 Glostrup Hospital was inaugurated in 1958 and employs 3,200 people.The village of Glostrup was established some time between 1000 and 1197 and is named after its founder Glob.The village is first mentioned between 1186 and 1197 as Glostorp, but Glostrup church is from around 1150, indicating that a well-established community was already found at the site at this point.