Ponava is a municipal part and cadastral territory of Brno-Královo Pole, a city district of Brno, Czech Republic.

Its lands were therefore annexed to Brno in two stages: on July 6, 1850 (parts of Ponava belonging at that time to the cadastres of Velká and Nová Ulice and Horní Cejl and Dolní Cejl and on April 16, 1919 (part of Ponava belonging at that time to the cadastre of Králova Pole ).

However, before July 1, 1979,[2] Ponava had a different western border than it has today: it also included the entire ZSJ Dřevařská (today part of the cadastral territory of Veveří), on the other hand, it did not include the western blocks bounded in the east by Klatovská, Šumavská and Chodská streets.

From August 1, 1976[3] to November 23, 1990, the entire territory of present-day Ponava belonged to the Brno V municipal district.

Interesting places in the district are, for example, the Botanical Garden and Arboretum of the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno or the Za Lužánkami football stadium.