The slight remnants of the castle are located on a wooded hill above the Vývrat mountain hut, in the marginal position of the Little Carpathians
The castle core was oval with dimensions of about 45x17m and at both ends stood prismatic towers. The west tower had dimensions of 4.3x4.1 m on the ground floor with walls about 2 m thick and compared to the east tower is partially turned. Both towers were probably inhabited. Although the perimeter wall no longer exists, the foundation walls probably contain a transverse terrain step on a platform between the towers, which may indicate further unspecified buildings. However, nothing indicates the occurrence of a possible multi-space palace.Approximately 8m below the core platform, it is surrounded by an artificially modified terrace - about a trace of a ring closer to the invisible fortification, and another 8m lower is the second fortification ring, which extends significantly to a smaller fort in the east, protected by a moat. In front of it is another part surrounded by a rampart and a moat. In the past, wooden bridges led through the ditches. Only minimal above-ground remains have been preserved, mostly the lower parts of the towers discovered by detectors.
- Source: PLAČEK M.
- BÓNA M.
- Encyklopédia slovenských hradov. Bratislava : SLOVART 2007
No written mention of the Kuchyňa Castle has been preserved, nor is its name known, so it was named after the nearby village of Kuchyňa. The character and arrangement of the buildings do not call into question that it was a castle. Its origin is presumed after the release of the property of the Záhorské royal dominion at the beginning of the 14th century after the extinction of the Arpád family. The found pottery, the remains of which are in the museum in Skalica, confirms the existence of the castle in the period from the 14th to the first half of the 16th century. The rise of the fortifications is a response to the threat of fighting in the 15th century.
At the beginning of the 13th century, the Kuchyňa was owned by richer nobles - descendants of the Nitra county Tomáš, who divided the acquired estate into Pezinok and St. George. At the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, the two estates merged. The construction of the castle is attributed to the Count of St. George and Pezinok.
After the extinction of the Counts of Pezinok-St. George in 1543, their property passed with 10 castles under the royal crown - but nowhere is the castle in the Kuchyňa mentioned. The castle was most probably built on the property of the counts of Pezinok and was abandoned after their extinction, because the area passed under the dominion of the Plavecký Castle.
There are no myths available.
The ruins are freely accessible