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The Battle of Vienna[a] took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 12 September 1683 [2] after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought by the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarchy) and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, both under the command of King John III Sobieski, against ...
The Siege of Vienna, in 1529, was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna in the Archduchy of Austria, part of the Holy Roman Empire. Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottomans, attacked the city with over 100,000 men, while the defenders, led by Niklas Graf Salm, numbered no more than 21,000.
Box office. $ 2 143 479 [1] The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (Italian: 11 Settembre 1683; Polish: Bitwa pod Wiedniem, literally: "The Battle of Vienna"; also released as Siege Lord 2: Day of the Siege) is a 2012 English-language Polish and Italian historical drama film based on the 1683 Battle of Vienna and directed by Renzo Martinelli.
Siege of Vienna (1490), Habsburg victory during the Austro–Hungarian War. Siege of Vienna (1529), first Ottoman attempt to conquer Vienna. Battle of Vienna, 1683, second Ottoman attempt to conquer Vienna. Capture of Vienna (1805), French occupation during the War of the Third Coalition.
Siege of Vienna in 1683, painting by Frans Geffels In 1529, Vienna was besieged by the Ottoman Turks for the first time (the First Turkish Siege ), although unsuccessfully. The city, protected by medieval walls, only barely withstood the attacks, until epidemics and an early winter forced the Turks to retreat.
Suleiman I's campaign of 1529. "The Great Gun", a 1518 allegorical representation by Albrecht Dürer of the Turkish menace for the German lands. Suleiman I's campaign of 1529 was launched by the Ottoman Empire to take the Austrian capital Vienna and thereby strike a decisive blow, allowing the Ottomans to consolidate their hold on Hungary.
The Mongols at Legnica display the head of Henry II of the Duchy of Silesia and High Duke of Poland. The Mongols invaded Central Europe with three armies. One army defeated an alliance which included forces from fragmented Poland and their allies, led by Henry II the Pious, Duke of Silesia in the Battle of Legnica.
In present-day Austria, there are 106 towns or cities that were walled. [ 2 ] The walls of Radstadt, Freiburg, Hainburg and Drosendorf survive almost intact, and Austria has some of the most impressive walled towns in Europe. [ 3 ] Painting of the Turkish Siege of Vienna, showing the walls of Vienna.