Zrínyiújvár
Novi Zrin ( hu, Zrínyiújvár or Új-Zrínyivár) was a fortress of the Zrinski ( Zrínyi in Hungarian) noble family built near the Donja Dubrava village in the northernmost part of Croatia (at the border village of Őrtilos in Hungary) on the mouth of river Mura into Drava between 1661 and 1664. Its purpose was to prevent the Ottoman military forces from advancing further into Croatia. The Ottomans attacked it several times from 1662 to 1664, but did not manage to conquer it. Finally, at the beginning of June 1664 a large Ottoman army, numbering up to 100,000 men, led personally by the Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, besieged it and destroyed on 7 July 1664. Gallery File:Spomenik Novom Zrinu (Croatia) - jugozapad.jpg, Memorial obelisk on the place at the Mura River where the castle once was File:350. obljetnica pada Novog Zrina - Feletar.jpg, 350th Anniversary commemoration of the destruction of the castle File:Međunar.znanstv.skup 350.obljetnica smrti Niko ...
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First Battle Of Zrínyiújvár
The First Battle of Novi Zrin ( Hungarian: Zrínyiújvár) was fought on August 13, 1663 as part of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664), between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Croatia between troops commanded of Ban Miklós Zrínyi/ Nikola Zrinski and the Ottoman army. The battle took place near Zrínyiújvár/ Novi Zrin (Zrínyi/Zrinski's family's fortress) in present-day Croatia and resulted in Hungarian-Croatian victory. Context From the beginning of its construction in 1661, Novi Zrin/Zrínyiújvár fortress was a thorn in the eye of both Ottoman forces in the region because it compromised their positions in Kanije Eyalet, as well as Habsburg Imperial authorities. The Habsburgs at a time wanted to remain in the defensive on their eastern borders against the Ottomans. The imperial policies therefore contradicted those of their Croatian and Hungarian vassals who wanted to see more offensive Habsburg engagement on eastern borders against the Ottomans. Battle ...
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