GROSUPLJE-Memorial Plaque on Brinje Castle

At the house in Grosupljе, which Valvasor already mentions as Brinje Castle, there is a commemorative plaque on the façade, to the right of the entrance, in the window niche (blind window), which was installed on 10 October 1971. The initiative for this was taken by the local committee of ZB NOV Grosuplje.

The district committee was established on 28 September 1941 in Račni, and the first chairman was the veterinarian Stane Valentinčič, the then owner of the castle. Therefore, in Brinje during the mentioned period, the district committee meetings were frequent. From there, the supply of the partisans in Polici and around Šentjur was also organized, since the house's wartime shop served as an appropriate storage for food. Regional activists came there, as well as members of the central leadership of the Liberation Front from Ljubljana and their technical organs. Partisans also came there for weapons or other supplies. In the summer and autumn of 1941, when he was staying in Grosupljе, the district secretary Dolfe Jakhl occasionally illegally resided in Brinje.

Stane Valentinčič donated in 1952 to the municipality of Grosuplje a proposal that they arrange museum spaces within the house.

The commemorative plaque, made of dark marble, with dimensions 60x40 cm, is attached to the wall in the niche, 93x128 cm, which gives the appearance of a window on the façade.

Monuments of NOB in the Municipality of Grosuplje, Grosuplje, 29 October 1987

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