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Gradec (; sometimes ''Zagradec''; , ''Groditz'',Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4. or ''Grodez'';''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
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: ''Grodetz''Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In ''Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer'' (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.) is a remote abandoned settlement in the
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in the
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.Črnomelj municipal site
/ref> Its territory is now part of the village of Rožič Vrh.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 27053


Name

The toponym ''Gradec'' is relatively common in Slovenia and is derived from the Slovene common noun ''gradec'' 'small walled settlement' (which only later developed the contemporary meaning 'castle, chateau'). However, the linguist Anton Breznik (1881–1944) proposed that in this case the name is derived from the Slovene noun ''grod'' 'rib, ridge', referring to the location of the settlement on a ridge.Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." ''Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo'' 16: 61–81 and 106–123, p. 63. The German name ''Grodetz'' is derived from the Slovene name.


History

Gradec was a Gottschee German village. It was not mentioned in the land registry of 1574 or in the census of 1770, and so it was presumably founded later. Before the
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it had six houses and a population of 33.''Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine''. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 217. The residents were evicted in the fall of 1941 and the area was burned by Italian troops during the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942.Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 37. After the war a logger's cabin was built at the site, which is accessible by a forest road. The former village is registered as a cultural heritage site.


Mass grave

Gradec is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Zagradec Mass Grave () is located in a sinkhole below a forest trail and hay meadow southeast of the settlement. The grave contains the remains of 61 Roma from Kanižarica that were murdered on 21 July 1942.


Church

A
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, dedicated to the Holy Cross, stood in the village. It served as a pilgrimage destination. According to oral tradition, the church was built between 1550 and 1580.


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External links


Gradec (Zagradec) on GeopediaPre–World War II map of Gradec with oeconyms and family names
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gradec, Crnomelj Former populated places in the Municipality of Črnomelj