Ratibor

Ratibor, a town of Prussian Silesia, stands on the left bank of the Oder, 44 miles SSE. of Oppeln. It is the chief town of the principality of Ratibor, which, a sovereign duchy from 1288 to 1532, has since 1742 been subject to Prussia. The town manufactures tobacco, shoes, paper, glass, sugar, furniture, &c., and has large ironworks. Pop. (1875) 17,269; (1890) 20,578.