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Lime tree
      
    (at the chapel next to the building of the Secondary Fisheries School) – 23 m high, the girth of the trunk 527 cm, the age 527 years
    Address: Zatisi, Vodnany
     
    29.06.2006
    Oak tree
        
      (between the railway and the road near the campsite Prazak) – 25 meters high, the girth of the trunk 532 cm, the age 260 years
      Address: Prazak, Vodnany
       
      29.06.2006
      Protivin Crocodile ZOO
              
        The largest Central European captive collection of 18 crocodile species. Zoological Museum.
        Opening: from 12 noon to 4 p.m., June 1 to August 31
        Address: Namesti 261, Protivin, Ing. Miroslav Prochazka, www.krokodylizoo.cz, krokodylizoo@seznam.cz, tel: 602 214 246
         
        22.05.2010
        The nature noteworthy place called The Bavorov Hillside
            
          West situated hillside (418 – 438 m above the sea level) above the river Blanice, 1 km east of Bavorov, of the area 0,74 ha with the protective area 2,15 ha
           
          12.09.2006
          The nature noteworthy place called The Small Institute Pond
              
            The small pond ( 395 – 396 m above the sea level) lying in the system of other ponds, 1,5 km north-west of the historical Vodnany square, of the area 2,11 ha. The nature sight was proclaimed in 1990, it preserves the ecosystem. The pond is important from the standpoint of abundance of water birds for their nesting and migration and as a reproductive biotop for several species of the amphibians.
            Address: Vodnany, Vodnany
             
            12.09.2006
            The nature reserve called The Libejovice park
                
              East part of the castle gardens (431-444 m above the sea level) on the south edge of the village Libejovice covers an area 14,13 ha with the protective area 3,03 ha has been the nature reserve since 1996. There can be found very valuable community of oak trees and hornbeams. Within the south Bohemian region it is the unique nature locality with the high biological variety.
              Address: Libejovice, Libejovice
               
              12.09.2006
              The nature reserve called The Skocice Hrad (Castle)
                  
                The mixed wood in the upper part of the hill Hrad (666,8 m above the sea level), 2 km south of the village Skocice, 6 km north-west of Vodnany. The main reason for the proclamation of the 29-hectare nature reserve in 1985 is the protection of the original deciduous wood with the predominance of oak trees. Apart from the complex of the wood vegetation very important is the abundance of some rare and specially protected species of the plants and animals. In the west part of the reserve there are left the parts of the stone wall of Celtic settlement, the important archaelogical monument.
                Address: Skocice, Vodnany
                 
                12.09.2006
                The nature reserve called The Zahorsky pond
                    
                  Zahorsky pond with the adjacent damp meadows and alder grove along the river Blanice (406-412 m above the sea level), 1,5 km wast of the village Prazak and 4 km west of Vodnany covers an area 33,5 ha with the protective belt of 9,6 ha. In 1997 it was proclaimed the nature reserve because of the protection of marshland vegetation. It has considerable importance for the growing wetland habitat and for the keeping valuable wetland communities. It is the case of the rarest vegetation wetland zone in the whole west part of the Ceske Budejovice region.
                  Address: Prazak, Vodnany
                   
                  12.09.2006

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