The name Apače is derived from *Apaťe (selo) 'abbot's village', referring to territory that was owned by an abbot or an abbey.

Names with a similar motivation include Opatje Selo in Slovenia, Apatovec and Opatija in Croatia, and Apatin in Serbia.

However, they were not accepted and had to suffer two weeks living in a carriage; 77 of them died.

[5] The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor.

It is an originally 17th-century Baroque mansion and it was renovated in a Neoclassical style in the 19th century.