Novi Zrin
Novi Zrin (Hungarian: Zrínyiújvár or Új-Zrínyivár) was a fortress of the Zrinski (Zrínyi in Hungarian) noble family built near the village of Őrtilos, Hungary on the mouth of river Mura into Drava between 1661 and 1664 bordering today Donja Dubrava village in the northernmost part of Croatia.
Its purpose was to stop the Ottoman military forces from advancing further into Croatia. The Ottomans attacked it several times from 1662 to 1664, but did not manage to conquer it. Finally, at the beginning of June 1664 a large Ottoman army, numbering up to 100,000 men, led personally by the Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, besieged it and destroyed on 7 July 1664.
Gallery[]
Memorial obelisk on the place at the Mura River where the castle once was
350th Anniversary commemoration of the destruction of the castle
Programme booklet of the International scientific conference concerning the 350th anniversary of the death of Nikola VII Zrinski and the fall of Novi Zrin Castle (Donja Dubrava, Međimurje County, July 5, 2014)
Scene of the International scientific conference held in Donja Dubrava on July 5, 2014
See also[]
- Siege of Novi Zrin (1664)
- Nikola VII Zrinski
Bibliography[]
- Petrić, Hrvoje; Feletar, Dragutin; Feletar, Petar (2001). Novi Zrin (1661-1664). Zagreb: Meridijani. ISBN 953-6235-84-6.
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Coordinates: 46°19′25″N 16°52′42″E / 46.32361°N 16.87833°E
- History of Međimurje
- Castles in Croatia
- 17th-century establishments in Croatia
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