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: Granița 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, the territory of the Transylvanian Military Frontier was reincorporated into the principality.

Borders

Within the Habsburg monarchy the Transylvanian Military Frontier bordered the Principality of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Hungary in the northwest, the Banatian Military Frontier in the southwest, and Bukovina (part of Galicia and Lodomeria until 1849, a separate duchy thereafter) in the northeast. It also bordered the Ottoman vassal principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia in the southeast.

Regiments

Old headquarters of the 1st Romanian Border Guards Regiment in Orlat

The Transylvanian Military Frontier was composed of two Romanian regiments, two Székely regiments, and a Hussars regiment, garrisoned as follows:

• 1st Romanian Regiment at Orlat
• 2nd Romanian Regiment at Năsăud
• 1st Székely Regiment at Miercurea Ciuc
• 2nd Székely Regiment at Târgu Secuiesc
• Hussar border guards at Sfântu Gheorghe

See also

• Military Frontier
• Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867)
• History of Transylvania
• Transylvania

External links

• Transylvanian Military Frontier in 1815–1818