A town founded in 1498 from an original market village. The Renaissance town hall with a tower that was reconstructed in the Empire style, a Gothic-Renaissance church of St. Mary Magdalene and one or two-storey houses belong to the town´s zone of sights. Sobotka is the birthplace of the poets V. Šolc and F. Šrámek. There is a permanent exposition in Šrámek ´s house.
