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VERSECZ (Ger. Werschetz)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1047 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERSECZ (Ger. Werschetz) , a See also:town of See also:Hungary, in the See also:county of Temes, 235 M. S.S.E. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 25,199. It has a handsome See also:parish See also:church and is the seat of a See also:Greek Orthodox See also:bishop. Versecz is one of the See also:principal See also:wine-producing centres in Hungary, and the red wines and. See also:brandy produced here enjoy a See also:great reputation. Near the town are remains of a See also:Roman See also:castle, and a Roman rampart and See also:trench which extend for about 6o m. to- the See also:north. During the revolt's tionary See also:period of 1848-49 the Hungarians defeated the Serviana here on the 11th of See also:July 1848, while on the 19th of See also:January 1849 the town was occupied by the See also:Austrian troops.

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