The Battle of Kressenbrunn 1260 AD

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[@mexicoball2529]

*River crossing penalty intensifies*

[@LiezAllLiez]

Dont remind us about the game where the famous Skanderbeg who battled the Ottomans for several decades falls in a single battle and the following siege along with his whole country.

[@g.zoltan]

Stupid Austrians have no heir yet make their king a general

[@BruhMoment-xj6sx]

Are we talking Ck2 or Eu4?

[@randomname5083]

@@BruhMoment-xj6sx Probably both

[@BruhMoment-xj6sx]

@@allsoover Those can make you lose a war lmao

[@Knowledgia]

It's the afternoon of an ordinary day of autumn of the year 2018. One of the Greatest History Channel, BazBattles, is uploading another video!

[@biggiec8224]

Don't you mean winter?

[@reksiopl7854]

@@biggiec8224 Not yet

[@J.L8787]

After a long waiting...

[@Reignor99]

The ambitious viewer Knowledgia recognized the oppurtunity of this development, and moved his eyeballs into position for the inevitable entertainment about to ensue. **tense music**

[@SkyguyFilmsZooruvfilms]

Knowledgia d

[@Natdaprat]

refreshing my subscription feed finally paid off

[@KP-ek7qu]

The almost constant state of war of medieval times always amazed me. If you look at Hungary for instance, even after the devastating invasion of the mongols, Béla organized various military campaigns almost every year.

[@ChiefGironca]

Back then war wasn't as devastating. Modern day weapons can cripple entire regions for decades to come in matters of just a few minutes

[@Vitalis94]

Yeah, most of wars consisted of army sitting outside a castle, waiting for them to surrender. Battles were the exception, not the rule. And of course, peasants suffered, as the army sitting outside said walls had to get food somewhere, so the locals were "asked" to give it up. Wars mainly happened in the spring or summer, rarely in other seasons, so for an average guy, it wasn't as prevalent.

[@finnleason6916]

Interesting how often the pope was the major pacifying force in europe at that time. The combination of the threat and danger of excomunication and the glory of crusades were probably the best deterances of war back in those days.

[@CrossBreedTacoHD]

People say its "less deadly" than modern warfare, considering the the army sizes and population sizes that's not really true. For example in this battle the Hungarians lost 1/3 of their army, that's an insane amount of causalities when compared to modern warfare (not including the world wars).

[@Laflamme78]

@@CrossBreedTacoHD Yes, but civilian casualties were relatively miniscule compared to more modern battles/wars. Just the Hiroshima bomb has the ability to kill more than a whole campaign from the medieval times.

[@csfelfoldi]

How to beat the Hungarian army: Put a river between you and their army. They can't handle the logistics. Lechfield 955, Muhi 1241, Kressenbrunn 1260, Don River 1943. (I'm Hungarian btw)

[@ElBandito]

At Mohi Mongols crossed the river to fight the Hungarians.

[@g-rexsaurus794]

Kinda ironic their country is divided by the biggest river in non-Eastern Europe.

[@nestor_srb]

Battle of Cer 1914

[@csfelfoldi]

@@ElBandito Yea but the loss was do to Béla IV not recognizing there could be more crossing points on the flooding river.

[@csfelfoldi]

​@@nestor_srb Oh yea that one as well. Kinda shows how unprepared was the imperial army. They lost repeatedly on all fronts until the end of the war when that joke Genaral Hötzendorf was replaced.

[@riveryn3260]

I've always wondered how you create these maps. Its such a good aesthetic that manages to give an 'old timey' feel as well as showing details without being crowded. Do you make them? if so what do you use... and more specifically how do you create those beautiful mountains.

[@Lttlemoi]

The terrain shading could be based on open source topological data, combined with a simple color ramp.

@@Lttlemoi Nope, it's a historical map of some kind as a basis. In the Netherlands the province of Flevoland isn't shown. That entire province was reclaimed from the sea in the second half of the 20th century. Many get it wrong. The videogame Caesar III for example showed 20th century Flevoland in Roman times.

[@ianwkamiya]

That's what impress me more. I'm trying to make some RPG games and for that I had to learn how to make maps but still I suck at it ... and then this guy just make the most awesome maps I ever seen ... how?!

