The story
The first written mention of Ratíškovice is in a deed of bishop Jindřich Zdík from 1141. It is one of the oldest villages in the area.
People in Ratíškovice were mainly farmers; they used to grow rye, barley, oat, potatoes, corn, millet and hemp. At the end of the 19th century, they started to work in mines in Dubňany and Milotice. From 1934 to 1952, lignite was mined in Tomáš Mine right in Ratíškovice.
From Wikipedia’s article on Ratíškovice, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5