The western tip of the municipal territory extends into the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area.

In 1422, Hussite forces under the command of Sigismund Korybut occupied the town and got rid of the German administration.

After the accession of the Hussite king George of Poděbrady in 1458, the town became a centre of the new confession until it fell to his rival Matthias Corvinus in 1479.

For participating in the Bohemian rebellion, the town was divested of its privileges by Emperor Ferdinand II and made a subject of the Austrian House of Liechtenstein, a verdict that however was overruled a few years later.

[4] The citizens nevertheless suffered severely in the Thirty Years' War, when in 1642 the town was occupied by Swedish troops.

[4] The main commercial activity of Uničov nowadays takes place at the engineering-metallurgical complex UNEX.

Gradually a 45 metres (148 ft) high tower and a chapel (now a ceremonial hall) were added.

[11] The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a remnant of a Minorite monastery complex that was abolished in the 19th century.

[12] Vodní branka ("water gate") is an architecturally valuable Renaissance building that was part of the town fortifications and served as armory.