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Siege of Vienna (1683)

Battle of Vienna
Part of the Great Turkish War, the Ottoman–Habsburg wars, and the Polish–Ottoman War
Battle of Vienna 1683 11.PNG
Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683
Date 12 September 1683
Location Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (modern day Austria)
Result

Decisive Christian Coalition victory

  • Siege of Vienna lifted
  • Ottomans suffer heavy losses and are severely weakened
  • Coalition of Christians establishes Holy League under Pope Innocent XI to further push back the Ottomans
Territorial
changes
Ottomans fail to take Vienna, Coalition (later the Holy League) forces invade territories in Hungary and the Balkans under Ottoman rule
Belligerents

Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Holy Roman Empire

Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Habsburg Hungary

Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice

 Ottoman Empire
Vassal states:

Commanders and leaders

Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg John III Sobieski (supreme commander of the Christian Coalition army)
Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Hetman Jabłonowski
Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Hetman Sieniawski
Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Count Marcin Kątski (relief force)
Holy Roman Empire Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (garrison)
Holy Roman Empire Charles of Lorraine
Holy Roman Empire John George III of Saxony
Holy Roman Empire Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
Holy Roman Empire Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Holy Roman Empire Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria
Holy Roman Empire Eugene of Savoy
Holy Roman Empire Livio Odescalchi

Holy Roman Empire Antonio Caraffa

Ottoman Empire Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha
Ottoman Empire Kara Mehmed of Diyarbakir
Ottoman Empire Ibrahim of Buda
Ottoman Empire Abaza Sari Hussein
Ottoman Empire Pasha of Karahisar

Gerae-tamga.svg Murad Giray
Strength

Viennese garrison:
11,000 soldiers + 5,000 volunteers
312 guns but only 141 operational
(strength on 10.09.1683)


Relief force:
47,000 Germans & Austrians with some 112 guns
27,000 Poles with 28 guns


Total:
90,000 but some left behind to guard bridges near Tulln and camps. + 2,000 Imperial cavalry (not included above) left behind the Danube.

 – alternative estimates

140,000 as of 10 September 1683, down from 170,000 at the start of the campaign, according to documents on the order of battle found in Kara Mustafa's tent.

 – alternative estimates


Approximately 150 guns
Casualties and losses

Casualties during battle: 4,500,
3,500 dead or wounded (1,300 Poles)


Casualties during siege: 12,000


Dead during battle: 8,000–15,000,


Captured: 5,000

Decisive Christian Coalition victory

Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Holy Roman Empire

Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Habsburg Hungary

 Ottoman Empire
Vassal states:


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