After Mohács in 1526 the Ottoman frontier settled to the south and east, and although the island itself was never occupied, raiding parties reached it. Local histories say the town was plundered and burned more than once in these wars — though, as with most Slovak towns, the individual raids are hard to pin down, and fire in a town of thatch and timber had other causes too. What is certain is the paperwork: the privileges were confirmed again in 1534, 1568, 1578, 1609, 1631 and 1666. A charter had to be re-issued after every war, every fire and every change of monarch, and a town that lost its charter lost its fairs, its court and its standing all at once.Po Moháči v roku 1526 sa osmanská hranica ustálila na juhu a východe, a hoci samotný ostrov nikdy neobsadili, lúpežné oddiely sa sem dostávali. Domáce dejiny hovoria, že mesto v týchto vojnách viac ráz vyplienili a vypálili — tak ako pri väčšine slovenských miest sa však konkrétne nájazdy dokladajú ťažko a oheň mal v meste zo slamy a dreva aj iné príčiny. Isté sú papiere: výsady mestu potvrdili znova v rokoch 1534, 1568, 1578, 1609, 1631 a 1666. Listinu bolo treba obnoviť po každej vojne, po každom požiari a pri každej zmene panovníka — a mesto, ktoré prišlo o listinu, prišlo naraz o jarmoky, o súd aj o svoje postavenie.
