When we talk about this house, we should also mention the history of the town. It was founded by Přemysl Otakar II., also known as the King of Iron and Gold, close to an existing Slavic settlement, in the 13th century. The king invited German colonists to improve the demographic situation of this frontier area. He had no idea that this was to determine the history of the town well into the 21st century. Shortly before his death at the Marchfeld battleground in 1278, he ordered the fortification of the new settlement. In 1359, his no less famous grandson Charles IV. granted town status and privileges to the community. The fortifications proved useful many times, first against the Hussites who burned down the suburbs but didn't take the town in 1423, then during the thirty year war when the Imperial army repeatedly tried to take this Protestant stronghold. Only in 1645, the Swedes occupied and sacked the town without resistance. It just so happened that with the above exceptions, these were the salad days of Slavonice. In 1560, a stagecoach station on the Prague-Vienna route was built here, bringing money and prosperity until the route was changed to pass though Znojmo.
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