On 18 September in 1280 King Ladislaus IV ordered a tax to be collected from passers-by for the reconstruction (ad reparationem) of the St. Mary's Monastery Benedictine in Kompolt.

On August 11 in 1323 the authorities of Heves county and serf judge Lőrinc issued certificates here.

The village suffered a lot from the Ottoman invasions, and it lay empty for a long time.

It has been owned by Count Antal Grassalkovich since 1750, who built a castle in the settlement and after 1754 populated it with German settlers from near the Cologne.

The Plant Improvement Institute, founded in 1918 by Rudolf Fleischmann and named after him is renowned throughout Europe.

Among the sightseeing spots, the former Grassalkovich Castle, built in 1750 in Baroque style, is worth looking at.