Malinovo: River Landscape and Cultural History
Accommodation in Malinovo
Malinovo brings together the Little Danube and its floodplain forest landscape with several historic buildings. When choosing your destination, you can therefore weigh river activities and outdoor trails against the manor house, churches and nature trail. The landscape and local history give your stay different points of focus.
The Little Danube and the Nature Trail
The Little Danube flows around Malinovo in a wide curve on three sides. Strips of floodplain forest line both banks of the river. Activities associated with the Little Danube in Malinovo include fishing, water tourism, cycling and hiking. The natural setting offers options ranging from activities on the water to trips on foot or by bike. If you are planning your trip primarily around outdoor activities, you will find both water-based and land-based options here.
The NáuÄŤnĂ˝ poznávacĂ chodnĂk nature trail is an easy route through the built-up area of the municipality. The trail has eight information boards, and it takes less than an hour to complete. The restored Mária Chapel stands behind the church at the edge of the fields and is the final stop on the nature trail. This makes the trail an independent, time-limited part of exploring the area, while the river activities offer a different focus.
The Manor House, Park and Architectural History
The Malinovo manor house stands on the foundations of a medieval water fortress with three towers and a moat. The fortress protected the crossing over the Little Danube to Žitný ostrov. In the 17th century, Archbishop Szelepcsényi had the complex converted into a castle. Following a Neoclassical renovation in the 19th century, the manor house took on its present appearance. The different building phases link the history of the fortifications with the later castle architecture.
An English landscape park of just under five hectares surrounds the manor house. It contains more than 200 native and foreign tree species. The historic building complex also includes a chapel in the east wing of the manor house: dating from 1677, it was built in the late medieval Renaissance style and served as a church until 1953. The park and chapel add different aspects of landscape and religious use to the manor house’s architectural history.
Churches and Other Historic Sites
The Church of St. George was built between 1869 and 1872 as a Neo-Gothic crypt chapel for the Apponyi family. Its furnishings include the original main altar, with an 18th-century statue of St. George made of red marble. The bell tower houses the Juliana bell. It weighs 400 kilograms and was cast by JĂłzsef Pozdech in Wiener Neustadt. Its construction period, chapel function and furnishings give a visit focused on local history a different connection to the past than the older water fortress at the manor house.
Historic details can also be found beyond these two building complexes. In the Malinovo cemetery, the restored group of figures of St. John of Nepomuk, dating from 1739, stands in a glazed chapel. Beside the small park is a late Neoclassical bell tower commissioned by János Putz in 1862. Its smaller bell is still functional. Mária Chapel, in turn, links a specific location at the edge of the fields with the nature trail, of which it is the final stop.
Getting There by Bus
A regional IDS-BK bus route connects Malinovo with Bratislava via Ivanka pri Dunaji and Zálesie. Check the current IDS-BK timetable before travelling.
Discover more destinations: Chorvátsky Grob, Senec, Hamuliakovo, Zálesie, Ivanka Pri Dunaji, Bernolákovo, Most pri Bratislave, Kaplna.
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