Transylvanian Military Frontier
| Transylvanian Military Frontier | |
|---|---|
| section of the Military Frontier, Habsburg Monarchy | |
| 1762–1851 | |
 The Frontier in 1817, with the different regiments shown | |
| History | |
• Established | 1762 |
• Disestablished | 1851 |
| Today part of | Romania |
The Transylvanian Military Frontier (Romanian: Graniţa Militară Transilvăneană; German: Siebenbürgische Militärgrenze; Hungarian: Erdélyi határőrvidék) was a territory in the Habsburg Monarchy. It was a section of the Habsburg Military Frontier.
History[]
It was founded in 1762 from territories that had been part of the Habsburg Principality of Transylvania. After it was abolished, territory of Transylvanian Military Frontier was reincorporated into the principality.
Borders[]
The Transylvanian Military Frontier bordered Habsburg Principality of Transylvania and Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary in the northwest, the Habsburg Banatian Military Frontier in the southwest, the Habsburg Galicia in the northeast, and vassal Ottoman principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia in the southeast.
Regiments[]
Transylvanian Military Frontier was composed of two Székely and two Romanian regiments.
See also[]
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- States and territories established in 1762
- States and territories disestablished in 1851
- 1762 establishments in the Habsburg Monarchy
- 1851 disestablishments in the Austrian Empire
- Habsburg Transylvania
- Military Frontier