Ratibořské Hory
# Ratibořské Hory

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.

