Grosuplje (;[ Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 108.] is a town in central Slovenia, in the northwest of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is the seat of the Municipality of Grosuplje and is part of the Central Slovenia Statistical Region.[ Grosuplje municipal site] It has close ties to the nearby capital, Ljubljana.
Name
Grosuplje was first attested in written sources in 1136 as
Groslupp (and as
Grasslupp in 1220–50, and
Grazlup in 1249). The settlement is known as
Grasuple in the local dialect. The etymological origin of the name is unclear. One theory derives it from
*Graslupoje (selo/poľe)—literally, 'wet (village/field)', from the adjective
*graslupъ. Another theory derives the name from
Lombard language *grass(ah)lauffja 'rapids' but is undermined by the lack of fast-flowing water in the area. Yet another theory derives it from the hypothetical Lombard name
*Graslupus borrowed into Slavic as
*Groslupъ, whereby
*Groslupľe selo would literally mean 'Groslupъ's village'.
[Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 155–156.] In the past the German name was
Großlupp.
Mass grave
Grosuplje is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Koščak Hill Mass Grave () is located in the northern part of the town, on Koščak Hill—also known as Brinje Hill (Brinjski hrib).
[Adamič, France. 1996. "Mala kronika Občine Grosuplje." Zbornik občin Grosuplje, Ivančna Gorica, Dobrepolje 19: 17–28, p. 23.] It contains the remains of 15 anticommunist militia members, mostly from the Dobrepolje
Polje, that were held as prisoners of war and murdered between 26 and 28 October 1943.
Church
The
parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Michael and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana. It was built in 1972 at a site close to an older building dedicated to the same saint.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Grosuplje include:
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Louis Adamic (1898–1951), Slovenian-American writer
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Ana Gale (1909–1944), poet
[Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 131.]
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Jože Gale (1913–2005), film director
["Poslovil se je Jože Gale." 2005. Delo (25 April).]
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Sašo Hribar (1960–2023), media personality and comedian
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Janez Janša (born 1958), former prime minister of Slovenia
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Stane Valentinčič (1913–1995), veterinarian
[Bidovec, Andrej. 1995. "Umrl je prof. dr. Stane Valentinčič." Lovec: glasilo Lovske zveze Slovenije 78(9) (September): 342–343.]
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Aleksander Čeferin (born 1967), current president of UEFA
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