HarmóniumAt the School of Good Relationships

English translation prepared with machine translation. The Slovak version is the original. Documents, recordings and text in images retain their original language.

Historical mill Harmónium with water wheel

Centre for Good Interpersonal Relations

Harmónium

The restored water saw and the Topľa mill in Modra, Harmónia combines education, creation, technology, relaxation and nature.

Why the mill

The space is not the scenery.

Harmónium was created as a center for good human relations in the reconstructed premises of the water saw and mill Topľa .

The environment of bricks, stone, wood, riveted structures, water and Small Carpathians changes the pace of meeting. The intention of the association is simple: to teach people to create good working, family and personal relationships and to connect them with relaxation in nature.

Anno Domini · Topľa

The historical water mill and the Topľa saw serve today as a centre for the education of human relations.

Photos of the mill reconstruction →

Write Anno Domini Topľa above the door in the attic

There are hearts everywhere: in wood, in copper, in glass, in metal, in jewelry and in HARMÓNIUM

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Large tour of the HARMÓNIUM centre

Film show

A New Life for TOP " HARMÓNIUM

The HARMÓNIUM centre is surrounded by forests, vineyards, lakes and streams.

The view is complemented by thematic exterior cuts, large halls, arch classrooms and the first turns of the renewed mill wheel.

Harmónium from outside · from surrounding to entrance door

History and rebuilding

From Topľa to Harmony.

Chronology approximates the transformation of the object from the water saw and mill to today's center for education, creation and meetings.

01

Historical Map

Saw Topľa and Pan sidewalk

The building is connected with the original water mill and water saw Píla Topľa in a local area whose older local name was Panský trail. Historical map near the site presents the year 1720 .
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Initial operation

Mlynica, gatre and inner wheel

The water wheel should have been placed inside so that it would not freeze in winter; according to the outcome of the wooden drive, its average is estimated to be approximately 9 meters. On the highest floor there were two massive garters and a millstone for flour milling in a smaller adjacent building.
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Around 1890

Urban Saw

Around the year 1890 was the object incorporated into the property of Modra as a City Saw. The annual capacity of the operation was up to 2 000 trees.
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1909

From wheel to turbine

The original water wheel was replaced by a water turbine. The operation of the saw was later gradually limited.
05

To 1950

End of saw, storage period

At the end of the sawing, the object was used for operational and technical and warehouse purposes. Although he significantly lost, stone walls of up to one metre thick remained statically firm.
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A New Life

Industrial recovery

Dr. Peter ŠVEC , PhD., bought the building and started its gradual reconstruction. It preserved the technical character of the building; the side wall of the only found incomplete garatra today forms the portal fireplace in the central hall.
Historical map of Modra with marked position of the Topľa SawHistorical map · Saw Topľa

Panic path

Place between Modra and Harmónia .

The older local name of the site was Panský trail. The map features the position of the Topľa Saw and shows the year 1720 .

The river Žliabok remained in the original trough. Gradually he powered the Saw Topľa and other twelve water mills in Harmónia and Modra.

Saw Topľa on maps

Historical and newer maps capture the location of the object and its surroundings.

Saw Topľa and surroundings · historical map from years 1810–1869

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Water and energy

The wheel is turning again.

Part of the water The groove leads the restored wooden drive to the wheel with the diameter 4,5 metro on the front of the mill.

The technical conversion of the axis to the alternator with the output of 3,5 kW serves mainly for charging electric car batteries.

See the first speed of the restored wheel →

Restoration and technical background

Historical building Current infrastructure

Natural materials complement new electrical wiring, data network, lift, combined heating and technology for presentation, transmission and recording.

4floors
≈ 900 m²usable floor area
4,5 mrestored wheel diameter
3,5 kWalternator power at wheel
1 Gb/soptical internet connection
PRESENTATION, AUDIT AND STUDIIC TECHNOLOGY

Heating combines floor and retro radiator heating, heat pumps ground-water and air-water. For frosts under − 15 °C is prepared an automated pellet boiler with a ten-ton storage tank; during the winters it was not necessary to use it. The building is completed by old bricks and concrete surfaces, wooden beams, ceilings and floors, cast iron elements, leather and iron construction of the lift.

Complete technical security of the centre

About 30 minutes presentation of training areas and equipment. You will start the play according to interest.

HARMÓNIUM · complete inspection of premises and technical equipment

All object parts

Space by space.

The drop-down cards represent a technical, social, musical and private background of the object.

01Hall, stage and television studio
Hall, stage and television studio

The largest area of the center is also the entrance for guests with reception, wardrobes and social facilities. The stage serves lecturers, musical groups and discussion forum for online broadcasting. The hall with gallery is designed for lectures, symposia and concerts approximately for 50 people; at the fireplace is sitting about for 15 guests.

The hall has a large-scale presentation, sound and complete camera equipment for lectures, interviews and the recording of events.

