Around the middle of the 18th century, the area around Our Lady of the Rosary Church started being known as Cerkovska vas (literally, 'church village'),[6] with the German equivalent Kirchdorf.

[2][8] Holy Cross Church stands north of the village center, on the southern slope of Tabor Hill.

It replaced an older castle that stood near Holy Cross Church on Tabor Hill and was already in ruins by the 17th century.

The origins of Logatec Castle go back to the late Middle Ages, and it was remodeled in the 16th, 18th (by Carlo Martinuzzi [sl], c. 1673–1726), and 20th centuries.

The castle was originally the seat of the Dominion of Logatec and was then owned by the Windisch-Graetz family until 1848, when it became the property of the local administration.