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Vlach and other colonists. In exchange for land-grants, religious freedom and favorable tax rates, they colonized the area and served as the bulwark for the monarchy against Ottoman incursions. Germans were recruited in the late 18th century by the Habsburg monarchy to resettle and develop the Danube River Valley in the Kingdom of Hungary, and became known as Danube Swabians. The military regiments formed

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