Obory u Hluboké, Game reserve in Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic

Obory u Hluboké is a game reserve in Hluboká nad Vltavou, divided into two sections along the Vltava: the older Stará obora and the newer Poněšická obora. Its forests, meadows and water areas shelter deer and other game.

Obora u Hluboké was founded in the 15th century, and Poněšická obora was added in the 16th century. The Schwarzenberg family gave the reserve its present layout in the 19th century, when the two sections were enclosed and managed for game.

The reserve's name comes from the Czech word obora, meaning a fenced game park, and both sections have long served the Hluboká estate as hunting grounds. Visitors can still see the old boundary walls and hunting tracks that structured the Schwarzenbergs' game management.

The reserve lies south of Hluboká nad Vltavou, with the Stará obora section closest to town and Poněšická obora further south along the Vltava. Paths are unmarked in places, so carry a map; the terrain is forest and meadow, and the ground can be soft after rain.

Poněšická obora was founded in the 16th century as a separate enclosure beside the older Stará obora, and the Schwarzenbergs later shaped both. Its name comes from the village of Poněšice, whose land the reserve absorbed.