Novi Zrin

Novi Zrin / Zrínyiújvár
Novi Zrin / Zrínyiújvár
Confluence of Mura and Drava rivers, Croatia
	Illustration of Novi Zrin Fortress in 1664, before it was destroyed.
Coordinates	46°19′25″N 16°52′42″E / 46.32361°N 16.87833°E
Type	Marsh castle
Site information
Owner	Nikola VII. Zrinski
Condition	Destroyed
Site history
Built	17th century
In use	1661 - 1664
Materials	stone
Demolished	Destroyed by the Ottoman army in 1664
Battles/wars	First Battle of Novi Zrin; Second Battle of Novi Zrin; Siege of Novi Zrin;

Novi Zrin (Hungarian: Zrínyiújvár or Új-Zrínyivár) was a fortress of the Zrinski (Zrínyi in Hungarian) noble family built near the Donja Dubrava village in the northernmost part of Croatia (at the border village of Őrtilos in Hungary) on the mouth of river Mura into Drava between 1661 and 1664.

Its purpose was to prevent 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 edit

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, 5 July 2014)
Scene of the International scientific conference held in Donja Dubrava on 5 July 2014
Illustration of one of the battles in 1663 when Ottomans failed to capture the fort.