Grosuplje
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From top, left to right: Grosuplje skyline, St. Michael's Church, Steam locomotive display, Railway Station, Koščak House, Admiral Hotel | |
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Coat of arms of Grosuplje Coat of arms | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Lower Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Grosuplje |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Peter Verlič (SDS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.3 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 343.1 m (1,126 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 7,501 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 1290 |
| Vehicle registration | LJ |
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Grosuplje (pronounced [ɡɾɔˈsùːpljɛ] Audio file "Sl-Grosuplje.oga" not found;[3] German: Großlupp)[4] 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.[5] It has close ties to the nearby capital, Ljubljana.
Name
[edit | edit source]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 *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'.[6] In the past the German name was Großlupp.[4]
Mass grave
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Grosuplje is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Koščak Hill Mass Grave (Slovene: Grobišče Koščakov hrib) is located in the northern part of the town, on Koščak Hill—also known as Brinje Hill (Brinjski hrib).[7][8] It contains the remains of 15 anticommunist militia members, mostly from the Dobrepolje karst polje, that were held as prisoners of war and murdered between 26 and 28 October 1943.[9]
Church
[edit | edit source]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.[10]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1948 | 929 | — |
| 1953 | 1,053 | +13.3% |
| 1961 | 1,544 | +46.6% |
| 1971 | 2,660 | +72.3% |
| 1981 | 4,605 | +73.1% |
| 1991 | 5,606 | +21.7% |
| 2002 | 6,050 | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 7,098 | +17.3% |
| 2021 | 7,607 | +7.2% |
| Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions. | ||
Notable people
[edit | edit source]Notable people that were born or lived in Grosuplje include:
- Louis Adamic (1898–1951), Slovenian-American writer
- Ana Gale (1909–1944), poet[11]
- Jože Gale (1913–2005), film director[11][12]
- Sašo Hribar (1960–2023), media personality and comedian
- Janez Janša (born 1958), former prime minister of Slovenia
- Stane Valentinčič (1913–1995), veterinarian[11][13]
- Aleksander Čeferin (born 1967), current president of UEFA
References
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- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
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- ^ a b Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 108.
- ^ Grosuplje municipal site
- ^ Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 155–156.
- ^ Adamič, France. 1996. "Mala kronika Občine Grosuplje." Zbornik občin Grosuplje, Ivančna Gorica, Dobrepolje 19: 17–28, p. 23.
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- ^ a b c Savnik, Roman, ed. 1971. Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 131.
- ^ "Poslovil se je Jože Gale." 2005. Delo (25 April).
- ^ Bidovec, Andrej. 1995. "Umrl je prof. dr. Stane Valentinčič." Lovec: glasilo Lovske zveze Slovenije 78(9) (September): 342–343.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Grosuplje on Geopedia
- File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Grosuplje travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Grosuplje on Web - Drevored.si
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