After the Árpád dynasty was established, the region of today's Ráckeve belonged to the Hungarian king.

In the Middle Ages, there was a settlement here called Ábrahámtelke, and also a monastery built in the 12th century, mentioned in an official document in 1212 for the first time.

In 1698, after the expulsion of the Turkish, the whole of Csepel Island (Csepel-sziget), and thus Ráckeve too, became the land of the victorious Prince Eugene of Savoy.

The holiday resort areas were developed in the 1970s, at the same time the hot water spa and lido were also established.

There is also a theory that the word keve is of Hunnic origin and it was the name of one of the leaders of Attila in the 4th century.

The Serbs named the place after the town of Kovin in Banat (Vojvodina in Serbia) whence most inhabitants had fled to settle in Ráckeve.

ковач / kovač = ironsmith; ковница / kovnica = "copper mint" кованица / kovanica = "coin" потковица / potkovica = "horseshoe" etc.)

Ráckeve is famous for the only Gothic style Serb Orthodox Church in Hungary, from the 15th century.

It was built from donations exclusively, and operated by "Ráckevei Molnár Céh" (Ráckeve Miller Guild).