Nitrianske Rudno: Reservoir, Nature and Culture

Nitrianske Rudno combines the reservoir with nature and culture. An educational trail runs along the shore, intended for ordinary visitors and extending for 1,330 m along the existing boundary of the reservoir. The information panels provide information about bodies of water, the climate, the history of the municipality and the reservoir’s special features.

Reservoir and Recreation Area

The recreation area at the Nitrianske Rudno Reservoir includes a public beach area as well as a car camping site with additional facilities. During the summer months, the reservoir is used for recreation; during the fishing seasons, it serves for sport fishing. Swimming and water sports are also possible in summer. The reservoir provides space for cultural events, concerts and car and motorcycle gatherings.

Nature and Hiking Trails

The cadastral territory of Nitrianske Rudno includes the Rokoš National Nature Reserve. Since 1974, the protected area has been under the highest, fifth level of nature protection. Rokoš is the only place in the Western Carpathians where Scots pine and downy oak grow simultaneously; as a result, montane and xerothermic vegetation overlap there.

A hiking trail in Nitrianske Rudno leads through beech, pine and oak forests as well as across meadows, showcases rock formations and offers views of the Rudnianska Valley. From Nitrianske Rudno, three marked hiking trails lead to Košútova skala and Rokoš, Čierny vrch and Boškovie laz.

Cycling

The Rokošská radiála also reaches the Nitrianske Rudno Reservoir and then continues through the village. The green-marked MTB route Rokošská radiála, numbered 5317, is 25.6 km long and runs along asphalt, paved paths and forest roads.

Culture and Regional Tradition

The Roman Catholic church in Nitrianske Rudno was built between 1804 and 1816 on the site of a wooden church destroyed by fire. It has a single nave, a straight-ended apse and no presbytery separated from the nave. It is therefore one of the few churches with a straight-ended apse in the Horná Nitra region. A monument to Fraňa Madva, erected in 1925, stands in the church grounds.

Numerous smaller and larger cultural events take place in Nitrianske Rudno every year. The diverse cultural and social events organized by the municipality include the Rudnianske Days. A folk music group also contributes to the regional tradition by performing songs from Upper Nitra and focusing especially on the Rudnianska Valley, where all its members come from. The group has participated in several folklore festivals and received the Samko-Dudík Prize at the MFF Myjava in 2016.

You can view and compare offers for Nitrianske Rudno neutrally; the stay by the water, nature and hiking trails, as well as regional culture, can be considered separately without presupposing any individual characteristics of an accommodation. You can view and compare hotel offers for Nitrianske Rudno. The destination’s neutral themes— the reservoir, hiking and cycling trails, the Rokoš Nature Reserve and regional culture—are presented alongside one another. This makes it possible to identify the different focuses of the location without associating an accommodation with a particular experience.

To the higher-level travel overview: Nitrianske Rudno.