Malnava is located in eastern Latvia next to the town of Kārsava, directly on the A13 motorway, which is part of the European route E262.

Since January 1, 2022, the college has been a branch campus of the Latvian University of Agriculture based in Jelgava.

[12] At a briefing with Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb on July 21, 1941 at the headquarters of Army Group North,[13] Hitler was informed of the current status of the attack on the Soviet Union.

[14][15] Hitler landed at Malnava airfield at around 6:15 a.m., accompanied by Army officer Wilhelm Keitel.

Although a visit to Army Group Center would have been more obvious due to the ongoing air raids on Moscow, Hitler's actual goal was to take over the region around the Donbas because of its industrial and agricultural importance.

During the visit to Malnava,[16] Hitler expressed his "extreme dissatisfaction" with the actions of the Army Group and told the Field Marshal,[17] they had "done everything wrong".