Skalica is the district town of the northernmost district of the Trnava Region. A picturesque corner of northern Záhoria – the district of Skalica extends in part of the Záhorská lowland and reaches to the foot of the White Carpathians in the Morava river basin.

Favorable living conditions were the reason for the intensive settlement of the territory since the early Stone Age. The oldest written mention is from 1217. From the first half of the 15th century, Skalica was an important center of the economic, cultural and spiritual life of the surrounding area. In the 17th century, Skalica was among the 5-6 most important and largest cities in Slovakia and was placed on a par with the other royal cities of Bratislava, Košice, Trnava, Bardejov and Prešov. Association of winegrowers Brotherhood of St. Urbana, founded in the 18th century in Skalica, was evidence of flourishing viticulture. Skalica made its mark in national history in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, when it became the ground for organizing the national liberation struggle against Magyarization.