The town was founded in the 16th century on the site of four villages destroyed by the Turks. On the right bank of the river a new hexagonal fort was built of stone, which was one of the most advanced fortifying structures of Europe of that time.
One of the most beautiful cultural monuments of the town today is the Calvary from 1779 situated on the site of hexagonal foundations of the disappeared town walls near Forcháchs bastion. The dominant of the square now is the Roman Catholic church of Holy Cross built in the years 1584-1585. The pride of the town is the Baroque group of statues of the Most Holy Trinity from 1749, the reminder of plague epidemic, which stroke the town in 1740.
The centre of relaxation and recreation is the landscape part of Berek with more than 200-year old oaks