| Official Name: | Malečnik |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Drava |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Maribor |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.61 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 524 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.5562°N 15.6984°W |
| Elevation M: | 284.2 |
| Footnotes: | [2] |
Malečnik (pronounced as /sl/, de|Maletschnig[3]) is a village on the left bank of the Drava River east of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.[4]
There are two churches in the settlement. The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and was first mentioned in documents dating to 1236, but the current building is Baroque and was built in 1740. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. The second church is built on a hill above the settlement. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and dates to 1517 with a Gothic belfry and a Baroque extension.[5]