Jurisics Castle, named after
Croatian nobleman
Nikola Jurišić
Baron Nikola Jurišić ( hu, Jurisich Miklós; – 1545) was a Croatian nobleman, soldier, and diplomat.
Early life
Jurišić was born in Senj, Croatia.
He is first mentioned in 1522 as an officer of Ferdinand I of Habsburg's troops deployed ...
( hu, Miklós Jurisics) is located in
KÅ‘szeg
Kőszeg (german: Güns, ; Slovak: ''Kysak'', sl, Kiseg, hr, Kiseg) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. The town is famous for its historical character.
History
The origins of the only free royal town in the historical garrison county of Vas ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
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Siege of Güns
During the
Habsburg-Ottoman wars,
Pargalı İbrahim Pasha under the command of
Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, á¸²Ä ...
laid siege to the castle in 1532.
Jurišić and less than 1,000 men defended the castle for 25 days without any artillery, despite 19 assaults.
References
Landmarks in Hungary
Castles in Hungary
Museums in Vas County
Buildings and structures in Vas County
Historic house museums in Hungary
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