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Heřmanův Městec is situated at an altitude of 275 m at the northern slopes of the Železné hory (Iron Mountains). The town was founded prior to 1280. The first mentioning in a document dates from 1325. A Jewish community was founded here in the 15th century. The synagogue was built in 1870. The old town has been put under monumental protection already in 1898.

The parish and deanery church St. Bartholomew (kostel svatého Bartoloměje) [centre] of 1756–1762 is one of the town's most important monuments in Baroque style. The plans were drawn by the architects Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer and his successor Anselmo Lurago.