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The Military Frontier ((ドイツ語:Militärgrenze), (ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():Granița Militară), ), was a province straddling the southern borderland of the Habsburg Monarchy and later the Austrian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It acted as the ''cordon sanitaire'' against incursions from the Ottoman Empire. When created in the 16th century by Ferdinand I, the region was divided into two districts under special military administration: the Croatian Military Frontier and the Slavonian Military Frontier. Initially, the Military Frontier came under the jurisdiction of the Croatian Sabor and ban but, in 1627, it was placed under the direct control of the Habsburg military. For more than two centuries, they would retain complete civilian and military authority over the area, up to the abolition of the Military Frontier in 1881. During the 17th century, the territory was expanded towards the East and new sections were created. By then, it stretched from Croatia proper in the west to eastern Transylvania in the east and included parts of present-day Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Hungary. During, this period, the defence system was also changed, from a conventional garrison model to one of 'soldier-settler' communities. The inhabitants of the area were known as the ''Grenzer'', or 'Frontiersmen'. They were colonists, mostly Croatians, Serbians and Germans, who undertook to defend the Monarchy in return for their land-grants. The military regiments formed by the settlers had a vested reason to stand and fight and were familiar with local terrain and conditions. They soon gained a formidable military reputation. ==Name== It was known as the "Military Frontier" or ''Military Border'' ((ドイツ語:Militärgrenze); (クロアチア語:Vojna granica, Vojna krajina); (セルビア語:Vojna granica/Војна граница, Vojna krajina/Војна Крајина); (スロベニア語:Vojna krajina); (ハンガリー語:Katonai határőrvidék); (ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():Graniţă militară)) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Military Frontier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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