Ždánice Forest

The Ždánice Forest (in Czech, ''Ždánický les''; known in German as the ''Steinitzer Wald'') is a mountain range and forest in the

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, geologically part of the Central Moravian Carpathians 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 ...

. 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. Monuments along the hiking trail from

Brankovice Brankovice (german: Brankowitz) is a market town in Vyškov District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Brankovice lies approximately south-east of Vyškov, east of Brno, and south-east of Prague ...

Zdounky Zdounky is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts The villages of Cvrčovice, Divoky, Lebedov, Nětčice and Těšánky are administrativ ...

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 Czechoslovakia, 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 ...

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