Transylvanian Military Frontier
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.
| 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 |
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.
