Banat Military Frontier

Banat Military Frontier
district of the Military Frontier, Habsburg Monarchy
1751–1873
1849–60 political map
History
• Established	1751
• Disestablished	1873
Preceded by Banat of Temeswar
Today part of	Serbia, Romania

The Banat Military Frontier or simply Banat Frontier (Serbian: Банатска крајина/Banatska krajina) was a district of the Habsburg Monarchy's Military Frontier located in the Banat region. It was formed out of territories of the Banat of Temeswar. Today, the territory is split between Serbia and Romania.

Geography

The Frontier was divided into Serb (Illyrian), German (Danube Swabian) and Romanian (Vlach) sections. It included parts of modern-day Banat and the south-eastern part of Bačka region, known as Šajkaška. Some of the important cities and places were: Pančevo, Bela Crkva, Titel, Žabalj, Alibunar, Kovin, and Caransebeş.

History

The military province of Habsburg Empire known as the Banat of Temeswar was created in 1718. In 1751, Maria Theresa introduced a civil administration for the northern part of the province. The southern part remained under military administration and was organized as the Banat Military Frontier. In 1849, this part of the Military Frontier bordered the Principality of Serbia to the south, Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat to the north, Transylvania and Wallachia to the east, and the Slavonian Military Frontier to the west. It remained a part of the Habsburg Military Frontier until it was abolished in 1871.

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  Map of Military Frontier sections in Syrmia, Bačka, and Pomorišje in 1718–44
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  Map of Military Frontier sections in Syrmia, Bačka, and Pomorišje in 1744–50
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  Map of Military Frontier sections in Syrmia, Bačka, and Banat in 1751–1778

Administration

Map of Military Frontier sections in Banat, Syrmia and Bačka (18th-19th century)

Division	Seat	Notes
German	Pančevo
Romanian (Vlach)	Caransebeș
Serbian (Illyrian)	Bela Crkva

Demographics

1857

Total of 386,255 people:

• 314,514 (81,43%) Eastern Orthodox
• 51,860 (13,43%) Roman Catholics
• 19,418 (5,03%) Evangelists
• 393 (0,1%) Jews
• 70 (0,01%) others

See also

• Slavonian Military Frontier
• Croatian Military Frontier
• Transylvanian Military Frontier

External links

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