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First Turkish Siege of Vienna

First Turkish Siege of Vienna was a siege conducted on 27 September 1529 at Vienna, in what is now Austria; it lasted 18 days. It was part of the Austro-Turkish Wars. The recorded result: Habsburg victory.

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en:Engraving of the Siege of Vienna (1529)
en:Engraving of the Siege of Vienna (1529). Bartel Beham, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought27 September 1529lasted 18 days
WhereVienna, Austria48.208N, 16.373E
OutcomeHabsburg victory
BelligerentsHoly Roman Empire; Kingdom of Bohemia; Electorate of the Palatinate; Duchy of Carniola; Spanish EmpireagainstOttoman Empire
Part ofAustro-Turkish Wars

Record

Date27 September 1529
to 15 October 1529
PlaceVienna, Austria
48.208N, 16.373E
KindSiege, early modern
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of First Turkish Siege of Vienna
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of First Turkish Siege of Vienna today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-07-30. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 183 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 150 to 318 m, 167 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 81% built-up, 14% tree cover, 2% water.

built-up: 81%tree cover: 14%water: 2%grassland: 2%built-up 81%tree cover 14%water 2%grassland 2%
west to east, 10.0 km155 to 244 mnorth to south, 10.0 km156 to 246 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1485 and 1683.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1529

First Turkish Siege of Vienna is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 66 in present-day Austria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q207576, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Vienna (1529), revision 1381850553, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.