Three burial mounds north of the village testify to
ancient settlement in the area. During work in the 1930s, local people found
iron artifacts and Roman coins in the mounds, but these objects have since
disappeared. The area suffered greatly from Ottoman attacks, which completely
destroyed the neighboring village of Obrančavci—the name of this settlement is
preserved in the Obrančavci Woods northeast of Bogojina. The settlement was
Lutheran during the Reformation, but returned to Catholic control in 1669.
Schooling was started in the village by