[@Tawhiri]

@@ianwkamiya using real life references most likely

[@RobinOnYew]

Ottokar to Bela: "ok, so this is boring, I'll just let you pass so we can start killing each other." Bela's troops: "lllllleeeeeeerrrrrrrooooyyyy jjjjjaaaannnnckinnnngggggs"

[@zm1786]

Cuman riders: leeerooooyyyy jenkins Hungarian infantry:fugggg

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

yep. thats how it happened.

[@abmunso7368]

lmao

[@ElkaPME]

dumbass cuman riders

[@ec329]

I laughed too hard with this 😂😂😂

[@duylai2224]

i feel quite hungary,..... oy wait, did somebody say CUMAN?!!!

[@stepanpytlik4021]

As a Czech I am suprised that you made a video about us. But yet, I am AMAZED!

[@pavelh756]

Nezdá se to, ale během středověku za vlády Přemyslovců a později Lucemburků jsme byla evropská velmoc

[@stepanpytlik4021]

@@pavelh756 Vím

[@MikeGill87]

@@pavelh756 Furt říkám, že se u nás dějiny 13. až 15. století učí bídně. Jeden se prakticky nedozví, že jsme byli součástí HRE (podle mě nějaký pozůstatek socialismu, kdy se to prostě nehodilo do krámu). Osobně preferuji variantu, že český král byl v tomhle období po císaři (nebyl-li jím sám) zpravidla nejmocnějším mužem v HRE.

[@vojtechsulc5899]

"Velmoc" jsme byli maximálně v rámci ŠŘŘ, při největším v rámci Střední Evropy, ale určitě ne v rámci Evropy jako takové.

[@andreimoga7813]

It is great, especially the part where the hungarians lose for being cheaters. Kingdom of Bohemia was a force to be considered in Medieval times. Love from Wallachia, on the other side of Hungary.

[@d4mb0r]

Oh, the good old times of the great Czech kingdom! Thank you BazBattles ! Amazing work as always. btw, at 3:02 the dying king says "Good luck" to his son.

[@lu2nam821]

Mě pobavilo :D

[@Holastor]

At 8:52 Béla IV. says "Cat kick it!" which is an older Hungarian way of saying "damn it" Also, he has a nickname, the Second Founder (the first being Árpád, who conquered the Carpathian Basin in the 9th century), which was given to him due to his enormous and largely successful efforts to repopulate and rebuild the Kingdom of Hungary after the Mongol invasions of 1241-42. Due to this (and other factors), he is considered to be among the greatest of Hungary's kings.

[@galenusv7831]

It's incredible because less than a week ago I was just reading about the first and second mongol invasions of Hungary. I was amazed by the work of Bela IV. Hungary and Poland helped a lot to preserve Europe from Eastern invasions. Spain too in Lepanto. They are a bit undervalued.

[@tamaszlav]

The first one was István. You know, the one who founded the kingdom.

[@Holastor]

Tamás Molnár King Stephen I. founded the Hungarian state. However, the land of the Carpathian Basin was claimed by Árpád, for which he is commonly referred to as "the founder of the country." So, the First Founder is Árpád, and the Second Founder is Béla IV. Saint Stephen founded the state, so he is regarded as a different kind of founder, the only one who founded the Kingdom.

[@VasilyKiryanov]

> enormous and largely successful efforts to repopulate the Kingdom of Hungary ... What do you mean - 'efforts to repopulate'? ... Emmm.... Does it mean what i think?

[@aphrenia]

@@VasilyKiryanov Yeah, he walked across Hungary and impregnated everything, that moved... Truly greatest king of them all!

[@gergocari5984]

Hey, nice video! As a Hungarian it's interesting to see that what other's see about certain events. In the school we have been told that it was Ottokar's evil plan to lure out Béla. :D I would like to see an episode about the Siege of Eger in 1552 tho, where the Hungarians managed to defend a keep with 2.300 men against the 35.000 strong Turkish army. That era of Hungarian history is quite exciting.

[@michaobidzinski1125]

As a Pole I would say that every era of Hungarian history is interestnig :) Hello brother!

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Evil or tactically sound? Possible both I'd say lol

[@paprskomet]

As a Czech from Czech republic-czech books are recording both preserved versions and do not hide that it might be less heroic in case Bohemian side gained victory through betrayal.

[@matof1428]

I'm living only few kilometers in distance from this battlefield and have no idea about such event. Nice inspiration for trip. Thanks from Bratislava.

[@FrostySumo]

Love this channel so much. It makes imagining how battles went a lot easier.

