Varaždin Generalate

The Varaždin Generalate (German: Warasdiner Generalat, Croatian: Varaždinski generalat), also known as the Windische Grenze ("Slavic Border") in German,[1] was a province of the Military Frontier of the Habsburg monarchy (later the Austrian Empire and briefly Austria-Hungary), that existed between 1531 and the 19th century.

While the Generalate was originally based in Warasdin (Varaždin), Varaždin County, including the city, was removed from the Military Frontier in the 18th century; the district the Generalate controlled was thereafter centered on Bellowar (Bjelovar), which also briefly acted as its administrative center until it was moved to Zagreb in 1787.

[3] Until the Long Turkish War, the Military Frontier's defense system had two centers, Karlovac and Varaždin.

[4] The Statuta Valachorum (1630), a decree of privileges to the Orthodox and some Greek Catholic Vlachs[5][6] and (Serb) refugee community, was in effect in the generalate.

[9] In 1737 the Military Frontier was re-organized, and the Varaždin general command included the two regiments of Križevci and Đurđevac.