The castle and the manor were originally owned by the Ortenburg family, who did not live in it, but managed it with the help of castellans or gradniks. The castle was an important outpost, as it guarded the old freight route from Bohinjski kot and the Upper Sava Valley across Prevala towards Tržič and the hospice in Podljubelj to Koroška.
The building is classified as an immovable monument of local importance. A cultural local monument is a building that has exceptional cultural value at the local level. Such buildings are initially assessed as cultural heritage and then entered into the Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage. The proclamation is carried out by acts of proclamation adopted by the competent authority. These acts are published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia or the local community gazette.