Militärgrenze

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Militärgrenze was a militarized borderland of the Habsburg Monarchy organized as a buffer zone against the Ottoman Empire and settled largely by frontier soldiers and their families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative unit of the Habsburg Monarchy
border region
military frontier
borderedBy Kingdom of Croatia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
country Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
dissolvedInto Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia NERFINISHED
civilian counties of Hungary
endTime 1873
1881
19th century
feature hereditary military service obligations
land grants to military settlers
self-governing village communities under military law
governedBy Aulic War Council NERFINISHED
Habsburg military authorities NERFINISHED
hasCapital Karlovac (for Croatian-Slavonian sections) NERFINISHED
Timișoara (for Banat section) NERFINISHED
hasPart Banat Military Frontier NERFINISHED
Croatian Military Frontier NERFINISHED
Karlovac Generalate NERFINISHED
Slavonian Military Frontier NERFINISHED
Tisa–Mureș Military Frontier NERFINISHED
Transylvanian Military Frontier NERFINISHED
Varaždin Generalate NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
Early modern period
influenced Habsburg–Ottoman military balance
ethnic composition of Croatia
ethnic composition of Vojvodina
knownAs Krajina NERFINISHED
Military Frontier NERFINISHED
Vojna krajina NERFINISHED
languageUsed Croatian
German
Serbian
legalStatus directly subordinated to the Habsburg military command
separate from civilian provincial administration
locatedIn Balkans
Banat NERFINISHED
Central Europe
Kingdom of Croatia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Slavonia NERFINISHED
Southeastern Europe NERFINISHED
Transylvania NERFINISHED
militaryFunction frontier defense system
recruitment area for Habsburg army
militaryUnitType Grenz hussars NERFINISHED
Grenz infantry
partOf Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED
purpose buffer zone between Habsburg and Ottoman territories
defense against the Ottoman Empire
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Roman Catholicism
settledBy Croats NERFINISHED
Germans
Grenzer
Hungarians NERFINISHED
Romanians
Serbs NERFINISHED
Vlachs NERFINISHED
frontier soldiers
startTime 16th century
around 1578

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