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The Banat Military Frontier was a strip of territory which paralleled the left bank of the Danube from the confluence with the Theiss to Orschowa. In the settlement phase of the Banat, Magyars (Germans) were largely excluded from settling in both the Military Frontier and the Civil Banat. In a potential Magyar uprising or open rebellion against the Habsburgs, the Crown viewed the Banat Military Frontier as a buffer preventing the facile unification of Magyar revolutionaries and Turks.

The militia farmers (Colonists) of these military districts received the free use of farm land in return for part time military service. These farmers, or Grenzers, were, in most cases, indigenous peoples from the area of which the districts were formed.

For more information, please refer to Dave Dreyer’s “VII Grenzland Introduction

 

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Name Age Village Date Comments Film #
Beck Josef 21 Peterwardein Aug 1796 Cadet 1172589
Beisching Leopold 23 Strassburg/Kaernten May 1815 von K K Fuhrwesen Corp 1172945
Benedete Johann 24 Mercydorf Apr 1797 To Gyulay Frei Corp 1172590
Berg Simon 20 Betschkerek/Torontal Feb 1795 1172589
Berger Friedrich 29 Eisleben/Sachsen Jun 1794 Evang., To Brooder Grenz Regiment 1172588
Berger Jakob 23 Martinsberg/Hungaria Dec 1798 To Gyulay Frei Corp 1172591
Bernhard Johann 18 Kosta/Reich Dec 1798 To Gyulay Frei Corp 1172591
Biehard Johann 18 Oppowa Aug 1794 1172588
Biel Ludwig 18 Kl Betschkerek Sep 1796 To Gyulay Frei Corp 1172590
Bierbauer Josef 17 Lenauheim Sep 1796 To Gyulay Frei Corp 1172590
Billey Franz 19 Pantschowa Jul 1792 Banater Frei Corps 1172605
Billey Franz 18 Pantschowa May 1792 To Banater Freicorp 1172605
Blankenstein Josef 27 Tropau/Oberschliesen Jun 1794 To Brooder Grenz Regiment 1172588
Blesch Johann 36 Kohldorf/Steiermark Jan 1796 To Gyulay Frei Corp 1172590
Bley Mathias 44 Szluvadin/Maehren Jan 1796 To Gyulay Frei Corp 1172590
Boch Johann Georg 20 Denta Jan 1794 1172588
Boer Philip 20 Apfeldorf Jul 1800
Bosch Georg 22 Leberstorsi/Hungary Nov 1794 1172588
Brafiaick Anton 28 Fiume/Dalmatia Mar 1795 to Brooder Grenz Regiment 1172589
Brober Nikolaus 18 Bertrische/Lothringen Jan 1796 To Gyulay Frei Corp 1172590


Extracted by David Dreyer December, 2005
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Updated by Karen Dalton Preston August, 2020