Siege of Temeşvar (1716)

Siege of Temeşvar (Timișoara)
	Part of the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
	; Siege of Temeşvar, anonymous engraving
Date	31 August – 12 October 1716
Location	Temeşvar, Ottoman Empire45°45′22″N 21°13′41″E / 45.756°N 21.228°E
Result	Habsburg victory
Belligerents
Habsburg Monarchy	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Eugene of Savoy; Alexander von Württemberg; Count von Mercy; Count János Pálffy; Franz Falkenstein †;	Mustafa Pasha
Strength
45,000	16,000
Casualties and losses
2,407 killed; 4,190 wounded	3,000 killed; 3,000 wounded

Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18

200km
124miles

11

7

5

3

2

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Battle

2 = Karlowitz & Petrovaradin

Siege

3 = Temeșvar, 5 = Trebinje, 7 = Belgrade

Other

11 = Vučitrn

The siege of Temeşvar took place from 31 August to 12 October 1716 during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716-1718, to liberate the last regions of Ottoman occupied Hungary. The Habsburg army led by Prince Eugene of Savoy, who had just won a crushing victory at Petrovaradin, managed to capture the Ottoman fortress of Temeşvar (today Timișoara, Romania), the capital of the Banat since 1552 and the last Turkish stronghold in Temeşvar Eyalet. The garrison capitulated after a 43 days siege. The city remained under military administration until 6 June 1778, when it was handed back to the administration of the Kingdom of Hungary.