Siege of Kanisza (1690) during Holy Week
Hussein's Head was impaled by Austrian Catholic Forces during Siege of Kanizsa (1690) The siege of Kanizsa took place during the Habsburg offensive in Hungary after the Battle of Vienna. The 60,000-strong Habsburg–Hungarian army captured the castle on April 13 during Holy Week , and the defenders were assured a safe retreat. Reconquest of Hungary Kanizsa Castle was a very important place during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars because it was located on the borders of the Southern Trans-Danubian region. The castle was captured during the Long Turkish War by the Turks after which it was made the center of a vilayet . Kanizsa served as a rallying point for raids and armed forays into Habsburg territories These raids were part of the Ottoman tactic of conquest first destroying the local infrastructure and then conquering the weakened territory. The Emperor sent General Donat John and Ádám Batthyány, Chief Captain of the Tra...