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According to written data the town name first appeared in 1427 as PODVRSAV. At the end of 14th century
there were several toponyms: VARSOCZ (VAR\u0160OC), VERSECZ (VER\u0160EC), and VIRSICZA (VIR\u0160KA). In 1694 there was VERSOCZ (VER\u0160OC) and VARSACZ (VAR\u0160AC) in 1707.
First colonies appeared in the Neolith, at the time of polished stone. There are archaeological sites (At) to prove this. Colonies permanently settled here at the time of the Slavs arrival (at the end of the Middle-ages). Before the Slavs the Thracian, Celtic, Skit, Dacian, Roman, Gepid, Avers tribes etc. had lived here.
Apart from economic development crafts and trade also began to develop and the town grew more and more into cultural and educational centre. During the second half of the 18th century it had the first pharmacy “Kod Spasitelja” (At Saviour’s), the post office, the first Primary School was founded and the oldest part of the Vrsac Magistrate or \u201dMunicipije\u201d was built.
Then in 1757 Eparchial residence was built, the Church of the Assumption (1766), the Great Synod Church (1785). Owing to extraordinary efforts of the bishop Josif Jovanovic Skabenta Vrsac got Grammatical School in 1790.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First theatrical plays were played in Serbian in 1793, performed by Grammatical School students. Before that guest German theatres from Timisoara performed their plays.
Vrsac is situated in the Banat plain at the foot of the Vrsac Mountains, on latitude 45o 7\u2019 30\u2019\u2019 North longitude and 29o 19\u2019 30\u2019\u2019 East latitude. It is situated on the edge of the Panonian Plane, at the foot of the Vrsac Mountains, only 14km from the Serbian-Romanian border.The international railway Vienna-BudapestBelgrade-Bucharest passes through Vrsac. Within the Vrsac Pilot Academy there is an airport used by smaller planes, air-taxi and aircraft of medium size.
There are 54.396 inhabitants living on the territory of Vrsac municipality and it is a multiethnic community with 16 different nationalities. The majority of them are the Serbs 39.418 (72.5%) then the Romanians 5.912 (10.8%) and the Hungarians 2.619 (4.8%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COAT OF ARMS OF VRSAC
<\/strong>This coat of arms first appeared in the Trade Charter of 1804. The text onthe edge of the shield inside the circle reads: SIGILLIUM PRIVILEGATE COMMUNITATIS VERSCHEZ, meaning \u201ca stamp of the privileged Vrsac municipality\u201d. This stamp was in 1964 by this town\u2019s statute designated to be coat of arms of the town of Vrsac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n