The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

The northern part of the municipal territory lies in the Opava Hilly Land within the Silesian Lowlands.

The town was probably founded by King Ottokar II in 1256 to ensure peace on the border between Margraviate of Moravia and Duchy of Opole.

[5] The town was administered by the Prussian Province of Silesia until 1920, when it became part of Czechoslovakia after World War I.

By a biased interpretation of the law, the new Czechoslovak authorities banned schooling in German even though that was the language spoken by the majority in the town.

[6] After the Munich Agreement in 1938, Hlučín was annexed by Nazi Germany and was again made part of the Province of Silesia, and its Germanized name Hultschin was restored.

People identified as German-speaking at the census in 1930 were expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement, some Germans left voluntarily.

[11] It is a two-storey building with an irregular floor plan, and includes a small castle park.