The history of the lower market starts to be written only from the year 1650, when at the end of the 30-year war, the settlement of Vsetín crossed the river Bečva and began to build on its left bank. Until then, there were Pastures here, and only in the places where we now see the municipal winter stadium "Na Lapači", there was an old mill already in the 15th century, in the drive of which was built a device used for "catching" fish. The first settlers of the new lower village were war refugees from the surrounding area - (mainly from the war-ravaged "Valmez"), who moved here with their families. Soon this Lower Town becomes an independent municipality, but shares a mayor with the original Vsetín. There were not exactly good neighborly relations between the two "Vsetíns" - residents squabbled with each other over market rights, the amount of taxes and, of course, most of all over land. It is not for nothing that the street running from the square towards the railway station to the south is not named Svárov to this day. Emotions subsided somewhat in 1849, when both villages merged and one single Vsetín was created. Dolní náměstí originally had an almost rural character - but this began to change in the 19th century thanks to the development of industry, and new construction soon transformed it into the current commercial and cultural center of the city. Thanks to a significant reconstruction in 2003, it offers today's visitor a much more pleasant face than it used to be in the past.