The Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic (AOPK ČR) lists 4 national parks in its open dataset of large-scale protected areas: České Švýcarsko, Šumava, Krkonošský národní park and Podyjí. The Ministry of the Environment gives the same number. The other areas in the dataset are protected landscape areas and buffer zones.12
Which national parks does the agency list?
The dataset has 33 areas: 27 protected landscape areas, 4 national parks and 2 national park buffer zones.1 The Ministry of the Environment's page also says there are 4 national parks.2
| National park |
|---|
| Národní park České Švýcarsko |
| Národní park Šumava |
| Krkonošský národní park |
| Národní park Podyjí |
The dataset abbreviates national park as NP; we wrote it out as Národní park, the form the Ministry of the Environment's page uses. Krkonošský národní park is written in full in the data.
Can this list be reused?
The dataset page says the data set is licensed under Creative Commons Uveďte původ 4.0 Mezinárodní (CC BY 4.0) and asks users to credit it as (c) AOPK ČR.1
What this page cannot tell you
- No regions or dates here. The dataset has no region or declaration date field, and the register pages that might give dates could not be read.
Related: National parks around the world · National parks of Japan · Officially recognised places.
Key takeaways
- AOPK ČR lists 4 national parks.
- The rest of the dataset is protected landscape areas and buffer zones.
- Credit the data as (c) AOPK ČR.
- What we would skip: reading the list as a ranking or a travel guide. It records an official designation; it says nothing about opening, access or conditions, so check each park's own information before you go.
Sources
The list comes from the AOPK ČR open dataset of large-scale protected areas; the count also from the Ministry of the Environment's page. Both read on 1 October 2026. See how we research.
- Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR (AOPK ČR), Velkoplošná zvláště chráněná území (large-scale specially protected areas). Read the dataset page on data.nature.cz. Accessed 1 October 2026.
- Ministerstvo životního prostředí, Národní parky. Read it on mzp.gov.cz. Accessed 1 October 2026.
Credit and licence. Source: (c) AOPK ČR, dataset Velkoplošná zvláště chráněná území (https://data.nature.cz/ds/3), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes made. Filtered to national parks, the abbreviation NP written out and the explanations translated into English. We use no logos or images from these sources. Gallivanting Gadabout is not connected with, or endorsed by, AOPK ČR or the Czech Ministry of the Environment.