Ždánice Forest

The Ždánice Forest (in

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, ''Ždánický les''; known in German as the ''Steinitzer Wald'') is a mountain range and forest in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

, geologically part of the

Central Moravian Carpathians The Central Moravian Carpathians ( cs, Středomoravské Karpaty) are a mountain range within the Czech Republic belonging to the Outer Western Carpathians. Despite the name, they stand in southern Moravia, east of Brno. In the east, they border ...

of the

Outer Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

. The area is 470 square kilometers in size, with the highest point ''U Slepice'' ("The Hen") at 438 meters. Other significant peaks are ''Písečná'' (374 m), ''Nové Mountain'' (414 m), ''Na hradisku'' (399 m), ''Rádlovec'' (425 m), ''Prostřední hill'' (416 m) and '' Přední kout'' (410 m). The Ždánický Forest Nature Park, proclaimed in 1996 with a size of 68 square kilometers, lies completely within the forest. ''U Vrby'' ("The Willows") is a nature preserve in the oldest part of the forest, in the

Hodonín District Hodonín District ( cs, okres Hodonín) is one of seven districts (''okres'') within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Hodonín. The main river of the district is the Morava, which geographically divides the ...

. Monuments along the hiking trail from Brankovice to Zdounky commemorate the work of the Olga Partisan Division in these woods, part of the

Czech resistance to Nazi occupation Resistance to the German occupation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II began after the occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia and the formation of the protectorate on 15 March 1939. German policy deterred acts of ...

in the 1940s. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zdanice Forest Forests of the Czech Republic Western Carpathians Geography of the South Moravian Region Tourist attractions in the South Moravian Region