Novi Zrin ( hu, Zrínyiújvár or Új-Zrínyivár) was a

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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 Hungar ...

( Zrínyi in Hungarian) noble family built near the Donja Dubrava village in the northernmost part of

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(at the border village of

Őrtilos Őrtilos ( hr, Tiluš / Tiloš) is the westernmost village of Somogy county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukr ...

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) on the mouth of river Mura into

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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 Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha,

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it and destroyed on 7 July 1664.

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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 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 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 ...

and the fall of Novi Zrin Castle (

Donja Dubrava, Međimurje County Donja Dubrava ( hu, Alsódomboru; Kajkavian: ''Dolnja Dobrava'') is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia. Donja Dubrava is the only village within the municipality. According to the 2011 census, the village had 1,920 inhabitants ...

, 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.

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Novi Zrin base drawing

Novi Zrin draft and memorial obelisk
History of Međimurje Castles in Croatia 17th-century establishments in Croatia 17th-century establishments in Hungary 1661 establishments in Europe Tourist attractions in Međimurje County {{Castles in Croatia

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