Siege of Hainburg

First siege of Hainburg
Part of the Austrian-Hungarian War (1477–1488)
DateJuly 1482[1]
Location
Hainburg, Lower Austria
Result Holy Roman Empire victory, Hungarians regroup at Pressburg.
Belligerents
 Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Ruprecht von Reichenberg[1] Wilhelm Tettauer
Stephen Zápolya[1]
Units involved
Imperial Army Black Army of Hungary
Strength
1,000 cavalry
3,000 foot soldiers[1]		 900 cavalry
200 foot soldiers[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown 300 dead
70 POWs[1] including Zápolya and Tettauer[2]

The siege of Hainburg were two sieges of Hainburg conducted by Matthias I, King of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian War (1477–88). The first siege was broken in July 1482 by the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire. Corvinus laid siege to the town again in August 1482, this time with better preparations, and took Hainburg in September 1482.[3]

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  2. ^ Bálint Hóman (2003). "A magyar renaissance-állam." [The Hungarian renaissance country.]. Magyar történet [Hungarian history] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Arcanum. ISBN 963-9374-62-8. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ József Bánlaky (1929). "Megjegyzések. Elmélkedések" [Notes. Theories.]. A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme [Military history of the Hungarian nation] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Grill Károly Könyvkiadó vállalata. ISBN 963-86118-7-1. Retrieved 6 July 2011.