In the Divine Comedy by Dante, Ottokar is seen outside the gates of Purgatory, in amiable companionship with his imperial rival Rudolph.
It was built in the 13th century, during the rule of Ottokar II of Bohemia, who was also Duke of Styria in the mid-13th century.
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The town was first mentioned in a border agreement between Władysław Opolski, the duke of Opole and Racibórz and Ottokar II of Bohemia, in 1256 as Bogun (today's Old Bohumín).
In 1249 the Moravian margrave Přemysl Ottokar II granted it together with the Lordship of Mikulov to the Austrian noble Henry I of Liechtenstein.
However, on 4 December 1268 in Poděbrady, Ulrich secretly concluded a treaty with his cousin, King Ottokar II of Bohemia, in which the King was made his sole heir.
The Kuenring family of ministeriales fell from grace after the extinction of the ruling House of Babenberg in 1246, as they had sided with King Ottokar II of Bohemia against the rising Habsburg dynasty.