Málinec

Málinec (Málnapatak, Malintz) is a village and municipality in the Poltár District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. It is located 13 km north of the district center. In the near o Málinec is water reservoir, which supplies several locations in Poltár District. The village is a starting point of the cycling event Novohradský cyklomaratón.

History
Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Málinec was part of Nógrád County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.