Novy Jicin is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town is situated on the spurs of the Carpathian Mountains about 30 km (19 mi) from Ostrava. The historic centre is well preserved and historically significant and is protected by law as urban monument reservation.

The first written mention of the town is from 1313, however it was probably founded around 1280. It was established as the economic centre of the Stary Jicin estate. It was a property of lords of Kravare and later of lords of Zierotin.

In 1620 Frederick V promoted the town to a royal town. The town was decimated by Thirty Years' War and by large fires in 1768 and 1773.

In the 19th century the Jewish population returned to the town and large textile factories were established. The town is still today called the "city of hats".

Until 1918 the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia. The German population was expelled in 1945.