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

[4] The first written mention of Soběslav is from 1293, when the castle and surrounding areas belonged to the Rosenberg family.

It represented the economic centre of southern Bohemia with ties to Bavaria and Austria.

The D3 motorway (part of the European route E55) from Tábor to České Budějovice runs next to the town.

The Church of Saint Vitus is a Gothic building from 1375, founded by Oldřich I of Rosenberg.

Nearby the town border there is a forest called Svákov with the eponymous observation tower, small Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, and remnants of an old Slavic gord.