Grčarice (pronounced [ˈɡəɾtʃaɾitsɛ]; locally also Grčav(i)ce,[2] in older sources also Gerčarice,[3] German: Masern,[4][5] Gottscheerish: Masharə[6]) is a village in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia.

[8] Countess Elizabeth von Blagay granted additional territory to Grčarice for settlement in 1613 because of overpopulation.

[6] On 24 July 1882 a major fire started in Johann Sbačnik's (= Sbaschnig, Zbačnik) threshing room at Grčarice no.

Agriculture was largely abandoned in the village, with only some small-scale potato cultivation and raising of cattle and pigs.

Most of the population lived as forestry workers involved in cutting and transporting timber, or commuted to work in Ribnica or Prigorica.