During the German colonization in the second half of the 16th century, the town became a centre of iron ore mining and processing.

The town did not recover until the end of the 18th century, when weaving production and textile industry were established.

[3] In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the town was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland.

The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 according to the Beneš decrees and replaced by Czech settlers.

A factory for bottling of the mineral water known under the name Ondrášovka was founded in the early 20th century.

[7] A tourist destination is the hill Křížový vrch with a romantically landscaped park.