siege, early modern
Second Turkish Siege of Vienna
Second Turkish Siege of Vienna was a siege conducted on 14 July 1683 at Vienna, in what is now Austria; it lasted 2 months. It was part of the Great Turkish War, which ran from 1683 to 1699. The recorded result: Christian coalition victory.
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Where it sits in the Great Turkish War
Record
| Date | 14 July 1683 to 12 September 1683 | |
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| Place | Vienna, Austria 48.208N, 16.373E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | 90,000 men arrived for the siege; 28,400–50,000 men during the battle with around 60 guns; 10,000–15,000 men were stationed at the defenses around Vienna to stop the garrison from counterattacking, leaving around 35,000 men to fight the relief army.; – alternative estimates | Viennese garrison: 24,700 at the start of the siege; 16,000 soldiers (10,000 infantry + 6,000 cuirassiers); 8,700 militia; 312 guns but only 141 operational; 16,000 men during the battle; Relief force: 70,000–80,000 soldiers with 140–200 guns; According to Şakul: 18,500 Austrians; 28,500 Germans; 18,000 Poles; 5,000 Hungarians; According to Podhorodecki: 27,000 Polish army; 18,000 Imperial forces; 9,000 Saxon corps; 10,500 Bavarian corps; 9,500 Swabian corps; According to Agoston: 35,000–40,000 Germans; 20,000 Imperial forces; 20,000 Poles; Total: 90,000–104,700 but some left behind to guard bridges near Tulln and camps, plus 2,000 Imperial cavalry (not included above) left behind the Danube.; – alternative estimates |
| Casualties and losses | Total casualties: 32,544 combatants; 2,000 Tatars; 6,000 miners; 10,000 janissaries; 12,000 sipahis; 16,000 beldars (non-combatants); Casualties during the battle: 8,000–20,000 | Total casualties: 16,500–20,000 combatants; Casualties during the siege: 12,000; Casualties during the battle: 4,500; 3,500 dead or wounded (1,300 Poles); Heavy civilian casualties, with at least 57,220 civilians enslaved by the Ottomans |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Vienna 1485, same recorded site
- Siege of Vienna 1619, same recorded site
- First Turkish Siege of Vienna 1529, same recorded site
- Battle of Vienna 1683, 4.1 km NW
- Battle of Aspern-Essling 1809, 9.6 km E
Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1485 and 1683.
In the same war
- After: Siege of Buda 16 June 1684
- All 22 engagements of Great Turkish War
Elsewhere in 1683
- Battle of Vienna Austria
- Battle of Párkány Slovakia
- Battle of Penghu Taiwan
- Battle of Chițcani (1683) Moldova
- Siege of Courtrai Belgium
Second Turkish Siege of Vienna is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 66 in present-day Austria.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7222682, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, revision 1385639826, 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.