POZHAREVATS (also written Passarowitz and Pozarevac)  , a town in Servia, situated in the Morava valley, 4 m . E. of the Morava river and 8 m . S. of the Danube . The station for steamers, Dubravitsa, with its custom-house, standing on the banks of the Danube, forms practically the harbour of Pozharevats . The town has no special industry, but is the principal market of a very extensive and fruitful plain between the rivers Morava, Mlava and Danube . It is the capital of a department bearing the same name, and the seat of a prefecture, a tribunal of justice, a college and several national or normal schools . It has a large modern penitentiary, with a department for political offenders and a prison for women . Two miles to the west, towards Morava, is situated Lubichevo, a model farm and stud belonging to the government . The shady park and flower gardens are a popular resort of the people of Pozharevats . The town is known in the history of international treaties as the place at which the famous peace of Passarowitz between Austria and Turkey was concluded in 1718 . Pop . (1900), 12,957 .

Lignite is worked at Kostolats, 7 m . N. by E., and' the hills between Pozharevats and Kostolats show many traces of Roman mines . A number of coins, sarcophagi and inscriptions found in the neighbourhood are also Roman .