battle, landmark, early modern
Battle of Vienna
Battle of Vienna was a battle fought on 12 September 1683 at Kahlenberg, in what is now Austria. The recorded result: Christian coalition victory.
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Record
| Date | 12 September 1683 | |
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| Place | Kahlenberg, Austria 48.235N, 16.335E | |
| Kind | Battle, 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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The ground today
The recorded site stands at about 243 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 153 to 547 m, 393 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 59% built-up, 37% tree cover, 4% grassland.
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
- Second Turkish Siege of Vienna 1683, 4.1 km SE
- Siege of Vienna 1485, 4.1 km SE
- Siege of Vienna 1619, 4.1 km SE
- First Turkish Siege of Vienna 1529, 4.1 km SE
- Combat of Korneuburg 1809, 12 km N
Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1485 and 1683.
Elsewhere in 1683
- Battle of Párkány Slovakia
- Second Turkish Siege of Vienna Austria
- Battle of Chițcani (1683) Moldova
- Siege of Courtrai Belgium
- Battle of Zynkowem Ukraine
Combat data (CDB90)
| Attacker: IMP ALLIED ARMY | Defender: TURK ARMY | |
| Strength | 76,000 | 107,000 |
| Casualties | 2,000 (2.6%) | 10,000 (9.3%) |
| Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10 | 9 | 3 |
| Outcome | attacker won | |
| Duration | 1 day | |
| Front width | 8.8 km | 8 km |
| Attacker advanced | 4 km | |
From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 32), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.
Battle 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 Q200855, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle 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.