Ráztely is a small village located in South Bohemian Region

South Bohemian Region

South Bohemian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia...

, in district Písek on its border with Central Bohemian Region

Central Bohemian Region

Central Bohemian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative center is placed in the Czech capital Prague , which lies in the center of the region...

, 3 km west from town Mirovice

Mirovice

Mirovice is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 1,660 inhabitants.Villages Boješice, Kakovice, Ohař, Plíškovice, Ráztely, Řeteč, Sochovice and Touškov are administrative parts of Mirovice....

, which Ráztely is part of.

History

First record about Rastely is from 1068. Another record comes from Codex Vyssegradensis

Codex Vyssegradensis

The Codex Vyssegradensis, also known as the Vyšehrad Codex or the Coronation Gospels of Vratislav II, is a late 11th century illuminated manuscript Gospel Book made at the order of Czech diplomats to honour an anniversary of the Czech King Vratislav's coronation which took place in 1085...

 about 1085. Village was until 1323 together with Svučice and another 20 villages along old salt path from Passau

Passau

Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north....

 property of Vyšehrad

Vyšehrad

Vyšehrad is a castle located in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. It was probably built in the 10th century, on a hill over the Vltava River...

 chapter

Chapter (religion)

Chapter designates certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Nordic Lutheran churches....

. Rastely became manor later and on its keep was sitting Jiřík z Rastel in 1511 (he died in 1542). His daughter Anna sold village to Jan and Jiřík z Ploskovic

Ploskovice

Ploskovice is a village and municipality in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 384 ....

. Rastely were credited to Kryštof Loubský z Lub na Rencích during Czech assembly in 1584. After Rastely became property of House of Šic z Drahenic

Drahenice

Drahenice is a village and municipality in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. -References:*This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia....

 they were in 1622 pillaged and in 1623 sold to Příbík Jeníšek z Újezda and by this merged with nearby town Březnice

Breznice (Príbram District)

----Březnice is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 3,700 inhabitants.Villages Bor, Dobrá Voda, Martinice, Přední Poříčí and Zadní Poříčí are administrative parts of Březnice....

. Eight houses was part of former Drahenice manor.. Ráztely belongs to parish of Drahenice.