The town and the Vikštejn Castle were founded by Vítek of Kravaře in the second half of the 13th century.

[4] After the end of World War I, by 24 November 1918, the town became part of the Czechoslovak Republic.

After the World War II, the German population was expelled and the town was resettled by Czechs.

[3] On 19 April 2009, an arson attack with three molotov cocktails thrown on house inhabited by a Roma family happened here.

[8] The main landmark of the town is the parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.