Osmanski vpadi na ozemlje današnje Slovenije

Ottoman Attacks on the Territory of Present-Day Slovenia Between the beginning of the 15th century and the end of the 16th century, most of the territory of present-day Slovenia suffered under the attacks of the Ottoman Turks. While the Ottomans attempted to conquer Vienna in 1529 and 1532 (also later in 1683), their incursions into what is now Slovenia were primarily about plunder and the taking of slaves. They first penetrated into our lands in 1408, but after 1532 their attacks largely ceased (in Prekmurje as late as 1684). In the mid-16th century, the Ottoman empire was at the height of its power, stretching from present-day southern Ukraine to Mecca and Medina, and from present-day central Hungary to Mosul and Baghdad. Most of what is now Slovenia and Austria (among other lands) was at the same time ruled by the Habsburg dynasty. From Graz, one branch of this dynasty ruled (1564-1619) the so-called Inner Austria, a union of the duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola and also the princely county of Go