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This paper presents an evaluation of the public socio-economic importance of forest services in a municipal forest property, in terms of their relationship to the market in the Czech Republic (CR). The total investigated area of the forest property is 3,706.67 ha. The total annual socioeconomic value of its forest services amounts to 104.812 million CZK, capitalized to 5.241 billion CZK. Individual forest services contribute to these total values unevenly and quite differently from the average values in the country. The results confirmed the assumption that knowledge of the average values in the CR is not sufficient for assessment of ecosystem forest services´ value in particular forest property. Rolling results were passed on to the headquarters, representatives and the financial commission of the investigated municipality as well as presented in the municipal bulletin and to native and foreign visitors via annual reports on economic activities of the company of municipal forests. The results of the study lead to the recommendation of performing assessment of the socio-economic value of forest services in more forest properties so that needed sources for determination of goals of forest management in the CR are gained.