Ratibořské Hory

Ratibořské Hory
Ratibořské Hory
Municipality
	Church of Saint Adalbert
	Ratibořské Hory Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°27′46″N 14°46′11″E / 49.46278°N 14.76972°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Tábor
Founded	1527
Area
• Total	21.14 km2 (8.16 sq mi)
Elevation	418 m (1,371 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)
• Total	787
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	391 42, 391 43
Website	www.ratiborskehory.cz

Ratibořské Hory (German: Bergstädtel) is a municipality and village in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Ratibořské Hory lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Tábor, 59 km (37 mi) north of České Budějovice, and 74 km (46 mi) south of Prague.

Administrative parts

Villages of Dub, Malenín, Podolí, Ratibořice and Vřesce are administrative parts of Ratibořské Hory.

History

Ratibořské Hory was founded in 1527 and further developed during the 16th century into a mining town because of growing mining activities, mostly of the silver ores. Mineworkers were coming from Ore Mountain Mining Region. After the Thirty Years' War a new rise in silver mining occurred after 1737 under lordship of the Schwarzenbergs and at the end of the 18th century the population reached its peak of over 2,000.^[2]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Ratibořské Hory. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.

[2] "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Ratibořské Hory. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

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