Ratibořské Hory (german: Bergstädtel) is a municipality and village in

Tábor District Tábor District ( cs, okres Tábor) is a district ('' okres'') within South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Tábor. List of municipalities Balkova Lhota - Bechyně - Bečice - Běleč - Borkovice - '' Borotín' ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 800 inhabitants. Ratibořské Hory lies approximately north-east of

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, north of

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, and south of

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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 The Ore Mountain Mining Region (officially Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region; german: Montanregion Erzgebirge, cs, Montanregion Krušné hory) is an industrial heritage landscape, over 800 years old, in the border region of the Ore Mountai ...

. After the

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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.

References

Villages in Tábor District {{SouthBohemia-geo-stub