Grič pri Dobličah () is a settlement southwest of

Dobliče Dobliče (; ''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'', vol 1. Ljubljan ...

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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. 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. Vidoše was formerly a hamlet of

Doblička Gora Doblička Gora (; ''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 Črnomelj in the Whit ...

Geography

The village lies below the northeast slope of the Poljane Mountains (). There are several caves in the hills above the village. Grdan Cave () 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 {{Crnomelj-geo-stub