The fortress in Ratibořice

When we say the term Ratibořice, everyone thinks of Bozena Němcová and her grandmother and the castle known to her, which was built in the years 1673-1712. Before him, however, there was an ancient fortress in this settlement, which jutted out to the southwest of the castle building. The first mention of it dates from 1388, when Vaněk from Žampach, otherwise from Ratibořice, sat on it, whose coat of arms was a hunting trumpet. In the same year…