!!!Türkenbelagerungen Wiens

Turkish Sieges of Vienna: Turkish forces besieged Vienna, in 1529 and 
1683: In 1529 Sueleyman II laid siege to Vienna which lasted from 
September 27 to Oktober 15; during the summer of 1683, from 
July 7 to September 9, Vienna suffered a second siege led by 
grand vizier Kara Mustafa. These two unsuccessful sieges of Vienna 
constituted the climax of the  Turkish Wars.

!Literature
W. Hummelberger, Wiens erste Belagerung durch die Tuerken 
1529, 1976; I. Ackerl, Von Tuerken belagert - von Christen entsetzt. 
Das belagerte Wien 1683, 1983; Die Tuerken vor Wien, exhibition 
catalogue, Vienna 1983.



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