The plateau was named Dicvibare or "maiden pool" in a memory of tragic death of a young girl. According to tradition, young shepherdess accidentally drowned in risen Crna kamenica river.

Divcibare has a long tradition of air bath tourism. The very name was mentioned in 1476 in turkish register of Smederevo sanjak. An important data related to the histrory of this air bath is that after The second uprising of Serbs, Duke Milos Obrenovic bought the whole plateau from his turkish  blood-brother Deli-aga, with all sheepfolds and other built structures included. It is well known that Duke Milosh visited this area frequently, inspecting shepherds and checking their work. There was a cold mountain water spring near "Gospodarske kolibe", which was later named fountain of Duke Milos.
In 1925 a society called  "Health society of Divcibare" was founded in Valjevo. Although travelling to Divcibare lasted 12-16 hours at the time, the  founders of the society built their first wooden summer mountain pastures, popularly called "villas", so increasing number of inhabitants of this first settlement - "colony from Valjevo". Satisfying experiences of the first visitors of Divcibare related to its climatic conditions contributed in developing of the most famous tourist destination in Serbia. On account of its climate and rapid development, Ministry of trade and industry in Yugoslavian Kingdom  proclaimed Divcibare for tourist destination in May 1932. Immediately before Second World War there were 1.116 beds in rest homes and in private houses in this air bath.