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

At the end of the 12th century, Margrave Vladislaus III gave the area to the Teutonic Order.

It was originally a market village with a fortified stronghold and a church, located at the crossroads of trade routes.

The merger of the Christian and Jewish communities created a strong economic agglomeration, which was promoted to a town by King Wenceslaus IV in 1416.

[2] The town often changed owners until 1509, when the noble family of Kaunitz assumed control for more than 400 years.

[3] The I/50 road (part of the European route E50), which connects the D1 motorway near Brno with Uherské Hradiště and the Czech–Slovak border, passes through the town.

The Slavkov Castle was rebuilt to the current Baroque form by Italian architect Domenico Martinelli in the 1680s.

In its historic salon, an armistice was signed between Austria and France after the Battle of Austerlitz on 2 December 1805.

[8] The castle includes a French formal garden, part of which was simplified into an English park.