Editing Sopron (section)

===16th-19th centuries===
During the [[Ottoman wars in Europe|Ottoman occupation]] of [[Hungary]], the [[Ottoman Turks]] ravaged the city in [[1529]], but did not occupy it. Many Hungarians fled from the occupied areas to Sopron, and the city's importance grew.

While the Ottomans occupied most of Central Europe, the region north of Lake Balaton remained in the [[Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867)]] (captaincy between Balaton and Drava).

In 1676, Sopron was destroyed by a fire. The modern city was born over the next few decades, when [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] buildings were built to replace the destroyed medieval ones. Sopron became the seat of the [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitatus]] [[Sopron (county)|Sopron]].

The town was the seat of the ''Ödenburg'' comitat near 1850.<ref>Dictionnaire universel de M.N. BOUILLET, Paris, 1852 (in French).</ref> After the [[compromise of 1867]] and until 1918, the city (known with the dual bilingual name of 
''Sopron - Ödenburg'')<ref>Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.</ref> was part of the Habsburg-ruled [[Kingdom of Hungary]].