Kleňany: Village Museum, Churches and the Hrušovská Route

Kleňany combines a village museum and sacred art with geological features; the Hrušovská Route also passes through the village. If you are weighing up culture and a clearly defined route when planning your trip, details about the village offer various points of reference: artworks in the village landscape, churches associated with named periods, and a continuation of the route with a specified distance.

Village Museum and Village Landscape

A group of statues depicting Saint Anne and the young Virgin Mary, erected in 2005, stands in the village square. The Kleňany Village Museum was also founded in 2005 and has a rich collection of ethnographic materials. The two places offer different points of focus: in the square, a religious group of statues forms part of the village landscape, while the museum centres on ethnographic materials. Every year, a wooden nativity scene is set up in the courtyard of the village museum. This annual display adds a recurring seasonal tradition to the collections and differs from the permanent artworks and memorials in the village. A monument erected in 1993 in the cemetery commemorates those who fell in the First and Second World Wars.

Churches and Sacred Art

The Church of All Saints is a Baroque church dating from the late 17th century; it was remodelled in 1789. Inside is a Rococo wooden statue of the Madonna from the second half of the 18th century; near the chancel are Baroque wooden statues of the four Evangelists. The Madonna thus brings the Rococo style into a building with a predominantly Baroque character, while the Evangelist statues are also Baroque in style.

The restored Chapel of Saint Urban stands above Kleňany at the edge of the vineyards. It is relatively large and has a single room; a painting of the patron saint of viticulture and winemaking hangs at its centre. The connection to viticulture and winemaking is thus present both in its location at the edge of the vineyards and in the central subject of the painting.

Geology and Landscape

In the Mikó area, petrified remains of seashells and snails can be seen in cellars dug into the ground. Andesite formations are located in the northern part of the cadastral area of Kleňany. These geological features are associated with different locations: the petrified remains are found in the cellars in the Mikó area, while the andesite formations are in the northern cadastral area.

A different perspective on the landscape opens up near Úľany: from the hills there, the view extends across the Ipeľ Basin to the Börzsöny, Cserhát and Mátra mountain ranges. This view and Kleňany’s geological features offer different points of reference if you are interested in the landscape of the area.

The Hrušovská Route

The Hrušovská Route runs through Kleňany between Sečianky and Ipeľské Úľany. From Kleňany, it continues for another 3.2 km to Ipeľské Úľany. This distance refers to the section starting in Kleňany, not the total length of the route. A Kleňany viewpoint is listed as one of the route’s viewpoints.

For your trip planning, the route and the cultural sites offer different kinds of orientation: the stated distance specifies a particular section, while the information about the museum, churches and monument identifies specific places and puts their history in context. This allows you to treat route planning as a separate focus alongside the village’s cultural attractions.

Discover more destinations: Balog Nad Ipľom, Modrý Kameň, Kováčovce, Chrťany, Ďurkovce, Širákov, Slovenské Ďarmoty, Horná Strehová.

For the broader travel overview: Veľký Krtíš District.