In a document from 1367, the place is mentioned for the first time as Reuzentorffer. It was on an old trade route from Prague via Saaz towards Leipzig, which led over the Pressnitzer Pass. Many of the residents used to be carters who came to south-eastern Europe as grain traders. In addition, lacemaking was practiced in the village.
In 1872, Reischdorf received a train station on the Komotau–Weipert route of the Buschtěhrad Eisenbahngesellschaft (BEB). The project to extend the Wolkenstein–Jöhstadt narrow-gauge railway from Jöhstadt in Saxony via Preßnitz (Přísečnice) to Reischdorf later failed for financial reasons.
After 1945, the German population of the place was almost completely expelled, a resettlement with Czechs was only partially successful. In 1948 Reischdorf received the new Czech name Rusová. In 1964 Rusová was incorporated into Kryštofovy Hamry. In connection with the construction of the Preßnitz dam, Reischdorf was cleared in the early 1970s and demolished by 1974.
A baroque column dating from 1715 with a statue of the Good Shepherd - entered into the State Register of Cultural Monuments on May 3, 1958 - was dismantled and rebuilt in Hora Svatého Šebestiána.
The ruins of the train station were the last remaining building to be demolished in 2012. Today, the deserted area with bushes and trees and a restored war memorial are reminiscent of the village.
There are several wind farms in the area today. (Source Wikipedia)