The name refers to the probable founder of Šostýn Castle (German: Schauenstein), Bishop Bruno von Schauenburg, who had a nettle in his coat of arms.

Completed in 1976, it serves as a water supply for the Tatra Trucks company and the industrial zone, as a recreational area, and for fish farming.

The first written mention of Kopřivnice is from 1437, when the castle and its surroundings were bought by Emperor Sigismund and joined to the Hukvaldy estate.

In 1465, the estate was owned by King George of Poděbrady, who sold it a year later to Olomouc bishop Tas of Boskovice.

[5] For centuries, Kopřivnice remained only a village that did not escape the invasions of troops during the Thirty Years' War, natural disasters, crop failures, or epidemics.

In the early 20th century, the factory employed 5,000 workers, which forced the construction of additional residential houses.

In 1850, Ignaz Schustala started making here carriages, later the production of railway wagons was added.

[9] There is also a large industrial zone with several major companies, mainly focused on production of automotive components.

Some of the works of art that adorn it come from the original old wooden church, which stood next to Fojtství (i.e. "Advocatus' residence").

It also includes a barn, where Ignaz Schustala started making carriages and laid the foundation for the Tatra factory.

[18] The Oldtimer Kopřivnice Auto-Moto-Museum presents an exhibition of historic vehicles and motorcycles of famous brands from around the world.

[21] Slovenská strela is a unique train, the only movable national cultural monument in the Moravian-Silesian Region, manufactured in Kopřivnice in 1936.

The villa was built in the Neoclassical style in 1889, for the local carriage factory owner Josef Schustala.

Today the ruin consists of the remains of a massive palace, two circuits of ramparts with moats, and the foundations of a cylindrical tower.