In the back there is a touch screen large screen and approximately 20 places at retro tables for IT training; the same zone can serve for eating. Another approximately 20 places to eat are offered by gallery and archery classroom. Behind the stage there is a stainless steel kitchen for heating food, beer tap, Kofola and Viney and coffee maker. Furniture hall and gallery is made of industrial series KARE made of wood, cast iron and leather. The elevator in the staircase mirror helps people with reduced mobility.

02aGallery
Gallery

The gallery above the hall stands on a solid riveted iron structure with a floor made of oak forks. Its longer part has retro industrial benches for participants of presentations in the lobby.

02bGame room
Game room

In the wider part of the gallery is French pool billiards, which after overlap turns into a dining table for 10 people, table football, table hockey and darts.

02cFitness
Fitness

The glass retro wall separates the game room from the fitness zone with motion trainers, massage armchairs and active relaxation options.

03Vaulted classroom
Vaulted classroom

Separate classroom behind massive doors has brick vaults and comfortable chairs for 12 participants and lecturer. Large screen and screen are in normal operation hidden and extended as necessary. The camera and audio system allows you to record workshops and model situations.

The room also serves for discreet negotiations. In the entrance is a bar with an Italian retro coffee machine Elektra and a small dining room approximately for 10 people. The glass door shows the rotating water wheel and can be accessed into the exterior.

04Library and lounge
Library and lounge

Retro industrial library on the second floor contains two editions of Slovak novels and short stories from 19 . and 20 . century, travel and professional literature. The seat creates a reading and smoking lounge for cigars, blowjobs, and water pipe.

The space is open to the upper gallery; along the stairs are protrusions with historical artifacts, such as the weight of chicken eggs and the clock for the race of postal pigeons.

05Radio studio
Radio studio

Professionally soundproofed studio has positions for guests and the moderator of talks about relationships. It also serves to record singing parties.

06Musical and recording studios
Musical and recording studios

The music studio offers keyboard and string instruments, drums and facilities for recording and testing musical groups.

It includes historical sound heritage: from Edison reels to shellakové and vinyl plates and self-playing piano. In the studio, a title song was produced, "Everybody does it differently" for a session, "Interviews on Relationships."

07Private mesonet
Private mesonet

Behind the interior retro door on the second floor is the private space of the owner, which is not accessible to the visitors of the center. The open barrier-free maisonette connects the living area, kitchen, bar, office and historically delicious bedroom with a staircase made of cherry wood.

Furniture at the turn of 18 . and 19 . century was created by German craftsmen in the Altdeutsch style; after restoration, kitchen cabinets, bar and portal of hot air fireplace. The kitchen has retro cookers AGA, enamel cooker from the 19 .century for coal or wood and KitchenAid appliances in retro edition. In front of the bar there are tables for chess, cards and roulette.

Manually cartoon design of furniture layout in arch classroom

PDF · interior design

Cable classroom on paper.

Manual design captures entrance, bar, sofa, cast iron stove, dining room, training part, library, door for view, mill wheel, harmony, commodity, cutlery, coffee maker, cash register, wine commodity, wall cabinets, work chests, armchairs, conference tables and dining tables.

Focus and use

One place, many forms.

All activities and preliminary applications →

The centre connects people's relationships, nature, local craft, technology, music and relaxation.

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Education and work

  • Workshops for good working, family and personal relationships
  • Psychosomatic seminars with different focussings
  • training of information systems and management of work activities
  • corporate and institutional presentations
  • teambuildings, board meetings and corporate days
  • discreet business, political and diplomatic meetings
  • Presentations of new and historical books
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Media, Music and Creation

  • Filming TV and Radio Interviews on Relations
  • Online performances, concerts and presentations of musical groups
  • screening of films and concerts from Blu-ray carriers and streaming services
  • listening to vinyl plates and jukebox
  • recording of musical productions, songs and video clips
  • rental of the center to companies and institutions for their own activities
03

Rest and Experience

  • tasting of local wines, coffee from Ebenica and tea, including match, moringa and local herbs
  • virtual reality for two people – tennis, golf, dance and other activities
  • billiards, table football and hockey, darts, table tennis, roulette, chess and cards
  • fitness, X-Points, motion trainers, massage chair and relax
  • competitions in the length of smoking cigar and pipe
  • swimming in the lake with natural water purification
  • hiking, relaxing running, cycling, Big Homola and observatory
  • Christmas parties, New Year's Eve celebrations and other social events

Working relationships · TA3

Story of a Song

Story of song, recording and meeting performers together. Full record · 2 clock 12 minutes.

Archive version of the film

Modra and Small Carpathians

Relations, nature and local skills.

Harmónia above Modra is a recreational area connected with nature, vineyards and local craft.

In the centre are presented wines of Modra winemakers and in the windows are located samples of Modra ceramics. The surrounding area offers walking and cycling tours, a lookout tower in Veľká Homoli and an observatory.

