Vinosady

The current name means Vineyards and refers to rich vineyard tradition in this region.

The former village Kučišdorf was initially known as Turduna, Torduna, Turna or Thurnie, the name comes from Slovak tŕň, trnava (see also etymology of Trnava).^[4] Its later name Kučišdorf comes from a personal name probably of Slavic origin Kucar/Kučar adopted to the Hungarian language as Chucar, Csukar (Chukarfalva, Csukárd).^[4] The name of the second former village Trlinok also comes from Slovak tŕň.^[4] In 1948, villages were renamed: Kučišdorf to Veľké Tŕnie and Trlinok to Malé Tŕnie.

In historical records the village, which was made of two independent parts was first mentioned in 1208, although it was inhabited lot sooner, in the 9th century, as the Great Moravian site was discovered near the village.

At the end of the 13th century, two village arose: Trlinka and Kučišdorf, which were closely linked to their bigger towns, Pezinok and Modra. The villages merged in 1964 to one village Vinosady. The merged village got its own coat-of-arms in 1998.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 155 metres (509 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 5.15 km² (1.99 sq mi) (2024).^[5] The village is located 26 km from Bratislava and 3 km from Pezinok.

It has a population of 1657 people (31 December 2024).^[7]

In year 2021 was 1473 people by ethnicity 1374 as Slovak, 81 as Not found out, 14 as Other, 8 as Czech, 6 as Ukrainian, 6 as German, 6 as Hungarian, 3 as Romanian, 3 as Polish, 3 as Canadian, 1 as Vietnamese, 1 as Serbian, 1 as Romani, 1 as Rusyn, 1 as Russian, 1 as Austrian and 1 as Moravian.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 1473 people by religion 692 from Roman Catholic Church, 459 from None, 166 from Evangelical Church, 93 from Not found out, 13 from Greek Catholic Church, 9 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 7 from Ad hoc movements, 6 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 6 from Buddhism, 5 from Calvinist Church, 5 from Islam, 5 from Other, 3 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 2 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 1 from Church of the Brethren and 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church.