Vrtača pri Semiču (pronounced [ʋəɾˈtaːtʃa pɾi ˈseːmitʃu]) is a former settlement in the Municipality of Semič in southern Slovenia.

[4] It was purchased by local people in 1901, who divided up the castle inventory, sold the castle library and archive to a local merchant (who used the paper to wrap goods), and tore down the structure and planted an orchard in its place in 1902.

[5] During the Second World War, on 5 August 1942 several men were taken from the village by Italian authorities and sent to a concentration camp.

[4] The village was annexed and made part of the town of Semič in 2001, ending its existence as a separate settlement.

However, it no longer existed in the 17th century, when Johann Weikhard von Valvasor described the settlement.