The reconstructed, originally fortified renaissance manor house is located directly in the village of Rišňovce, in the Nitra Uplands, about 18 km northwest of Nitra city.
The manor house was built on a plain and was protected by a fortification with bastions, the last remnants of which were removed in the 20th century. It was a three-room block ground-floor and one-lane basement building. Its building history can be divided into four stages of development:The first stage took place at the beginning of the 17th century, when the building was restored and enlarged by a three-room tract and also increased by a second floor. The basement and the above-ground areas were vaulted with barrel vaults with ridge lunettes.In the second stage, we can include the modification of the facade with painted geometric decoration in the first quarter of the 18th century.The third stage of modifications was focused on the interior, especially the middle room in today's southern tract, the black kitchen with an open fireplace and the space on the first floor with a staircase outlet, due to the construction of central chimney vents. At that time, a fireplace was built on the first floor of the north wing of the north wing, using Renaissance and Gothic architectural elements to frame its openings.The last stage was the early Baroque renovation, while the Renaissance building was left in its layout. Other modifications were related to the change of use of the building and disrupted the integrity of the building.In 1994, an in-depth monument research was carried out, and in 2010-2012 a comprehensive reconstruction of the manor took place. It currently serves as a museum.
The construction of the Renaissance mansion dates back to the beginning of the second half of the 16th century, but no written records have been preserved from this period. We also don't have much information about the owners of the manor. In his 4th volume Notitia Hungariae Novae Historico-Geographica (1742), Matej Bel mentions the Rišňovský family, which was allegedly connected with the settlement of Horné and Dolné Rišňovce, and the manor house, damaged by Turkish wars and other events, belonged to the Sandor family. There is currently only a few data available on this genus, e.g. Mikuláš Sandor had a sacristy added to the church. Nicholas' son Sigismund built a chapel in his late wife Johana in the Lower Cemetery cemetery. Their son Rudolf was the richest landowner in Dolné Rišňovce.
During the construction of the church, a private chapel was established on the floor of the manor house in 1772, where services were temporarily held.
The manor is one of the oldest buildings in this village. The plot of the manor is bordered on the north side by a ground floor building and a local road that leads to the church. This building was called a "bastion" and in the past had a perimeter wall divided by two round protrusions, which no longer exist today. They were removed in the 20th century.
In December 1805, after the defeat of Allied Austrian and Russian troops by Napoleon's army in the battle of Austerlitz, the well-known Duke Kutuzov spent the night there.
The manor house was rebuilt several times and the last modifications that took place during the 20th century were mostly purposeful and the architectural parts of the building were largely destroyed. These reconstructions were mainly related to the change of use of the building.
Written references have been preserved from a later period and it is stated that at the end of the 19th century the village was owned by Pavel Weisz and later by Count Kuffner of Sládkovičov (until 1918). For a short time, the manor belonged to the Baroness of Kállas near Nitra. After the property was divided, the landowner František Němec, who owned the manor until the end of World War II, received a share.
From 1945 until the end of the sixties, the building functioned as a state burgher school. It was then used for storage purposes, later ceased to be used completely and began to decay.
In 1994, the Slovak Monuments Institute carried out in-depth monument research in the manor.
In the years 2010 to 2012, the manor was completely renovated, funding was covered by European funds and part of the municipality. She established the Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov Museum in the manor, to which the Embassy of the Russian Federation and the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Bratislava actively contributed.
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The M.I. Kutuzov Museum is located in the manor house. The tour can be arranged at the Municipal Office.More info