- Croatian Krajina
The Croatian Krajina or Croatian Military Frontier is a territory formed out of the then Kingdom of Croatia in the late 16th century on the border of the
Habsburg Empire and theOttoman Empire , as part of theMilitary Frontier . They fled from the Turkish soldiers who occupied the Balkans. In the Krajina zone, the Austrians promised freedom of religion and right to own land to orthodox belivers. Final life rules in Croatian Krajina have been established in 1630 with emperorStatuta Wallachorum . It was known that the soldiers had to fulfill military service from the age of 16 until 66. It existed until 1881, when it is restored to the Kingdom ofCroatia-Slavonia .Geography
This part of the Military Frontier included the geographic regions of
Lika ,Kordun ,Banija and bordered theAdriatic Sea to the west,Venetian Republic to the south, HabsburgCroatia to the west, and the Ottoman Empire to the east.It extended onto the
Slavonian Krajina near the confluence of the Una river into Sava. Like the rest of the Military Frontier, it ceased to exist as a political entity in the late 19th century.ections
Croatian Krajina included three sections: Varaždin Borderland (Bilogora and Podravina), Karlovac Borderland (Lika and Kordun), and Zagreb Borderland (Banija/Banovina).
ee also
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Banat Krajina
*Croatia in the Habsburg Empire
* Various Slavic placenames includingKrajina
*Republic of Serbian Krajina
*Slavonian Krajina
*Military Frontier
*Croatia External links
* [http://www.terra.es/personal7/jqvaraderey/181815ge.gifMap]
* [http://www.terra.es/personal7/jqvaraderey/185915BK.gifMap]
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