Multi-day activities

Accommodation and catering.

Right in the center can accommodate 10 persons in five apartments. Additional accommodation and catering is provided by nearby Hotel pod Lipou. Specific availability is confirmed when ordering.

Dining facilities in Harmónium centre

Details and Atmosphere

CIRCUMSTANCE
CLEANING JEEL
CLEANING TEACHING
SALLONIC AND BILIARD
RENEWABLE WHEEL
Historical postcard of the mill 1902Postcard · 1902

Site Memory

The story remained in the walls.

Postcard from the year 1902 , building photo documentation, historical scans, map and interior designs are part of the complete gallery.

Open Complete Gallery

How Harmónium was born

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First speed of the renewed wheel

First speed of the recovered mill wheel

Romantic cottage near the center of Harmónium

The cottage with the seat of the civic association Harmonic relations stands next to the former water mill and saw Topľa , today's center HARMÓNIUM. It is located in a locality once called Panský trail, today on the street near the old mill in Harmónia nad Modra .

The land flows through the Stool creek. The cottage historically served to accommodate the watchman Topľa and his family. It is also captured with the administrator family on postcards sent in 1933 . Originally the whole was built of red spruce on a solid concrete-stone foundation.

View period postcards cottages and mills →

Interior in folk architectural style resembles the furniture of our ancestors. Current spruce furniture has a coating with natural materials and beeswax. The large terrace offers a view of the forest, the overflowing stream and the HARMÓNIUM centre.

There were two lakes around the cottage. One is used for breeding commercial fish, the other is for swimming with natural water purification – Schwimmteich with depth up to 2,5 metro.

Harmonic relations OZ – cottage at Google Maps ↗

Cadastral data

Land

Parcel number: 5664/1

Type of land: garden

Area: 688 m2

Cottage

Parcel number: 5663

Description number: 3499

HARMONIC RELATIONS, Civil Association

Area: 84 m2

Romantic cottage near the center of Harmónium

The cottage and its surroundings

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Mill and cottage center Harmónium on period postcards

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Harmónium currently

Hall and staircase

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Vaulted classroom

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Library

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Game room and fitness

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Musical salon and gallery

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Terrace at the mill

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Facing and external staircase

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Rooms and facilities

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Private background of the owner

The owner's private premises are not part of the visit to the centre.

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All center usage options (20)
  1. Educational workshops for good people-to-people relations at work and in private.
  2. Filming a TV and radio show Interviews about relationships.
  3. Training of information systems.
  4. Presentations of companies and institutions.
  5. Teambuilding events of companies and institutions.
  6. Consulting the management of companies and institutions.
  7. Discreet business, political and diplomatic meetings.
  8. Presentations of new and historical books.
  9. Performances and presentations of musical groups, online performances, concert screenings, listening to vinyl records and jukebox.
  10. Wine tastings of local winemakers.
  11. Coffee tastings from the local Ebenica firehouse and teas from around the world, including match, moringa and local herbs.
  12. Recording musical productions, songs and clips.
  13. Virtual reality for two people at the same time - tennis, golf, dance and other activities.
  14. Social games – billiards, table football and hockey, darts, table tennis, roulette, chess and cards.
  15. Fitness and Relax – Treadmill, stationary bikes, rowing and ski treadmill, X-Bodies and massage chair.
  16. Race in the length of smoking cigars and pipes.
  17. Swimming in the lake with natural water purification.
  18. Excursions to the nature – hiking, relaxing running and cycling.
  19. A visit to the Great Homoli and the observatory.
  20. Rental for companies and institutions for Christmas parties, New Year's Eve celebrations, corporate days and other activities.

Surroundings of the mill during the year

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Heart in details Harmónia

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A present to commemorate the development of relationship skills

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Modifications of the surroundings and Panský trail

Historical location The Panský trail connects the mill with water and forest. The object's restoration continues with the intention to cultivate its immediate surroundings, accesses and resting places.

Architectural study is a possible arrangement of surroundings, rear and parking. These are proposals that may change in implementation.

Animals, plants and life at the mill →

Architectural study of the surrounding area

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First Recovery Proposals

Older visualizations capture the development of ideas about the recovery of the mill and its surroundings.

From the Design Archive

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Music and Times Together

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DJ and virtual scene

Virtual ABBA by DJ Peter

Brochures and image archive

Publications capture the premises, the possibilities of use and the gradual renewal of the site. Historical invitation contains period photos and earlier visualizations.

Where to find Harmónium

HARMÓNIUM – Centre for Good Relations · Google Maps ↗ · Surroundings in Google Street View ↗

HARMONIC RELATIONS OF OZ – cottage At the old mill 3499 · Google Maps ↗

Great video tour of the center → · Harmónium from outside →

For all formats of relationship training, use of the premises is included in the training.

Do you want to see Harmónium in person?

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