Csepel Island became the personal domain of Árpád after the migration of Hungarians into Pannonia in the early 10th century.

The Ottoman Turks destroyed the village and the royal manor house in the 16th century.

At the beginning of the 18th century Prince Eugene of Savoy, owner of the island, re-established the settlement and populated it with German colonists.

The original village was located in the present-day freeport (Szabadkikötő) area but it was destroyed by the great flood of 1838.

The town had a population of 9462 according to the 1910 census (the ethnic composition was 84% Hungarian and 18% German[clarification needed]).

Ethnic groups (2001 census): Religions (2001 census): Noteworthy sights include the Baroque parish church built in 1770, the Csepel Gallery and Museum of Local History (newly moved to Szent Istvan ut.