In its plural form it refers to a gently rolling landscape consisting of the basins of an influent stream.

[4] The German name Sporeben was attested as Payrs-Eben 'Bavarian plain' in 1574.

Italian troops burned the village during the Rog Offensive in the summer of 1942 and it was not rebuilt after the war.

After the village was burned, the Partisans built the Kremen hospital in the nearby forest.

The Partisan Veterans' Organization restored the headquarters building of the hospital in 1956.