page_title: Siege of Hainburg
section_title: First siege
hierarchical_section_title: Siege of Hainburg / First siege
caption_attribution_description: English: Pozsony in 16th century. Original antique map of Bratislava, published for the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the first atlas of printed town plans. Magyar: Pozsony a 16. században, BRAUN, Georg &amp; HOGENBERG, Frans. Pressburg - Posonium vel Pisonium vt Lazius Hungariae urb
context_page_description: The Siege of Hainburg were two sieges of Hainburg conducted by Matthias I, King of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian War. 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.
context_section_description: On 4 July, Matthias I assembled an army at Köpcsény and departed for Hainburg. The castle was sited on a hilltop surrounded by the Danube; the siege proceeded slowly due to the lack of siege weapons. The Empire deployed an army of 4,000 troops, led by Ruprecht von Reichenberg, to lift the siege. Matthias I dispatched troops to determine the size and location of the relief force. The Hungarian scouts ran into the Imperial army at Rohrau, and launched a cavalry assault but were unable to break through the enemy's quadratic defense formation. The stiff resistance caused the Hungarians to begin retreating in disorder; Hungarian captains Wilhelm Tettauer and Stephen Zápolya attempted to hold the line but were trapped with 70 other nobles by Imperial pursuers.
  The advance of the Imperial army forced Matthias I to lift the siege. The Hungarians abandoned their equipment and supplies as they retreated with all haste to Presburg. Zápolya was taken prisoner but managed to escape after drawing the sword of a custodian and using it to kill the custodian; he rejoined the army at Presburg. The King of Hungary appealed to the nobility for reinforcements to join him at Presburg. Urban Dóczi, Bishop of Győr, raised 5,000 troops in 50 days at his own expense. The Raci horsemen of Slavonia also responded. Learning from the first experience, siege engines were also added, including the "Varga-mortar" which required 80 horses to move.
caption: Presburg in 16th century
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