Inside the built-up area is a system of three fishponds, suuplied by the stream Vohančický potok and its nameless tributary.

The first written mention of Jeníkov is in a letter from the Olomouc Bishop Jindřich Zdík not older than from 1150.

In 1580, Václav Robmháp of Suchá and from Seč bought Jeníkov and the neighbouring estate of Zábělčice, and merged them.

In 1636, the estate was given to General Martin Maxmillian of Goltz by the Emperor as a reward for services.

A significant part of theirs activities was motivated by the effort to re-Catholicize the Utraquist estate.

Goltz had the stone town hall, tower fortress, Loreta chapel and deanery built.

[4] After Goltz and four years later his wife died without offspring, they inherited Golčův Jeníkov to their nephew Johann Dietrich of Ledebour possession with order to build a bell tower and give 1,000 guilders to the Jesuits every year.

After failing the will and losing the lawsuit in 1672, he was forced to sell the estate to Countess Barbara Eusebia Caretto-Millesimo.

He also founded here the first needle factory in Europe and introduced the cultivation of alfalfa, clover and potatoes.

On 21 October 1784, half of the market town was destroyed by a fire, including Loreta chapel and deanery.

[4] A hereditary dispute broke out, which lasted until 1817 and brought Golčův Jeníkov to decline.

Her property was inherited by under-age minor son and the estate was administered by his trustee Hugo of Eger.

[4] The I/38 road (the section from Havlíčkův Brod to Kutná Hora) passes through the town.