Holiday apartment in Bzince Pod Javorinou – Culture and Nature

Bzince pod Javorinou combines literary heritage, medieval traces and protected landscapes. The Ľudmila Podjavorinská Memorial Room is located in the writer’s birthplace in the centre. The exhibition is largely dedicated to Ľudmila Podjavorinská and includes photographs, tapestries, books and an exhibition of puppet figures. Visits are possible year-round by telephone or email appointment.

Culture and History

The local history of everyday life is also tangible: Historical activities included agriculture, viticulture, livestock farming, the production of wooden utensils and embroidery. These traditional occupations survived in the First Czechoslovak Republic. The Roman Catholic Church of St Michael the Archangel is already mentioned in the papal tithe registers from 1332 to 1337.

The Hrušové bell tower is considered a national cultural monument and has a unique 24-hour clock. This clock with a 24-hour dial was introduced in the 1990s. Archaeological investigations at the old cemetery in Hrušové also uncovered the walls of a single-nave Gothic church. It is provisionally dated to the 14th century and is considered evidence of medieval settlement in the podjavorina region.

A more recent historical event took place in the settlement of Cetuna: On 27 February 1945, partisans fought there against German forces and a readiness unit of the Hlinka Guard. The commander Miloš Uhor, his deputy Anton Jakubík and 16 partisans were killed.

Nature

The northern part of the cadastral area of Bzince pod Javorinou lies within the Biele Karpaty Protected Landscape Area. The Veľká Javorina Nature Reserve extends across Lubina and Bzince pod Javorinou, covers 82.98 hectares and protects natural maple-beech forests at the highest elevations of this part of the White Carpathians.

The protected Cetuna natural monument lies near the settlement of Cetuna above Bzince pod Javorinou. This 0.28-hectare small fen protects the region’s largest population of Gymnadenia densiflora. The northern part of the cadastral area also contains the site of European importance SKUEV0367 Holubyho kopanice. It includes regularly mown meadows and wetlands with stable orchid populations.

Hiking

A marked hiking trail begins in Cetuna, a district of Bzince pod Javorinou, and follows the blue-marked E8 long-distance hiking route to Veľká Javorina and back. The hiking route from Cetuna to Veľká Javorina and back is 12 km long, involves 590 m of ascent and 590 m of descent, and is rated moderately difficult.

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