Jurisics Castle

Jurisics Castle
Kőszeg, Hungary

Aerial view of Jurisics Castle
Built  ()
Current
condition		 Currently operated as a museum
Current
owner		 National Treasury[1]
Commanders Nikola Jurišić
Battles/wars Siege of Güns

Jurisics Castle, named after Nikola Jurišić is located in Kőszeg, Hungary.

Siege of Güns

Main article: Siege of Güns

During the Little War in Hungary, Pargalı İbrahim Pasha under the command of Suleiman the Magnificent laid siege to the castle in 1532.[2] Jurišić and less than 1000 men defended the castle for 25 days without any artillery, despite 19 assaults.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Jurisich Castle". Municpal Web Site. City of Kőszeg. http://www.koszeg.hu/nyelvek/en/sightseeing/content.php?id=1475. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Turnbull, Stephen (2003). The Ottoman Empire, 1326-1699. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 51. ISBN 978-1841765693. http://books.google.com/books?id=tYIxK0Mo1wwC&lpg=PA51&dq=Jurisics%20Castle&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=Jurisics%20Castle&f=false. 
  3. ^ Wheatcroft, Andrew (2008). The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe. New York: Basic Books. pp. 59. ISBN 978-0465020812. http://books.google.com/books?id=PT_CxYZV2E8C&lpg=PT69&dq=Jurisics%20Castle&pg=PT69#v=onepage&q&f=false.