Rybniště is situated in the area of Lužické mountains, between the towns Chřibská and Krásná Lípa. Originally it was a scattered village. The settlement was founded by the Vchyňsky\'s of Vchynice in 1715 in the place of a dried-up pond. In the former there were some textile works and later glasswork. It was established in 1873 but it burnt up during the Second World War.