Poodří Protected Landscape Area, Protected natural area in Northern Moravia, Czech Republic.
Poodří Protected Landscape Area is a nature reserve in northern Moravia where the Odra River winds through extensive floodplains. The terrain combines meadows, woodlands, ponds, and pools into a diverse ecosystem that supports many animal species.
The area gained protected status in 1991 to safeguard the river's natural processes and its wetland systems. This decision recognized the ecological importance of the Odra region and helped prevent harmful development.
The protected area's name comes from the Oder River, called Odra in Czech, and its administration sits in Studénka. The villages within the area, such as Bartošovice with its Dům přírody Poodří visitor centre, keep their historic layout, which the protection rules also cover.
The area stretches along the Odra between Jeseník nad Odrou and Ostrava, with the PLA administration in Studénka and the Dům přírody (House of Nature) in Bartošovice. The lowest point, 210 m, lies in Polanský les; the highest, 309 m, is west of Kunín. Ten small-scale reserves and one nature monument lie within it.
Sixteen bat species have been recorded here, which is 76% of the Czech Republic's bat fauna, not half. The reserve also shelters Osmoderma eremita, a beetle that Arnika and the University of Ostrava sought to protect through a LIFE project.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 92,788 contributors worldwide.