Gradec (pronounced [ˈɡɾaːdəts]; sometimes Zagradec;[1] German: Grodetz, Groditz,[2][3] or Grodez;[4] Gottscheerish: Grodetz[5]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia.

[7] The toponym Gradec is relatively common in Slovenia and is derived from the Slovene common noun gradec 'small walled settlement' (which only later developed the contemporary meaning 'castle, chateau').

[10] The residents were evicted in the fall of 1941 and the area was burned by Italian troops during the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942.

[6][11] After the war a logger's cabin was built at the site, which is accessible by a forest road.

[1] A chapel of ease, dedicated to the Holy Cross, stood in the village.