Ratibor
a town of Prussian Silesia; on the left bank of the Oder, 44 miles S. S. E. 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, etc., and has large ironworks. Pop. about 40,000.