TOPOGRAPHY OF REPORT WRITTEN BY IVAN LENKOVIĆ DATING FROM 1563.—DEFENSE SYSTEM FROM MOUNTAIN VELIKA KAPELA TO RIVER SAVA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 16TH CENTURY

U drugoj polovici 16. stoljeća, hrvatski povijesni prostor doživio je najintenzivnije osmanlijske provale. Time je bio ugrožen i prostor austrijskih nasljednih zemalja: Koruške, Štajerske i Kranjske. Zbog toga, habsburške vlasti morale su se posvetiti boljoj organizaciji obrambenog sustava Habsburške Monarhije. Provedbu novih obrambenih zamisli izvršavali su vrhovni krajiški zapovjednici. Kako bi vladar bio obaviješten o razvoju obrane na nekom prostoru, vrhovni kapetani podnosili su brojna izvješća. Ovaj rad analizira jedno od takvih izvješća vrhovnog kapetana Ivana Lenkovića. Izvješće iz 1563. godine o stanju utvrda i obrane u ovom će se radu sagledati kroz ulogu komunikacijskih pravaca u organizaciji protuosmanlijske obrane na prostoru od Save do Velike Kapele. Time će se ovoj historiografskoj temi pristupiti u novom kontekstu te pridonijeti već prisutnim historiografskim spoznajama o razvoju protuosmanlijske obrambene strategije.In the second half of the 16th century, Croatian historical territory experienced the most intense Ottoman invasions. Consequently, the territory of Austrian hereditary countries – Carinthia, Styria and Carniola – was also threatened, forcing the Habsburg monarchs to devote their attention to a better organization of the defense system of the Habsburg Monarchy. The implementation of the new defense ideas was carried out by the supreme commanders of the Military Frontier. In order to inform the ruler of the defense developments in a certain area, the supreme commanders submitted numerous reports. This paper analyzes one of these reports written by the supreme commander Ivan Lenković. The report on the state of fortifications and defense, dating from 1563, will be examined in this paper by focusing on the role of the communication routes in the organization of the anti-Ottoman defense in the area between the river Sava and the mountain Velika Kapela. This historiographical topic will be approach in a new context, which will contribute to the present historiographical knowledge on the development of the anti-Ottoman defense strategy