Grosuplje is located in the Ljubljana region . The total municipality has 20,059 inhabitants, 7,230 of them in the city of Grosuplje alone. The village was first mentioned in 1136. After the connection to the rail network, the place grew rapidly.
8 km south of Grosuplje is the Županova jama cave , one of the most beautiful caves in Slovenia. In 1926 the cave was discovered by the mayor at the time. It is therefore also called Županova jama, the mayor's cave.
Community structure
The municipality comprises 67 localities (the former German name is given in brackets):
Bičje ( Kreuzeneck )
Blečji Vrh ( Feldsberg )
Brezje pri Grosupljem ( Aschenberg in the Upper Carniola )
Brvace ( Werze in der Krain )
Cerovo ( Trontelstein )
Cikava ( Zickau )
Čušperk ( Sable Mountain )
Dobje ( Dobech )
Dole pri Polici ( Dollach near Politz )
Dolenja vas pri Polici ( Niederdorf )
Gabrje pri Ilovi Gori ( Rabenstein in der Oberkrain )
Gajniče ( Gainitschhof )
Gatina ( wife )
Gorenja vas pri Polici ( Oberdorf near Politz )
Gornji Rogatec ( Oberrogatz )
Gradišče ( Eisenstein )
Grosuplje ( Grosslupp )
Hrastje pri Grosupljem ( Graest near Großlupp )
Huda Polica ( Bösenberg )
Kožljevec ( Gustenfeld )
Lobček ( Lobtschigg )
Luče ( Leitsch near Weichselburg )
Mala Ilova Gora ( Klein Egidisberg )
Mala Loka pri Višnji Gori ( Kleinlack in the Upper Carniola )
Mala Račna ( Lehmberg )
Mala Stara vas ( Klein Altedorf )
Mala vas pri Grosupljem ( Kleindorf near Großlupp )
Male Lipljene ( Kleinlipplein )
Mali Konec ( Malkonz )
Mali Vrh pri Šmarju ( small cup in the Upper Carniola )
Malo Mlačevo ( Klein Latschach )
Medvedica ( Medweditz )
Paradišče ( Paradeis in Carniola )
Pece ( Petzenstein )
Peč ( Pötsch )
Plešivica pri Žalni ( Pless )
Podgorica pri Podtaboru ( Podgoritz near Sankt Georgen )
Podgorica pri Šmarju ( Podgorica near Sankt Marein )
Polica ( Politz in der Oberkrain )
Ponova vas ( Pondorf )
Praproče pri Grosupljem ( Prapretsche )
Predole ( Prewald )
Rožnik ( Rosenbach in der Oberkrain )
Sela pri Šmarju ( little village near Marein )
Spodnja Slivnica ( Unter Schleinitz )
Spodnje Blato ( Under Moss )
Spodnje Duplice ( Unterfeldsberg )
Šent Jurij ( Saint George )
Škocjan ( Saint Kanzian )
Šmarje-Sap ( Marein-Schwabendorf )
Tlake ( Hert )
Troščine ( Troschein )
Udje ( hammer chair )
Velika Ilova Gora ( Groß Egidisberg )
Velika Loka ( Großlack in the Oberkrain )
Velika Račna ( large radish )
Velika Stara vas ( Gross Altedorf )
Velike Lipljene ( Groß Liplein )
Veliki Vrh pri Šmarju ( Großgupf )
Veliko Mlačevo ( Great Weissenstein )
Vino ( wine valley )
Vrbičje ( Weissenhof )
Zagradec pri Grosupljem ( Burgstall near Großlupp )