Rupe () is a small remote settlement in the hills south of Rob in the

Municipality of Velike Lašče The Municipality of Velike Lašče (; sl, Občina Velike Lašče) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Velike Lašče. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central ...

in central

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. The entire municipality is part of the traditional 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 ...

and is now included in the

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Geography

Rupe is a clustered village on the

Rute Plateau The Rute Plateau (; sl, Rutarska planota, also simply ''Rute'') is a karst limestone plateau in Lower Carniola, Slovenia with an area of about . The forested ridges on the plateau run in a northwest-southeast direction (known as the Dinaric di ...

( sl, Rutarska planota) along the road from

Selo pri Robu Selo pri Robu () is a settlement on the Rute Plateau ( sl, Rutarska planota) in the hills southwest of Rob in the Municipality of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The municipality is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now ...

to Mohorje. The Ograje hay field lies north of the village. The Graben area to the west contains many springs, and above this is Selan Crag () and the Matejec Clearing () with tilled fields and hay fields. To the south are the Zglavnice fields, and to the southeast meadows and terraced fields. To the east are hay fields in an area known as Lošca, with a road leading to

Dednik Dednik () is a small settlement below Dednik Hill on the Rute Plateau ( sl, Rutarska planota) in the hills west of Velike Lašče in central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Central ...

and a trail through the woods offering a shortcut to Rob. The area also has a deep karst shaft surrounded by many depressions. The soil is sandy loam. Near the road there is an intermittent spring with a walled outlet. The farms in Rupe are small and there is little agricultural production because of the harsh climate; most of the villagers were tenant farmers in the past. The houses have pear and apple orchards. Economic activity was based on the production of wooden ware, especially wooden spoons, crates for fruit, and toothpicks. There was also some charcoal production, and mushrooms and blueberries were gathered and sold, especially in the Lošca area.

Name

The name ''Rupe'' is a plural form of the Slovene common noun ''rupa'' 'cave, sinkhole, depression', therefore referring to a local geographical feature.

History

During the Italian offensive in the summer of 1942, Italian forces burned some of the houses in the village. On 26 July 1942 one of the villagers was shot at Veliki Vrh.

References

External links

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Rupe on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Velike Lašče {{VelikeLasce-geo-stub