Confiniaria militare

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Confiniaria militare was the Italian name for the Military Frontier, a borderland of the former Habsburg Monarchy organized as a militarized buffer zone against the Ottoman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borderland
buffer zone
historical region
military frontier
associatedWith Banat Military Frontier
Croatian Military Frontier
Slavonian Military Frontier
borderedBy Ottoman Empire
borderFunction separation of Habsburg and Ottoman spheres of influence
borderWith Kingdom of Croatia
Kingdom of Hungary
Ottoman provinces in the Balkans
controlledBy Austria-Hungary
Austrian Empire
Habsburg Monarchy
country Habsburg Monarchy
dissolvedIn 19th century
distinguishedFrom civilian provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy
governmentType military administration
hasEnglishName Military Frontier
hasItalianName Confiniaria militare
historicalRole frontier against Ottoman expansion
settlement zone for military colonists
legalStatus directly administered by Habsburg military authorities
locatedIn Central Europe
Southeastern Europe
linked to: Balkans
militaryStatus permanently militarized territory
opposedEntity Ottoman Empire
partOf Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg military border system
Habsburg–Ottoman border
Military Frontier
populationType frontier soldiers
military settlers
purpose defense against the Ottoman Empire
militarized buffer zone
reorganizedUnder Austria-Hungary
Austrian Empire
strategicImportance forward base for Habsburg military operations
protection of Habsburg lands from Ottoman incursions
timePeriod early modern period
modern period
usedByLanguage Italian

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