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This work is a translated narrative of the two significant sieges of Vienna presented by Karl August Schimmer. The enlightening style of the writing takes the reader back over centuries to the old and primarily demolished walls of a determined Vienna. The accuracy of the account of sieges makes it a famous work among history enthusiasts. The 1529 siege of Vienna was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city. The Sultan of the Ottomans attacked the city with over 100,000 men, yet Vienna could survive the siege. The second siege of Vienna in 1683 was an expedition by the...

This work is a translated narrative of the two significant sieges of Vienna presented by Karl August Schimmer. The enlightening style of the writing takes the reader back over centuries to the old and primarily demolished walls of a determined Vienna. The accuracy of the account of sieges makes it a famous work among history enthusiasts. The 1529 siege of Vienna was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city. The Sultan of the Ottomans attacked the city with over 100,000 men, yet Vienna could survive the siege. The second siege of Vienna in 1683 was an expedition by the...

The struggles for the city that saved Europe from the Ottoman Turkish Empire

The battle between the Islamic east and the Christian west raged for centuries. Its principal battleground was eastern Europe and upon the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Western Europe was distanced from the fray, perhaps to the extent that its people rarely understood the sentiments of those who lived and fought on the perennial front line of a conflict which had the potential, if unchecked, to overwhelm every European nation. The conquering armies of the crescent banner frequently swept...

The struggles for the city that saved Europe from the Ottoman Turkish Empire

The battle between the Islamic east and the Christian west raged for centuries. Its principal battleground was eastern Europe and upon the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Western Europe was distanced from the fray, perhaps to the extent that its people rarely understood the sentiments of those who lived and fought on the perennial front line of a conflict which had the potential, if unchecked, to overwhelm every European nation. The conquering armies of the crescent banner frequently swept...

The narrative specified in the Title from which the following pages are in general borrowed, and in great part translated, is the work of a gentleman resident in Vienna, and enjoying as such access to the numerous and valuable sources of information extant in the archives of that city.