Dolní Kounice is located about 16 kilometres (10 mi) southwest of Brno.

The first written mention of Kounice is from 1183, when the Premonstratensian Rosa coeli convent was built here.

During the rule of the Drnovský of Drnovice family in 1588–1622, the castle was rebuilt into a Renaissance fortified residence.

During the Thirty Years' War in 1622, the castle was burned down, and was repaired in 1682 in the Baroque style.

From 1622 to 1862, Dolní Kounice Castle with the estate was property of the Dietrichstein family, which was its most famous and longest owners.

[6] The Church of Saints Peter and Paul on the town square is a neo-Renaissance structure from 1877–1879.