Event

Battle of Grobnik Field

1242 · 45.25° N, 15.47° E

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When
1242
Kind
Event
Coordinates
45.25° N, 15.47° E

Placed at the country it links, Croatia.

Summary

Battle of Grobnik Field: Croatian forces under Béla IV stop the Mongol invasion in Hungary and Croatia. Béla rebuilds the country and orders the building of fortifications through his kingdom.

Battle of Grobnik Field

1242 Croat-Mongol battle

The Battle of Grobnik field is a legendary battle that supposedly occurred in 1242 between the Croats and the Mongols of the Golden Horde in the area below the Grobnik Castle in the present-day Čavle municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, western Croatia.

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