Dolenci is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
Its old name Grià ¡niki is derived from the patronym Grià ¡nik or Grià ¡njakoviÃÂ.
Dolenci is also the name of a village in Prekmurje, several villages near Ohrid and Prespa (Dolenci, Bitola, Dolenci, Demir Hisar, Bigor Dolenci, Manastirsko Dolenci), a hamlet of Donji Stupnik, a hamlet of Lupoglav, and a hamlet of nearby Zavrà ¡je.
Although the village was not mentioned by name, a certain Stjepan Grià ¡njakoviàwas listed on the Modruà ¡e urbarium of 1486 under Lukovdol, who owned 9 morgens of land, of which 4 were pasture, paying 84 solidi to Lord Bernardin Frankopan annually as with all others in Lukovdol.
Dolenci was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm.
On 12 December 2020, a dog killed a lamb there, leading to a police investigation.
As of 2021, the only inhabitant under the age of 20 was a single teenage boy.
In 1870, Grià ¡niki, in Lukovdol's porezna opÃÂina, had 14 houses and 102 people.
In 1890, Grià ¡niki (Dolenci) had 16 houses and 70 people. Its villagers were under Lukovdol parish, school and tax districts, but were administered by Severin.
As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it belongs to the of Lukovdol.