Veszprém a török korban (Veszprémi Múzeumi Konferenciák 9. 1998)

Veress D. Csaba: Veszprém a tizenötéves háborúban (1593–1606)

Csaba Veress D. VESZPRÉM IN THE FIFTEEN-YEARS-WAR (1595-1606) The peace treaty of Adrianople signed by the Hapsburgs and the Osmanli Empire in 1568 did not end the local fights along the approximately 1200-kilometers-long borders of the two superpowers. The border-conflicts presented the constant threat of a new grave war's outburst. In the years 1591-1592, along the Croatian-Bosnian section of the border, the frontier-clashes evolved into a war. The Turkish Sultan, Murad III, in the early August of 1593 declared war upon the Hapsburgs, against the Emperor and King Rudolph I. The first attack of the Turkish army was directed against the fortress of Veszprém at the beginning of October, 1593. According to the Turkish operational plan, after the occupation of Veszprém and Palota (Várpalota), the next year should have seen the attacks against Vienna and Prague. The first-attacked Veszprém, besieged on the third of October, 1593, was defended by German and Hungarian guards, but they had only been able to sustain for four days. From that time on, the citadel of Veszprém had, for five years - from the 7th of October, 1593 to the 4th of August, 1597 - been governed by the Turkish army. During the Imperial and Royal army's counter-attack - started in the August of 1597 - a Wallon troop regained possession of Veszprém. The uneven happenings of the "long-war" continued, the Turkish army occupied Veszprém yet once again, in the October of 1605. In the next year - on the 11th of November, 1606 - the peace treaty of Zsitvarok awarded the fortress of Veszprém to the Imperial and Royal army which, however, could only take over from the Turkish troops in the April of 1608. 53