Grintovec (pronounced [ˈɡɾiːntɔʋəts]; also Grintovec pri Kočevju;[1] German: Grintowitz[2][3] or Grintowitz bei Altlack;[4] Gottscheerish: Grintəbitz[5]) is a remote abandoned settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia.

[7] Simonič also suggests that the name could be derived from the plant field scabious (Knautia arvensis), known as grintavec in Slovene[8] and Grindkraut in German.

[9][10] The longer Slovene name Grintovec pri Kočevju means 'Grintovec near Kočevje'.

The longer German name Grintowitz bei Altlack means 'Grintovec near Stari Log'.

In the land registry of 1574 it had two full farms divided into four half-farms, corresponding to a population between 10 and 15.