Vrsinje

Vrsinje (Serbian Cyrillic: Врсиње, Latin: Versigne, Versigna) was a medieval county (župa) part of the Kingdom of Serbia, the Kingdom of Bosnia, and briefly, as a nahiya of the Ottoman Empire. It was a county in the crown land of Trebinje (archaic Travunija). After the Ottoman conquest, it was replaced by the Zupci tribe.

Vrsinje was located on the way from Trebinje (now in Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Herceg Novi (now in Montenegro), above Konavle (now in Croatia). It bordered the counties of Trebinje,Vrm, Konavle and Dračevica. It included the settlement of Mrcine (which Jireček identified as Vrsinje itself, known as Mrcine since the 16th century), now known as Dubravka, in Konavle. Jireček's identification of Mrcine as Vrsinje itself was proved false, as Mrcine was mentioned already in 1423 and 1427 in boundary settlements of Konavle lands. A larger size of Vrsinje is apparent from its often mention alongside Trebinje and Konavle.

According to Jireček, there were dense forests around Vrsinje (now without traces) from which planks were sold in Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Konavle and the Bay of Kotor. From Vrsinje and Konavle meat, especially salted pork, leather, horns, wool and cheese was exported to Ragusa. In 1310, two individuals from Vrsinje migrated to the Republic of Ragusa to work as servants.

Vrsinje was inhabited by warlike shepherds. The Dobrašinović was a lesser noble family from Vrsinje, mentioned in the first half of the 15th century; Vukosav Dobrašinović was mentioned between 1426 and 1433 several times in Ragusan documents, while Tomaš Dobrašinović was mentioned in 1439. Names of people from Vrsinje are recorded in documents; examples include 14th-century Rajko Milatković or Milatović (1376), and 15th-century Radut Radosalić (1416), Vukosav Dobrašinović (1426–33), Vukman Bogavčić (1426), Pribio Bogavčić (1429), Petko Radosalić (1432), Radonja Paskačević (1434), Radohna and Ostoja Radosalić (1438), "Vatoyl" and "Butor Cranchouigh" (1438), Tomaš Dobrašinović (1439), Dobrovoj Branojević, Branko Dobrovojević, Hranko Jirojević, Vukac Milatović, Rogušin Milošević, Vukša Pribilović, Boroje, Branko Dobrojević, and Dobroslav Stanojević. Bosnian linguist Asim Peco noted that almost all names of individuals from Vrsinje were Serb.

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