Veterans' settlement schemes

Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it

thumb|German Lebensraum|colonisation of Eastern European regions as envisaged in a Nazi-era propaganda map published in 1943 '''' (, ; ) is a German term for settlers living on the marches of a realm who were tasked with holding back foreign invaders until the arrival of proper military reinforcements. In turn, they were granted special liberties. Wehrbauern in their settlements, known as Wehrsiedlungen'' (-en being the plural suffix), were mainly used on the eastern fringes of the Holy Roman Empire and later Austria-Hungary to slow attacks by the Ottoman Empire. This historic term was resurre

settlements established by the Israeli Nahal

Tuntian (屯田) or tunken (屯墾) was a form of frontier "military-agricultural colony" or settler colony in the history of China. Troops were sent to take over strategic under- or uncultivated land and convert it into a self-sustained, agrarian colony. In other words, the soldiers doubled as farmers. The system was adopted by other regimes throughout the Chinese cultural sphere.

thumb|Polish military settler from Osada Krechowiecka in the Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–39)|Wołyń Voivodeship, 1928 Osadniks (, "settler/settlers, colonist/colonists") were veterans of the Polish Army and civilians who were given or sold state land in the Kresy (current Western Belarus and Western Ukraine) territory ceded to Poland by Polish-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 (and occupied by the Soviet Union in 1939 and ceded to it after World War II). The Polish word was also a loanword that was used in the Soviet Union.

thumb|right|Aerial view of Levittown, Pennsylvania |222x222px Levittown is the name of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States (including one in Puerto Rico) by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. Built after World War II for returning white veterans and their new families, the communities offered attractive alternatives to cramped central city locations and apartments. The Veterans Administration and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) guaranteed builders that qualified veterans could buy housing for a fraction of rental costs. Under Levitt &

gift of real estate – land or its use privileges – made by a government or other authority