Liběchov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The name is derived from the personal name Luběch or Liběch, meaning "Luběch's/Liběch's (court)".

The municipality is situtated on the right bank of the Elbe River, at its confluence with the Liběchovka Stream.

The Veith family owned the estate in the first three quarters of the 19th century, then they sold it to Countess of Lippe-Weissenfeld.

From 1938 to 1945, as a result of the Munich Agreement, Liběchov was annexed by Nazi Germany and was administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland.

In 1720–1730, the castle was rebuilt in the Baroque style by the architect František Maxmilián Kaňka and extended.

[9] North of the town is Klácelka, an artificial cave featuring large sculptures by Václav Levý.