[@phatpat63]

Man, I love your videos so much. Even your Gods & Glory ad was enjoyable to watch, lol. Thanks for all the great content you provide Baz.

[@TheWeiWuWei]

This is the channel that keeps on giving. Thanks for another awesome video!

[@Grail_Knight]

You guys have really nailed the last couple of videos! Looking forward to more!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

When Austria wasn’t a significant power

[@erfgtdsfsdf6993]

it was, there were actually many austrian nobles fighting on Ottokars side. Both hungarian and 'bohemian' army were multinational.

[@artemisentreri-isaacs3059]

Armies then were almost always a blend of "nationalities." Statehood and national identity didn't really exist.

[@paprskomet]

Wasn't but rise of Austria or rather Habsburgs is directly connected to events after this and Ottakar's failed ambitions.

[@lukaskucera7976]

It did exist just not as much as later on​@@artemisentreri-isaacs3059

[@Artur_M.]

Yes! I'd love to see more of this part of Europe on this channel.

[@franciscafelixfelix6444]

Poitiers

[@Alitmos]

I feel so Bohemian right now.

[@IanCrossland]

I feel Bohemain like you.

[@LauftFafa]

It depends actually . In france the word bohemian mean gypsies of Czech . In history boiis was germanic tribes that was originated from modern days czech and some of them have settled in the po valley in northern italy . The romans gaved the name Boiohaemum (bohemia in english and it meand , home of the boiis ) to the lands they originated from . Today many slavs claim that they are Bohemians but they are not . They live in the land of boii but they must be at least half german to be considered bohemians .

[@meanczechguy1043]

@@LauftFafa Gods! So much bullshit. Boii were a Celtic tribe (Germanic tribes living in modern Czechia were Marcomani and Quadi, who have asimilated the celtic populace). None of Slavs identify as celtic people, although most aknowledge partial (although small) heritage (assimilation of assimilators of...you know the rest).

[@gessuto6890]

I’m Bohemian right now.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Czech yourself before you wreck yourself.

[@mufak]

Excellent job ! Once you come to describe Hussite wars, 15th century, when peasants used to excellent use wagon forts to defeat mounted knights, I am ready to help ! Their tactic (how to defend wagons on the move) is used by armored columns to this very day.

[@ericmoine1395]

Keep it up BazBattles, you really make any part of history interresting, best battles videos on youtube, great channel.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Sees a new BaxBattle Video. Instantly drops everything to watch it :D

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Hope to see more videos soon, your content is perfecto

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Its some type of holiday when bazbattles releases video. Great job

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Love your work! Dont stop making these!!!!

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Theirs nothing better than watching a new baz battles video.

[@Fumikor]

There are few better feelings than opening up KZbin to find out BazBattles has posted something new.

[@christianvasbinder1248]

I absolutely love bazbattles, I truly wish there was some capacity for me to help this channel pump out more videos. They are the absolute highlight of my day when they come out.

[@danboud8135]

You can show your support by heading over to the Patreon. The more people people that throw money at him, the more this could be an actual viable full-time thing

[@Dollt28]

Glad you made a video about this battle, since its one of the best examples how devastating could be a charge of a heavy cavalry in the medieval warfare

[@andyst1903]

Never knew about this battle. Thanks! Great job.

[@firedragon159]

At the end when you said "the rest of his story has yet to be written" I immediately pictured an 800 year old guy still ruling Austria.

[@KarczekWieprzowy]

Lol Poland supporting both armies be like "You got a bat, and you too, now fight each other to death I'm gonna have some fun watching"

[@vlastimilzlamal2982]

Its not Poland but different lords of duchies have different interest

[@tylose875]

At the time Poland was extremly devided, it somehow resembled the Holy Roman Empire. There were many small duchies which constantly fought each other, and prince of Kraków (who was nominally the ruler of whole country) had very little authority. Thus, these duchies had diffrent interest, and here Prince of Kraków Boleslaw V supported Hungarians while Silesian supported Bohemians.

[@SerpenTyx]

In these times being king didn't mean you had complete control over your vassals. They could and often did form alliances with foreign powers. This is why being king back then meant you always had to ensure your vassals loyalty. One measure to achieve this was justifying their power as granted by god himself. Having the biggest army also helped. Being king was hard work.

