Pezinok is located at the foot of the Little Carpathian Range, only 20 kilometres away from Bratislava. From the year 1996, Pezinok became a district town and is considered to be the nature centre of the Little Carpathian Region. With a population of over 21,000, it is regarded as an important centre of wine - growing and building production. At the present time, the businesses and services play an important role among the local entrepreneurs of the town.

The first written reference about Pezinok comes from the year of 1208. In 1647, Pezinok was awarded the privileges of an independent royal town by king Ferdinand III. The vineyards were already grounded in the Pezinok area in the 2nd half of the 13th century, and during the times between the 14^th and 19^th century, gold was also being mined here. Several historical monuments are preserved here in Pezinok to prove it´s history, such as the first of all castle with its beautiful historical halls, large cellars with exquisitely made barrels and a park with an area of 5 ha, also, there are 7 churches (two of them are from the 14^th century), the remains of the town´s wall and the centre of the town with its typical bourgeois houses and streets forming a regular network of ground plan.