The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

Český Dub consists of 15 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The name literally means 'Bohemian oak' in Czech.

The Ještědka then heads to the Mohelka River, which flows through the southern part of the municipal territory.

It was founded as a market settlement on a trade route, on an elevated spot between small rivers of Ještědka and Rašovka.

He had built here a fortified monastery for the Order of Knights Hospitaller with the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist.

In the middle of the 19th century, the town became a centre of the textile industry thanks to the entrepreneur Franz von Schmitt.

It is a valuable Neorenaissance house, built in 1880–1881, decorated in the style of historicist Art Nouveau.