It was founded before 1283, probably in the 1270s during the reign of King Ottokar II, when the colonization of the region culminates mainly in settlers from neighbouring Saxony.

[4] In spring 1944, the Rabstein sub-camp of Flossenbürg concentration camp was created here, with a capacity of 600 prisoners.

The camp provided workers for the nearby underground aircraft factory in the town of Janská, 3 km west of Česká Kamenice.

[5] The I/13 road (the section from Liberec to Děčín, part of the European route E442) passes through the town.

A ruin of Česká Kamenice Castle is preserved on the Zámecký hill, in its premises there is a wooden observation tower.

[11] The remains of the concentration camp and the underground aircraft factory contains an exposition and under certain conditions are open to the public.