The advantageous location of Nový Lískovec at the foot of Kamenný vrch has attracted prehistoric man to permanent settlement since the early Stone Age.

In 1978, during the construction of roads and a panel housing estate, 10 settlement pits with traces of the linear pottery culture were discovered.

In the Middle Ages, with a high probability of the territory of Nový Lískovec, the settlement of Rybníky, permanently belonging to the provostship in Komárov, was located in the place of today's Rybnická street.

The land here was then used by subjects from Staré Brno, Nové Sady, Trnítá, Komárov, Horní Heršpice, Bohunice, Lískovec and Bosonohy.

[4] The first proposals for the name of the newly emerging settlement, popularly called Lískovečky, included Malý Lískovec, Tišlerky or Lískáček.

[citation needed] In 1906, the builder Uherka, in cooperation with the businessman Bílek and other companies, began to build more houses here.

Therefore, in the same year, several Czech residents founded a local branch of National Unity for Southwestern Moravia in order to defend against the Germanisation of Nový Lískovec.

On September 11, 1979, this proposal was discussed with the Department of Internal Affairs of the National Committee of the City of Brno and a representative of the company of Brnoprojekt.

[6] In 2020, the mayor of this district, Jana Drápalová, received the Josef Vavroušek Award for an exceptional achievement for the environment.

The jury praised her for her efforts to transform the Nový Lískovec panel housing estate into an ecologically responsible part of the city.

[7] Jana Drápalová lobbied for the reconstruction of panel houses to a low-energy standard, the construction of anti-erosion elements, waterlogging sites and the planting of new greenery.

[8] In 1998, the symbols of the district were approved by the Brno council - the coat of arms and flag, consisting of red and white stripes and a blue quarter with three hazelnuts.

In 2017, the symbols were revised, and in 2018, the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Radek Vondráček, decided to award them to the city district.

The Kamenný vrch nature reserve extends to the north of Nový Lískovec, valuable above all for the steppe vegetation and especially for the occurrence of the protected large-flowered coneflower.