A medieval baptismal font connects the history of Veľká Mača with today’s Church of St John the Baptist: an original stone baptismal font has been preserved there and is thought to be the last surviving remnant of the vanished medieval church. A church, probably still Romanesque, once stood in the centre of the village near today’s Holy Trinity monument. The historic traces of the village therefore reach far beyond the construction period of its present-day church building.
Archaeology and Local History
The Veľká Mača Museum, near the municipal office, is a branch of the Museum of Local History in Galanta. Its archaeological exhibits come mainly from the Mačianske vŕšky site and date from the Middle Stone Age to the Middle Ages. The municipal museum also presents the history of settlement, folk traditions and knowledge about the municipality’s natural environment. Human history and local knowledge of nature are thus presented side by side, without limiting the subject matter to archaeological finds.
Mačianske vŕšky is an archaeological site on the boundary between Sereď and Veľká Mača, in the direction of Sládkovičovo. The archaeological history of Veľká Mača includes Mesolithic finds, a Neolithic settlement and a row cemetery dating from the 10th to the 11th century. These different traces span the period from early evidence of settlement to later burial customs. There is also a monument in front of the museum commemorating Hungarians who were deported and forcibly displaced.
Church and Historic Monuments
The Roman Catholic Church of St John the Baptist was built in 1783 in the Classical style with Baroque elements. Its tower has two bells, and the windows depict saints in stained glass. The surviving medieval baptismal font is thought to be the last remnant of the vanished church. The local history therefore spans the medieval artefact and the 18th-century church building, without merging the different periods into a single building history.
In the centre of Veľká Mača stands the Holy Trinity monument, erected in 1860 on the site of the former church. Other religious memorials each have their own connection to the village’s appearance: beside the kindergarten on Hlavná ulica stands a statue of St Florian, the work of stonemason J. Juhász of Sereď from the early 20th century. On Cigánska ulica is a statue of St Donatus, erected in 1910 by the local Rosary Society. St Wendelin stands near the Protestant cemetery; a local landowner had the statue erected in 1820. The Lourdes grotto beside the Church of St John the Baptist was created in 1991.
Event and Cycling Route
Hodové slávnosti is also one of the local event themes. A municipal development programme for 2015–2022 listed it as an event held regularly in August. If you would like to combine your trip with this festival, check the current dates before planning your visit around it.
A cycling route runs through Veľká Mača over asphalt, roads, field tracks and forest paths, and is suitable for mountain bikes and trekking bikes. The mix of surfaces provides practical guidance when choosing a bicycle. As conditions and the route may change, check the route before setting off. This lets you plan your ride according to the route as currently described, while the archaeological, church and local themes offer a separate perspective on the history of Veľká Mača.
Discover more destinations: Veľká Mača, Váhovce, Vieska, Skalica, Trakovice, Piešťany District, Veľké Orvište, Vinohrady Nad Váhom.
Go to the regional travel overview: Trnava.
