Správa CHKO Pálava

We were looking for an exhibition of flowers throughout the house and we found nothing. Otherwise, I believe that the administration takes good care of the landscape.

The wide surroundings of the town are included in the Pálava Protected Landscape Area. It is a landscape complex of the Pavlovské vrchy and the valley floodplain of the river Dyje, protected since 1976, which was inscribed on the UNESCO list of biosphere reserves in 1986. Since 2003, Pálava has been a part of the extended Lower Moravia Biosphere Reserve, which also includes the Lednice-Valtice area and floodplain forests at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers. In 2004, Pálava, as a Bird Area, was included in the European Natura 2000 system, as well as 8 other sites of European importance. There are many other small protected areas in the PLA. The most valuable of them include, for example, the Devín-Kotol-Tiesňava National Nature Reserve, then the Svätý kopček, Turold or Šibeničník Nature Reserves in the Mikulov region, as well as the Mačacie skala natural monument. The area of ​​the Pálava Protected Landscape Area covers 83 km 2 and most of its most valuable reserves are located on the main ridge of the Pavlovské vrchy, which stretches for 12 km from Dolní Vestenice to Mikulov. Its highest peak is Devín (550 m above sea level). The dry and warm climate of this area is related not only to the widespread cultivation of vines, but also to the findings of many species of plants that do not occur elsewhere in the Czech Republic. The occurrence of Lumnitzer's Pálavský clove, which grows here in the only place in the world at all, is quite exceptional. The most important plants of Pálava are probably blue or yellow low irises or sandstone, which grows in the so-called Karst forest-steppes on the slopes of Devín or Svätý kopeček, as well as preserved floodplain forests with summer oak and narrow-leaved ash by the crooked lake or remnants of salt-loving vegetation on the shore of the Nesyt pond near Sedlec. Not only the flora, but also the fauna of Pálava is exceptionally rich due to the varied natural conditions. Pálava lies on the border of the Pannonian steppes and the Central European deciduous forest, so there is, for example, a rare praying mantis, commonly a stag beetle, golden-headed deer, exceptionally a saga grasshopper. From the reptiles it is possible to see the green lizard. Among others, the sea eagle nested in the area of ​​predators, and the strongest population of southern woodpeckers, walnuts and meadow buntings in the Czech Republic was recorded here among songbirds. Several species of bats live in caves in limestone cliffs or in forests. The European beaver is relatively abundant along the river Dyje.