Novi Zrin ( hu, Zrínyiújvár or Új-Zrínyivár) was a
fortress of the
Zrinski
Zrinski () was a Croatian- Hungarian noble family, a cadet branch of the Croatian noble tribe of Šubić, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia's union with the Kingdom of Hung ...
(
Zrínyi in Hungarian) noble family built near the
Donja Dubrava village in the northernmost part of
Croatia
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(at the border village of
Őrtilos in
Hungary
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) 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 Köprülü may refer to:
People
* Köprülü family (Kypriljotet), an Ottoman noble family of Albanian origin
** Köprülü era (1656–1703), the period in which the Ottoman Empire's politics were set by the Grand Viziers, mainly the Köprülü f ...
,
besieged
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it and destroyed on 7 July 1664.
Gallery
File:Spomenik Novom Zrinu (Croatia) - jugozapad.jpg, Memorial obelisk on the place at the Mura River
The Mur () or Mura (; ; ; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Müra''Novak, Vilko. 2006. ''Slovar stare knjižne prekmurščine''. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, pp. 262, 269. or ''Möra'') is a river in Central Europe rising in the Hohe Tauern national park of th ...
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 Nikole Zrinskog i pada Novog Zrina - program.jpg, Programme booklet of the International scientific conference concerning the 350th anniversary of the death of Nikola VII Zrinski
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and the fall of Novi Zrin Castle ( Donja Dubrava, Međimurje County, 5 July 2014)
File:Međunar.znanstv.skup 350.obljetnica smrti Nikole Zrinskog i pada Novog Zrina - Petrić.jpg, Scene of the International scientific conference held in Donja Dubrava on 5 July 2014
File:Opsada Novog Zrina 1664. - bitka na Muri.jpg, Illustration of one of the battles in 1663 when Ottomans failed to capture the fort.
See also
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First Battle of Novi Zrin
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Second Battle of Novi Zrin
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Siege of Novi Zrin (1664)
The siege of Novi Zrin (New Zrin Castle); hr, Utvrda Novi Zrin, link=no; hu, Új-Zrínyivár, link=no; tr, Zerinvar, link=no) in June/July 1664 was last of the military conflicts between the Croatian forces (with allies) led by Nikola Zr ...
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Nikola VII Zrinski
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montene ...
Bibliography
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External links
Novi Zrin base drawingNovi Zrin draft and memorial obelisk
History of Međimurje
Castles in Croatia
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17th-century establishments in Hungary
1661 establishments in Europe
Tourist attractions in Međimurje County
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