Croatian Military Frontier

The Croatian Military Frontier ( Hrvatska kroat. Vojna Krajina ) is an area that was formed during the personal union of Croatia with the Kingdom of Hungary to the original initiative of Ferdinand I in 1583 along the border of the Habsburg Empire to the Ottoman Empire as part of the Military Frontier.

They existed in varying forms until 1882, when the area was incorporated into the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia.

Geography

This part of the Military Frontier included the historical regions of Lika, Kordun and Banija ( Banovina ) and bordered on the Adriatic Sea to the Republic of Venice in the south, Habsburg Croatia to the west, and the Ottoman Empire in the East.

It bordered on the Slavonian military border near the mouth of the Una and the Sava. Like the rest of the Military Frontier existed there until the late 19th century as a political entity.

Outline and regiments

The Croatian Military Frontier consisted of three parts: the Varaždin borderland ( Bilogora and Podravina ), the border region of Karlovac ( Lika and Kordun ) and the Zagreb borderland ( Banija / Banovina ).

  • Karl townspeople limit ( Karlovac ) I. Likaner Regiment ( Lika ) ( 1769: No 60. )
  • Otto II Chaner Regiment ( Otočac ) (No. 61)
  • III. Ogulians Regiment ( Ogulin ) (No. 62)
  • IV Szluiner Regiment ( Slunj ) (No. 63)
  • V. Kreutzer Regiment ( Križevci ) (No. 64)
  • VI. St. Georger Regiment ( Đurđevac ) (No. 65)
  • X. First Banat Regiment (No. 69)
  • XI. Second Banat Regiment (No. 70)
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