Treaty of Karlowitz

Negotiation of the Peace of Karlowitz (note the way the Ottoman ambassadors sit with their legs crossed)

Kapela mira (Peace Chapel), where the Treaty of Karlowitz was negotiated

The Treaty (Peace) of Karlowitz (Karlovci) was signed on 26 January 1699 in Sremski Karlovci (a town in modern-day Serbia), concluding the Austro-Ottoman War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman side had been defeated at the Battle of Zenta. It marks the end of Ottoman control in much of Central Europe and the beginning of the empire's phase of stagnation, and established the Habsburg Monarchy as the dominant power in Central and Southeastern Europe.

Following a two-month congress between the Ottoman Empire on one side and the Holy League of 1684, a coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Republic of Venice and Peter I of Russia, a treaty was signed on 26 January 1699. Habsburg Monarchy received Ottoman Egir Province, Varad Province, much of the Budin Province, northern part of the Temeşvar Province and parts of Bosnia Province.

The Principality of Transylvania remained nominally independent but was subjected to direct rule of Austrian governors.

Venice obtained most of Dalmatia along with the Morea (the Peloponnesus peninsula in southern Greece). Poland recovered Podolia. The Ottomans retained Belgrade.

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  Political situation in 1699, after Treaty of Karlowitz

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  Poland after the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699

See also

• There was no agreement about the Holy Grave, although it was talked about it in Karlowitz.
• Alexander Mavrocordatos

Sources

• Bideleux, Robert., Jeffries, Ian., A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change, Routledge, New York, 1998 ISBN 0415161118

External links

• Encyclopædia Britannica - Treaty of Karlowitz
• Scan of the Turkish-Venecian treaty at IEG Mainz
• Scan of the treaty between the Holy Roman and Ottoman Empires at IEG Mainz
• English text of treaty