Evangelical bell tower, Church of St. Martin's, Pálffy's manor, Teofil's mill - the stories of these monuments are also the stories of the people who lived here - but originally in two villages - Mal and Veľk Trňní.
The villages were mentioned for the first time in 1208. In the 13th century, they faced Turkish attacks, had different landlords, but the population lived in harmony, engaged in agriculture and viticulture. Until the 18th century, the official language was German. Both municipalities had a vineyard motif in their seals, which was also carried over to their coats of arms. The vineyards were established in 1964.
The village is decorated with a classicist belfry from the end of the 18th century, with two bells – one was a gift from the owner of the manor and originally rang in his chapel. The second one was bought by the Evangelical church. During World War I, when the bells were melted down for weapons, one was requisitioned, the other was saved by pastor Zoch from Modra and had it placed on the tower there. It was apparently damaged, as after the war a new bell was cast from it and returned to its original place.
In the historical part of Malá Trňia, there is Pálffy's mansion from 1776, which was chosen by director Andrej Lettrich as the location for filming scenes in his film Červené víno (1972). The mansion changed owners: before the outbreak of the Great War, it was owned by Ján Pálfi, later by the Andrášios. During World War II, it was chosen by the politician, a representative of the radical pro-Nazi wing of Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, Vojtech Tuka, as his hiding place. The castle also served as a children's home, a national committee, a cooperative, a state bank or a museum. And then he started to let go. Today it is privately owned and unavailable to the public.
Church of St. Martina is the successor of the church that was destroyed by the Tatars. After a long time, a new church and rectory were built. They withstood the fire with the blacksmith shop, later the church was restored, but the originally 38-meter high tower was reduced by ten meters.
An interesting story is connected with Teofil's mill in the center of the village, whose owner Teofil Kanich poured flour from a weak wooden slope for himself. In time, it was found out, for which the local children often punished him. If you want to know how, be sure to visit Vinosady! And while you're here, we also invite you to Holuby's Forest Steppe, named after the great scholar who dedicated his life to God and botany. He collected up to 1,200 species of plants from the vicinity of Pezinka for his third herbarium!
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