Grič pri Dobličah () is a settlement southwest of
Dobliče
Dobliče (; german: Döblitsch''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4.Rajšp, Vincenc. 1995. ''Slovenija na vojaškem zemljevidu 1763-1787' ...
in the
Municipality of Črnomelj
The Municipality of Črnomelj (; sl, Občina Črnomelj) is a municipality in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Črnomelj. The municipality is at the heart of the area of White Carniola, the southeastern part of th ...
in the
White Carniola
White Carniola ( sl, Bela krajina; german: Weißkrain or ''Weiße Mark'') is a traditional region in southeastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia. Due to its smallness, it is often considered a subunit of the broader Lower Carniola region, alth ...
area of southeastern
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. The area is part of the traditional region of
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region.
Geography
Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...
and is now included in the
Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region
The Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region ( sl, Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistična regija) is a statistical region in southeast Slovenia. It is the largest statistical region. The development of this region is largely the result of industry (the au ...
. Hamlets of the village includes Dolnji Grič, which comprises the village core, and Gornji Grič,
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, pp. 32, 38.] as well as Vidoše (in older sources ''Vidoši''
[''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 5.]) and Kralji. Vidoše has only a few houses along the road from
Bistrica to
Mavrlen
Mavrlen (; in older sources also ''Maverl'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4. german: Maierle) is a settlement in the hills west of ...
.
Vidoše was formerly a hamlet of
Doblička Gora
Doblička Gora (; german: Döblitschberg''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 5.) is a settlement north of Dobliče in the Municipality of ...
.
Geography
The village lies below the northeast slope of Mount Poljane ( sl, Poljanska gora). There are several caves in the hills above the village. Grdan Cave ( sl, Grdanji skedenj) lies to the west (''Grdan'' is an old surname in the area and ''skedenj'' is a common noun referring to a small, horizontal karst cave). Zjot (or Zjod) Cave lies above the hamlet of Vidoše (the cave's name comes from the ground being eroded by water; cf. ''izjeda'' 'a hollow carved by water').
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from ''Grič'' to ''Grič pri Dobličah'' (literally, 'Grič near Dobliče') in 1955. ''Grič'' is a common place name in Slovenia and comes from the common noun ''grič'' 'hill', which may refer to elevations rising up to in toponyms, although in common usage the noun usually refers to elevations rising or less.
[Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 153–154.]
References
External links
Grič pri Dobličah on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Črnomelj
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