Grič pri Dobličah () is a settlement southwest of Dobliče in the Municipality of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.Črnomelj municipal site 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 VidošiLeksikon 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.
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 areaMalnerič, M. 1926/27. O nekaterih imenih in o čakavskem naglasku v Beli Krajini. Čas 21(2): 94–100, p. 95. and skedenj is a common noun referring to a small, horizontal karst caveKladnik, Drago, et al. (eds.). 2005. Geografski terminološki slovar. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, p. 357.). Zjot (or Zjod) Cave lies above the hamlet of Vidoše (the cave's name comes from the ground being eroded by water;Kraške jame v črnomaljski okolici. 1910. Slovenec 38(76) (April 6): 1–2. 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.Spremembe naselij 1948–95. 1996. Database. Ljubljana: Geografski inštitut ZRC SAZU, DZS. 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.
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External links Grič pri Dobličah on Geopedia