[@KarczekWieprzowy]

I know I know, I'm polish, I know my history, and I know that politics weren't simple back then, it was just a joke guys

[@martinturtak4901]

Poland had it cover doesn't matter who gonna win lol

[@Kurvaux]

Bazbatles and Kings and generals upload within an hour of each other. Nice

[@symplesy2056]

i really love this format of videos

[@aniruddhsingh4169]

Finally a video from Baz battles.

[@deanwerny1]

wow you actually made a video about our history, i cant believe it :) great work man!

[@VRichardsn]

River crossing is a dangeorous affair, but it is all the more impressive when a commander manages to pull it off successfully, like Granicus or Caá Guazú.

[@theometallica]

Baz Battles back to European Battles YEEEEE

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

topatheo I must admit I enjoy the Japnese ones equally as much :-)

[@stepanpytlik4021]

@Felix Helix Bohemia is VERY interesting

[@stepanpytlik4021]

@Felix Helix I too

[@Sam23145fly]

Literally was about to go to bed, but then I saw this. Plans changed.

[@denniscleary7580]

*Now my weekend can finally start 😁, thanks Baz

[@bencekovacs9126]

I respect other channels which have similar formats as u like kings and Generals or history Marche but u are always gonna be the og

[@lordyaromir6407]

Finally! Someone made video about this forgotten battle!

[@mrlentelka3111]

As a Czech I am happy to see video about our HISTORY :) Thanks you for doing this :) I'll be waiting for your new videos

[@mattjennings4750]

Always amazing well worth the wait

[@Embracehistoria]

Ace video. Love the animation.

[@Cyberspine]

I was expecting the comment section to be full of Czechs and Hungarians arguing over who attacked first

[@LiezAllLiez]

Cumans attacked first... so neither gets points in this contest.

[@UVtec]

Even as a Czech I would quite believe that King Otakar was the one who attacked first (he was ruthless his campaign to power), but I heard that no serious historian would side with either Czech or Hungary for lack of conclusive evidence.

[@abmunso7368]

frankly. who cares? if ottokar did indeed attack first he was smart in taking advantage to win. in the hungarians attached first without the support of the rest of their army across the river, they are foolish. either way bohemia wins.

[@Astuga]

Bohemia please! Something like a Czech nation, peoples or identity didnt exist at that time. And the aristocracy mostly had only their own dynastic agenda. Switching countries and territories like pawns on a chess board. And like today they mostly were related one to another. They had morr in common with each other then with their "countrymen".

[@stepanpytlik4021]

@@Astuga WTF!? Czech nation already existed during that time you uneducated Idiot!

[@thebactrian7]

Well this video makes this a great day!

[@adamorlowski4886]

Love your videos!

[@FiikusMaximus]

Please do more videos about this period and Otakar, one of the most famous Czech kings of the medieval times. Love the vids.

[@TheDarenes]

God I love this channel so much.

[@InhumanPotato]

God I love your profile picture so much

[@heroe480]

Really nice video this time!

[@200reece]

I think it would be really cool to see a modern rendition of a battle, like the battle of Normandy beach or a German blitzkrieg. You probably get a bunch of these types of suggestions, but I hope you consider. Absolutely love your videos!

[@sabersroommate8293]

Sleep can wait this is the stuff I love to watch.

[@ProWhitaker]

Thanks for the video

[@BrayOfTheDonkey]

Weeeee!!! Excited noise made when I saw there was new content from Baz!! I better watch it now! lol

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Your back! Woooooooo oh hell yeah

[@lordkoko]

Great stuff as usual

[@jurajaryn5510]

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Yes! Love me some new BazBattles!

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I tell everyone I know to watch this amazing channel. It's all I can do to help

[@redacted3557]

I’ve been awake for 3 extra hours now, I guess it’s time to stay up some more.

[@danielbartunek5415]

Wow 👌👏 thanks for video :)

[@totall2952]

class show love it thanks

[@Livelaughandlaughmore]

Yes another video!!!!

[@IMfromNYCity]

You teased us with the Mongols again. Please do some battle videos about them!

[@crazyjester993]

HENERY AND HANS CAPON WOULD WIN ANY BATTLE IN BOHEMIA

[@MrVlogman101]

"Hey, Henry's come to see us!" Ottokar, 1260 AD

[@lordyaromir6407]

@@MrVlogman101 yes, he came to see us 130 years before he was even born...

[@eagleofbrittany7231]

God be with you Henry!

