"Ferenc Tahy" built a castle on the banks of the River Drava on a place protected by marsh and water. Miklós Zrínyi urged the installation of a mercenary guard of the castle in his letters on November 17, 1555. But after the Fall of Szigetvár its defenders left the fortress, moreover they set it on fire. The population fled into the rest of the country to be save for the Turks. Vízvár stayed uninhabited for 150 years.