168314 July–12 September 1683 · Vienna

Siege of Vienna and the Battle of Kahlenberg

A 17th-century painting of the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683 — Archival image: Frans Geffels. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

An Ottoman army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa besieged the Habsburg capital for two months until a relief army led by King Jan III Sobieski of Poland swept down from the Kahlenberg heights and broke the siege. The defeat began the Ottoman retreat from central Europe and the Habsburg advance into Hungary and the Balkans.

Military & Battlefields
Religious & Pilgrimage
Vienna, Austria

Sites

Site 1: KahlenbergHilltop church with a Sobieski chapel and views over the battlefield.Map ↗
Site 2: Wien Museum, KarlsplatzOttoman weapons, banners and siege plans from 1683.Map ↗
Site 3: Mölker BasteiA surviving fragment of the city walls that held in 1683.Map ↗