Gričice Explained

Official Name:Gričice
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Lower Carniola
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast Slovenia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Semič
Population As Of:2002
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.6637°N 15.0864°W
Elevation M:711.4

Gričice (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈɡɾiːtʃitsɛ/; in older sources also Gričica,[1] German: Obermitterdorf[1] [2]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Semič in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] Its territory is now part of the village of Komarna Vas.

History

Gričice was a Gottschee German village. In 1931 it had 10 houses. The original inhabitants were expelled in the fall of 1941. Italian troops burned the village in the summer of 1942 during the Rog Offensive.[4] In recent years a large number of vacation houses and self-catering accommodations have been built at Gričice to serve the Bela ski center.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 152.
  2. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
  3. http://www.semic.si/ Semič municipal site
  4. Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 38.
  5. http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=42448 "Odlok o spremembah in dopolnitvah zazidalnega načrta za počitniško naselje Gričice-Rog" Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia no. 38/2003 (25 Apr. 2003)
  6. http://www.vurp-partnerstvo.si/datoteke/gradiva/Gradivo_-_Pregled_obstojecega_stanja.pdf VURP - Vseživljenjsko učenje za razvoj podeželja. Pregled obstoječega stanja, page 19.