[3] Staré Hradiště is located north of Pardubice, in its immediate vicinity.

It lies in a flat landscape of the East Elbe Table.

[3] Until the Hussite Wars, the village was owned by the monastery in Opatovice.

In 1436, Staré Hradiště was acquired by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek.

The village was then joined to the Pardubice estate and shared its owners and destinies.