Griblje (; german: Grüble''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 6.) is a settlement on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the

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in the

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area of southeastern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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and is now included in the

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Name

Griblje was attested in historical sources as ''Griblach'' in 1468, ''Briglach'' in 1490, and ''Griblah'' in 1593. The origin of the name is uncertain. It may derive from the dialect common noun ''grib'' '''

Boletus ''Boletus'' is a genus of mushroom-producing fungi, comprising over 100 species. The genus ''Boletus'' was originally broadly defined and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, essentially containing all fungi with hymenial pores instead of ...

''', referring to a place where such mushrooms grow. Other possibilities are derivation from ''griba'' 'clod, clump (of soil)', from a word related to

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

''griblja'' 'furrow', or from ''griva'' 'slope overgrown with grass'.

Church

The local

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

, south of the main settlement, is dedicated to

Saint Vitus Vitus (), whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown.Basil Watkins, ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical ...

( sl, sveti Vid) and belongs to the

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

Podzemelj Podzemelj (; german: Podsemel''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v dravnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 12.) is a village on the left bank of the Kolpa River in the Municipality ...

. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1526, but the current building dates to the 18th century.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 2122

References

External links

Griblje on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Črnomelj {{Crnomelj-geo-stub