The Manor
Topoľčianky
The manor Topoľčianky is loca-
ted in the village of the same name,
which lies north of Zlaté Morav-
ce. The village is known for its large park,
where the manor is located. In the past, it was home to the
Habsburg family. It was later used by the Czechoslovak
presidents, mainly during World war one. It was during this
time that the last big modification of the manor took place,
mainly of it‘s three renaissance style wings. Tomáš Garrique
Masaryk liked to visit the manor during the summer. He
used it not only for relax, but also for work. A notable part of
the manor is it‘s chapel, built in 1662, where the painting of
it‘s founder, Alžbeta Rákoczy, is located. The manor wing la-
ter turned into a museum of historical furniture and housing
accessories. The library is also open to the public. It contains
over 14 thousand titles, including the first Slovak grammar
book, written by Anton Berno-
lák in 1770. Today, the three
renaissance wings are
being used as a hotel.
The Chateau
Beladice
Pustý Chotár
The chateau was built
on behalf of the Jesen-
sky family in the year
1820. It was expanded in
the neoclassic style at the
end of the century by a la-
ter owner, baron H. Lindelóf.
To this day, the chateau has remai-
ned in its neoclassic form, but with a re-
duced floor plan. The stained-glass windows in
the main entry hall and the beautiful lacunar cei-
lings in the second floor lounges are also notab-
le. The chateau is a cultural heritage monument of Slo-
vakia. After a complete renovation in the year 2003, it has
been opened to public as Park Hotel Tartuf with congress rooms.
A dominant feature of the complex is an extensive park. The Natural gal-
lery of art ceramics, opened in the summer of 2007, is located within the
park. It is a follow-up to the international ceramics workshops that took
place here in the years 1999 – 2009. 52 artists from 4 continents at-
tended these 8 workshops. The gallery is open to all visitors of the
chateau, customers of the hotel, tourists and the wide public.
The Chateau Mojmírovce
The village Mojmírovce is located on the eas-
tern border of the Nitra highlands. A dominant
feature of the village is the chateau, built in 1721 in la-
te-baroque style. A gorgeous park has been built around the
chateau, which has been considered to be the most beautiful park in all
of Austria-Hungary for a long time. After a fire in 1866, the chateau has
been rebuilt in the classic style and today, it serves as a hotel and a con-
gress centre. There is also a stud farm located in the complex, which
was built by the Hunyady family. Many breeds of horses were bred
here, including Arabian, Spanish and Italian breeds. Race hor-
ses, hunting hor-
ses and tan-
dem horses were
also bred here.
The Chateau Oponice
Chateau Appony is a typical fortified chateau built on the turning
point of the 16th and 17th century. The chateau is known mainly be-
cause of its Appony library with an empire interior. The building con-
sists of three double-isle wings in the shape of the letter „U“. It has
two stories and underneath is a partial cellar. In the past, the com-
plex also contained an agricultural building, a chapel and a carria-
ge storage building. The chateau went through an extensi-
ve, four-year reconstruction, during which it was com-
pletely rebuilt and turned into a hotel, which has a ca-
pacity of 150 beds. Aside from the hotel, the com-
plex also contains a wellness centre, an English park
and the aforementioned Appony library.
The Ruins of the
castle Gýmeš
The ruins of the castle Gýmeš are in-
tertwined with the history of the village Je-
lenec, which is also known under the older
name Gýmeš. The village is for the first time mentioned in the Zo-
bor charter from the year 1113 as a part of
the property of a Benedictine monas-
tery. The ruins of the castle are lo-
cated on the quartzite top of the
hill Dúň (514 m). The castle
was built before the year 1253
and was the seat of one of the
most powerful Hungarian fa-
milies, the Forgách family,
which lived on the castle sin-
ce 1865. During its exis-
tence it has been raided
twice by the Turkish inva-
ders and once by the ar-
mies of Gabriel Betlen.
The Ruins of the castle Oponice
The village Oponice is located in the Topoľčany district and was es-
tablished in 1773 through the merging of the villages Veľké Oponi-
ce and Malé Oponice, which were probably founded in the 13th cen-
tury as extramural settlements of the Oponice castle. The origi-
nal Romanesque building was heavily fortified and served well du-
ring the Turkish invasion. It served as a safe haven for the castle
lords. The castle was damaged by a fire in 1645, but it wasn‘t destroy-
ed until the beginning of the 18th century by the emperor‘s armies.
The Mlyňany
Arboretum
The Mlyňany Arboretum
is considered to be one of
the most beautiful and ri-
chest gardens in middle Eu-
rope. Aside from the non-native
wood species and an impressively
aesthetic garden architecture, a neoc-
lassical chateau can also be found in the
complex. The park was founded in 1892 by Šte-
fan Ambrózy, who started to plant non-native wood species
in the adjacent forest. Today, it has an area of 67 ha and there
are more than 2300 species of evergreen and deciduous tre-
es. The park is
complemen-
ted by various
ponds and ori-
ental pavillons.
Did
you know that
the manor chapel
has been an important
destination for pilgrims in
Slovakia since 1686? Did you
know that the study room
of the first Czechoslovak
president Tomáš Garrique
Masaryk is located in
the manor?
Hotel Zámok Topoľčianky
Parková 1, 951 93 Topoľčianky
Phone: 037/777 75 55, 777 7 504-506
fax: 037/777 75 56
e-mail: zamok@zamoktopolcianky.sk
www.zamok-topolcianky.sk
Park Hotel Tartuf
Pustý Chotár 495, 951 75 Beladice
Phone: 037/633 0235, 0915 768 891
e-mail: tartuf@tartuf.sk
www.tartuf.sk
Appony library
Opening hours:
Monday – Friday: 9.00 – 15.30
Saturday – Sunday: 13.00 – 16.00
Hotel Kaštieľ Mojmírovce
Školská 919, 951 15 Mojmírovce
Phone: 037/779 82 01, 0907 846 040
fax: 037/779 82 00
e-mail: recepcia@vic.sk
www.kastielmojmirovce.sk
Château Appony
Oponice 271, 956 14 Oponice
Phone: 038/323 81 11, 038/323 84 02
e-mail: chateauappony@chateauappony.sk
www. chateauappony.sk
Did
you know that
the Natural gallery of
art ceramics in Beladice
is unique to Slovakia and
that the name of the complex
„Tartuf“ is derived from a
rare mushroom, which is
a popular meal among
gastronomers?
Did
you know
that thanks to the
Hunyady family, the
village of Mojmírovce
was the birthplace of
horse racing in the
Austro-Hungarian
monarchy?
Did
you know that
stories about welcoming
guests to the castle are
popular among the people? They
were welcomed by the so-called
„shovel dance“. Before they could
sign-in into the visitors book
they had to receive four hits
with a shovel to the
backside.
Did
you know that the
arboretum is divided into
5 parts? These include the rose
garden, the East Asian section, the
North American section, the Native
Slovak section with a decorative
nursery and the original part of
Ambrózy‘s park.
Arborétum Mlyňany SAV
Vieska nad Žitavou, č. 178
951 52 pošta Slepčany
Phone: 037/633 42 11, fax: 037/642 69 31
e-mail: arboretum.mlynany@savba.sk
www.arboretum.sav.sk
Opening hours:
01.04. – 31.10.
Monday – Friday: 7.00 – 18.00 h
Saturday, Sunday, holidays: 8.00 – 18.00 h
01.11. – 31.03.
Monday – Friday: 8.00 – 17.00
Saturday, Sunday, holidays: 9.00 – 16.00
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