Most of the municipal territory lies in the České Budějovice Basin, but the eastern part extends into the Tábor Uplands and includes the highest point of Protivín, a nameless hill at 555 m (1,821 ft) above sea level.

However, the prosperity ended with the closure of the sugar factory and a wave of emigration, especially to Iowa in the United States, where the settlement named Protivin was founded by immigrants in 1872.

[4] The I/20 road (part of the European route E49) from České Budějovice to Plzeň and Karlovy Vary passes through the municipal territory.

The Church of Saint Elizabeth on the town square was built in 1662 in the early Baroque style.

The Church of Saint Gall in Myšenec is from the end of the 11th century and after several reconstructions it still retains its Gothic character.