Maramures is one of the oldest historical provinces inhabited by Romanians. The Land of Marmures was one of the many medieval state entities in the Carpathian basin and was mentioned for the first time in official documents in 1199.The emergence of the Moldavian feudal state in the early 14th century is very much related to the Romanians in Maramures. Back then, the local ruler Dragos and his troops crossed the Carpathians to the east to form a defence line along the Hungarian border, which would become the nucleus of the Moldavian state.The Land of Maramures was incorporated by the medieval Kingdom of Hungary and the local leaders were made nobles. After the Ottoman Empire conquered Hungary in 1526, Maramures became part of the Transylvanian voivodate, and in 1688 became part of Austria. In 1867, after the reform of the Habsburg Empire, and the establishment of Austria-Hungary, Maramures became a part of Hungary. After the first world war, in 1918, the representatives of the Romanians
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