Jurisics Castle Explained

Jurisics Castle
Location:	Kőszeg, Hungary
Pushpin Map:	Hungary
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Coordinates:	47.3896°N 16.5389°W
Ownership:	National Treasury^[1]
Condition:	Currently operated as a museum
Battles:	Siege of Güns
Past Commanders:	Nikola Jurišić

Jurisics Castle, named after Croatian nobleman Nikola Jurišić (Hungarian: Miklós Jurisics) is located in Kőszeg, Hungary.

Siege of Güns

See main article: Siege of Güns. During the Habsburg-Ottoman wars, Pargalı İbrahim Pasha under the command of Suleiman the Magnificent laid siege to the castle in 1532.^[2] Jurišić and less than 1,000 men defended the castle for 25 days without any artillery, despite 19 assaults.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jurisich Castle . Municipal Web Site . . 9 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110824013036/http://www.koszeg.hu/nyelvek/en/sightseeing/content.php?id=1475 . 24 August 2011 .
2. Book: Turnbull, Stephen. Stephen Turnbull (historian)

   . Stephen Turnbull (historian). The Ottoman Empire, 1326-1699. 2003. . Oxford. 978-1-84176-569-3. 51.

3. Book: Wheatcroft, Andrew. The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe. 2008. Basic Books. New York. 978-0-465-02081-2. 59.