The church with the belfry on the eastern side, which was originally mentioned in 1447, has undergone and preserved, as the typical representative of the "Carinthian type" of Romance churches, six architectural construction, reconstruction and restoration phases.
The basis and the semicircular apse in presbytery of the today's church date from the early-Romance period from the second half of 12th Century. The remains of the early-middle-ages' church, old Slavic graves and the findings of Kethletic cultural society date from the pre-Romance period i.e. from 9th to 10th Century.
The church with the recorded apse is exceptional and unique in continental Slovenia and is, archeologically proved, the best preserved early-middle-ages' church from the period of Christianization of the Alpine Slovenes in the former Carinthian area, to which is historically belongs.
The monument is completely presented on the very spot.

Archeological research and presentation: Institute of natural and cultural heritage, Maribor 1993/94.