The story
The first written mention of Veselí is from 1261, when a water castle with a settlement existed here. In c. 1370–1375, a town that took the name Veselí was founded. The original settlement developed separately and was known as Předměstí Veselí (lit. 'Veselí suburb').
In 1526, Veselí was acquired by Hynek Bilík of Kornice, who had the castle rebuilt into a Renaissance residence. In the Thirty Years' War, Veselí and Předměstí Veselí were burned down several times, and the castle was looted. The Chorinský family, who bought the Veselí estate in 1731, had rebuilt the castle to its current Neoclassical form in 1834–1840.
In 1886, the town of Veselí was renamed Veselí nad Moravou. In 1887 and 1888, the railway to Brno and to Rohatec was built. In 1919, Veselí nad Moravou, Předměstí Veselí, and until then independent Jewish community merged into one whole. In 1950, Zarazice was annexed to the town, and in 1964, Milokošť was annexed. Both of these originally independent municipalities urbanistically fused with the town.
From Wikipedia’s article on Veselí nad Moravou, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3