[@nc6379]

Well played King Ottokar, well played 👏🏻

[@Saint_Sin]

And where do you think you have been? I have been hanging around here for weeks. About time you showed up with my history fix! Keep em' coming Baz and keep up the fine work!

[@solar3013]

BazBattles should upload more often, although I do understand it takes time to make these quality videos.

[@duk7831]

Finally! It’s novembar man - no holidays

[@bobek1142]

Hell yeah! Iron and Golden King rides!

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Was about to go to sleep, guess not now

[@ScipionLaurentiend]

such interesting history from that part of the world....keep it up

[@Liszt_1811]

REAL CONTENT HAS ARRIVED

[@Briselance]

08:10: Ah, discipline. Damn those light cavalry riders.

[@112steinway]

"Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen."

[@k_flo_k]

I live in the area of Kressenbrunn Thanks for the Video

[@holeshe]

I love you videos ~

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Excellent

[@runedova126]

Love these videos, was watching some old ones earlier this morning. Then i get notification of a new one :)

[@marauderpictures6815]

I really like these videos. I'd love to see a series on the rise of Chingis Khan and the Mongol invasion of Europe. I would also REALLY love a series on the life and battles of Vlad Tepes.

[@atermondyolamda6971]

Nice touch with the withering sound accompanying the march of the Mongol Hordes!

[@mozolkristof4074]

Thank you 4 these awesome videos!! U should make more videos about hungarian battles cause this and Lechfield were so great!

[@LordBurgerofFriesland]

Welp...time for another Crusader Kings 2 playthrough

[@martinturtak4901]

hodne stesti means good luck in Czech language !!!! love that bazbattels actually used Czech and Hungarian language best Chanel on KZbin

[@boendal2529]

PLEASE !!!!!!! More, every Week

[@g.zoltan]

Béla IV could also deserve his own video, am I right?

[@vlastimilzlamal2982]

"Hodně štěstí" I love you guys!!

[@connorbrennan501]

SO good

[@0clock275]

I expected a ww1 video but I prefer medieval ones

[@nightmare8268]

GOOD JOB baz battles 🌸 I suggest u complete the series of the crusades .. second and third , it would be interesting story .. please 🌱 Keep up the great job u do

[@Cowslippoetry]

Every time I watch one of these, I get the urge to start another Stainless Steel campaign. 2000+ plus hours, and I think it's only going to go up.

[@burnstick1380]

Much more interresting than my history class. I live in austria so we heard smth about this but not very much

[@ottojiran3777]

The waiting is worth the chills you get,after you see BazBattles has new video. And hearing you say Přimda was worth too, im from cz, Ř is hard for foreigners Also appreciate the czech language there, really spot on with these

[@danboud8135]

Awesome comment :D

[@kumisz2]

"A macska rúgja meg!" - IV. Béla, 1260 It means "May the cat kick it!", essentially "Damn it!"

[@RiderofRiddermark]

Today this village is called Groißenbrunn. I live in a village just to the southwest of it. Not far to the north are the small towns of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen, where one of the most important battles of Austrian history took place. I hope it will get featured soon...

[@mr_george7761]

So it is called Bigger Brno?

[@RiderofRiddermark]

@@mr_george7761 The exact meaning is unknown. "Groißen-" most likely doesn't stem from "Groß-", which would mean "Big/Great". It's the result of a sound shift; Groißenbrunn was called "Gressenbrunn" during the 18th century and "Kressenbrunn" during most of the Medieval Era. The earliest mention is in a document from 1157 as "Chressinprunen". "Brunn" definitely means "fountain" or "well"; in modern German it's "Brunnen" (similar in pronunciation to the medieval "-prunen"). "Chressinprunen" and even more so "Kressenbrunn", which was the name with the longest period of use, most probably means "fountain surrounded by (water)cress". ("Kresse" refers to both water and garden cress in modern German.) Today's "Groißenbrunn" is just the result of language evolving over time and the original meaning getting lost.

[@apron05]

Would love to see a video on one of the battles in the first war for Scottish Independence!!

[@wimex9062]

Yes! Finally something about Bohemia! Thank you so much. Could you also do couple of videos about Hussite wars and Jan Žižka?

[@aidancook5338]

Would love to see you do Waterloo 1815 and other battles around this time. Any from the 1600s to early 1900s would be interesting such as Trafalgar or The Somme. Also Agincourt 1415.