Otaslavice – kostel, Catholic church in Otaslavice, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Michael in Otaslavice is a Roman Catholic church on the edge of the village, and the natural monument Otaslavice – kostel protects the large mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) in its summer colony, estimated at 208 to 389 individuals. The church is a listed art-historical monument and also a European Important Site.

The natural monument Otaslavice – kostel was declared by Regulation No. 8/2013 of the Olomouc Region and is managed by the Nature and Landscape Protection Agency of the Czech Republic. It protects the summer colony of the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) in the church of Saint Michael the Archangel, estimated at 208 to 389 individuals. The site is also a European Important Site.

The natural monument takes its name from the Church of Saint Michael, a listed art-historical building on the edge of Otaslavice. The protected area is a European Important Site, and its care aims to keep a summer colony of greater mouse-eared bats, estimated at 208 to 389 individuals.

The natural monument covers the grounds of the Church of Saint Michael on the edge of Otaslavice, in the Prostějov District. It is managed by the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic and is also a European Site of Community Importance. The protected area is not a visitor site; access is for observation of the church exterior and its surroundings.

The protected area is not the church itself but the attic roost of a summer colony of greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis), estimated at 208 to 389 individuals. The site is also a European Important Site, managed by the Czech Nature Conservation Agency.