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The vineyards of almost a thousand years ago formed landscape structures and images of the Slovak countryside. This paper deals with vineyard structural developments in the Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce cadastre in the Nitra viticulture region. Herein, vineyards existing in 1896 are compared with those of 2010. This Cadastre's currently contain 991.33 hectares.Vineyards have been classified into five area groups. The reare 554 parcels of vineyard covering 117.86 hectares(11.89% of all cadastre),and of these 53.07% or 294 plots, comprise small mosaic vineyards of less than 500 m2. While the northern and eastern parts of the village have retained a well preserved historical vineyard structure regarding shape and area, the southern part now has large modern vineyards which were established during the 1970's. Space analysis of historical maps and aerial photos has documented the high cultural value of the vineyard's structure which is also enriched by specific fruit trees of the archeophyty group.