Changes connected with the use of agricultural landscape in the upper part of the Stropnice River catchment were analysed. They are becoming more visible over much shorter periods of time. We evaluated the short and long-term trends in the agriculture and land use by comparing the historical land use data to the current state. We also compared the historical base with the GIS equipment (Indicating sketches, Stable cadastre and its duplicate, Josefs cadastre and historic aerial photographs), to the current modified mapping of the land use. The most significant change was noticed by the year of 2004, when the area of agricultural land decreased from 59.1% to todays 43.8%. Forest covered area has increased by more than 11% since 1995.