The ŽdáŽdánice Forest (in Czech, Ždánický les; known in German as the Steinitzer Wald) is a mountain range and forest in the Czech Republic, geologically part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians.

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).

Ždánice Forest

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.

Ždánice Forest

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 in the 1940s.

Ždánice Forest

Forests of the Czech Republic

Western Carpathians

Geography of the South Moravian Region

Tourist attractions in the South Moravian Region