Starološki Grič (; ,Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. ''Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem''. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.

Gottscheerish Gottscheerish (''Göttscheabarisch'',Maridi Tscherne: Wörterbuch Gottscheerisch-Slowenisch. Einrichtung für die Erhaltung des Kulturerbes Nesseltal, Koprivnik/Nesseltal 2010. , ) is an Upper German dialect which was the main language of c ...

: ''Autlogpichl'' or ''Lockpiechl''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 southern

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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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. Its territory is now part of the village of Planina.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 19507

Name

The name of the village is also recorded as ''Lackh Püchel'' and ''Logbichl'' in old land registries, and was known as ''Autlogpichl'', ''Lockpiechl'', or ''Logpichl''Simonič, Ivan. 1935. "Kočevarji v luči krajevnih in ledinskih imen." ''Glasnik Muzejskega društva za Slovenijo'' 16: 61–81 and 106–123. in the Gottschee German dialect. The designation ''Staro-/Alt-'' 'old' distinguished the settlement from the nearby younger settlement of Novološki Grič (). Both the Slovene name and German names literally mean '(old) hill near a marshy meadow'. Slovene place names containing the word ''grič'' 'small hill' are relatively common and may historically refer to elevations rising over 100 meters.

History

The land registries of 1574 and 1770 indicate that Starološki Grič consisted of one hide and four houses, with a population of six landowners and 12 to 15 residents altogether. In 1817 the village still had four houses and its population was 26. The village was abandoned by the end of the 19th century due to emigration to the

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. It was sold off to the Auersperg noble family in the 1890s to provide housing for their forestry workers. The abandoned village burned before the First World War.

Cultural heritage

The entire former village site is registered as cultural heritage, including ruins of buildings, a well, outlines of overgrown fields, and the remains of a linden-tree avenue. The ruins of the village's 16th-century Saint Ulrich's Chapel are also registered as cultural heritage. This was a single-nave building with a narrow single-bay octagonal

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walled on five sides. The remnants of a carved travertine arch and a narrow window in the chancel show that the chapel was built in the Gothic style.Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage
reference number ešd 18401

References

External links

Pre–World War II map of Starološki Grič with oeconyms and family names
{{DEFAULTSORT:Staroloski Gric Former populated places in the Municipality of Semič