Freeholders and lesser nobility made up a large part of the population, and they also bore responsibility for safeguarding the area.

[3] At the beginning of the 17th century, various radical sects were active in the area, led by the smith Gašper Goleš and his son Luka.

Until the road to Vienna through the Black Valley (Slovene: Črni graben) was built at the beginning of the 18th century, Moravče was on the freight route for transporting mercury from Idrija to Styria.

Moravče was granted market rights by Maria Theresa in the 18th century; this especially applied to collecting vendors' fees at fairs, which were held at Martinmas and Saint Matthias' Day.

The Partisans took control of Moravče on 19 March 1944, but German forces aided by Russian Liberation Army troops and Slovene Home Guard forces retook control of the town in August 1944 during a battle in which the rectory and several houses were burned.

[3] The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Martin and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana.

[6] In addition to Saint Martin's Church, other cultural heritage items are registered in Moravče.