The protected area includes Řežabinecké pond itself, along with adjacent pools caused by the flooding of old medieval mining holes, and a significant archaeological site on neighboring Pikárna hill, where there was extensive human settlement in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic.

The construction started in 1530 at the instigation of the Lord of Zvíkov Castle, Kryštof of Švamberk.

[2] However excessive fish production, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, resulted in damage to the protected area and extinction of many species.

[2] As of 2011, the pond is state-owned and managed by Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic, which seeks to restore species diversity and minimize negative human impact.

Number of degree heating days is 3454 and annual horizontal solar irradiation is 3090 Wh/m2/day.