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Mali Vrh pri Šmarju (; german: Kleingupf) is a settlement just northwest of
Šmarje–Sap Šmarje–Sap (; sl, Šmarje - Sap) is a settlement in the Municipality of Grosuplje in central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. Na ...
in the
Municipality of Grosuplje The Municipality of Grosuplje (; sl, Občina Grosuplje) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Grosuplje. It lies just south of the capital Ljubljana in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is ...
in central
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. The area is part of the historical region of
Lower Carniola Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region. Geography Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the no ...
. The municipality is now included in the
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.


Name

Mali Vrh was attested in historical sources as ''Wenigen perk'' in 1453. The name of the settlement was changed from ''Mali Vrh'' to ''Mali Vrh pri Šmarju'' in 1955.


Cultural heritage

Evidence of an
Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
hillfort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...
has been found on Vrhovka Hill northeast of the settlement.


References


External links

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Mali Vrh pri Šmarju on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Grosuplje {{Grosuplje-geo-stub