- Banat Krajina
The Banat Krajina or Banatian Military Frontier was a section of the
Habsburg Monarchy 'sMilitary Frontier ("Krajina") located in theBanat region (now split betweenSerbia andRomania ).Geography
The Banat Krajina was divided into Serbian ("Illyrian"), German ("Volksdeutscher") and Romanian ("Vlach") sections. This part of the Military Frontier bordered the Principality of Serbia to the south,
Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat to the north,Transylvania andWallachia to the east, and theSlavonian Krajina to the west. The Banat Krajina also included the south-eastern part ofBačka region, known asŠajkaška .Places
Some of the important cities and places in Banat Krajina were:
Pančevo , Bela Crkva,Titel ,Žabalj ,Alibunar ,Kovin ,Caransebeş , etc.History
The military province of
Habsburg Empire known as theBanat of Temeswar was created in1718 . In1751 , Maria Theresa introduced a civil administration for the northern part of the province. The southern part known as the Banatian Military Frontier or Banat Krajina remained part of theMilitary Frontier until it was abolished in1871 .ee also
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Banat
*Šajkaška
*Military Frontier
*Slavonian Krajina
*Croatian Krajina External links
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