenstein.