Holiday apartment in Muľa – Art Nouveau church and Dedinská hora

Muľa lies on the eastern edge of the Ipeľ Basin. The village can be explored from several perspectives: through protected natural areas, a clearly identifiable cycling connection, an extraordinary church building and traces of history. The landscape, architecture and local history each represent a distinct aspect of Muľa.

Landscape

The protected area of Dedinská hora is located in the cadastral area of Muľa. It comprises forest, steppe forest and meadow plant communities of the Pannonicum phytogeographical region. The Dedinská Hora Nature Reserve lies within the Dedinská hora area. It protects valuable zoological, botanical and forest-related features. At the same time, the Dedinská hora area is home to unusual plant and animal communities. The protected landscape therefore includes various plant communities as well as special zoological and botanical values. Muľa also has an alkaline-earthy iron-bearing mineral spring.

Cycling routes

Another connection is provided by the green MTB cycling route 5610. It runs through Muľa to the Hámor locality and to the turn-off towards Prieloh. At Hámor, cycling route 5610 ends at the intersection with route 5603, the Rároš–Prieloh cycling circuit. The route therefore names Muľa, Hámor and Prieloh in a clear sequence and connects route 5610 with cycling circuit 5603.

Culture and history

The still-used Church of St. Elizabeth (Kostol sv. Alžbety) stands in the southwest of Muľa. It was built between 1910 and 1918 to a design by the prominent Hungarian architect István Medgyaszay (1877–1959) and is classified as an Art Nouveau building. Its interior furnishings are in the Art Nouveau style and date from 1915–1920. The church has a central polygonal floor plan with a reinforced-concrete dome. It is considered the first reinforced-concrete structure in the Kingdom of Hungary. The construction period, interior furnishings and structure form a single architectural context here, while its continued use gives the building a current function.

Rároš is documented in 1321 under the spelling Raros. The village belonged to the Sečany estate and was incorporated into the municipality of Muľa after the Turkish occupation from 1544 to 1593.

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More local pages: Veľká Čalomija, Malý Krtíš, Dolné Príbelce, Kováčovce, Stredné Plachtince, Kleňany, Kamenné Kosihy, Širákov

For the higher-level travel overview: Veľký Krtíš District.