Disibod built a Baptistery at the spring on the foot of the hill, after his death in 700, his supposedly miraculous burial site became a destination for pilgrimages.

Shortly after Disibod's death, a church and monastery-like structure was founded on the hill, one of the oldest such foundations within the Diocese of Mainz.

In 745, Saint Boniface, the Bishop of Mainz, visited Disibodenberg and translated the relics of Disibod to the altar of the new monastery church.

The female community at Disibodenberg was moved to nearby Rupertsberg in 1147, following several disputes with the male monks and the growth of Hildegard's Frauenklause to 18 nuns.

[3] Not long after Hildegard's departure from Disibodenberg, the fortunes of the monastery began to darken, mostly due to local feuds and the growing issue of the robber barons in the area.

Save for failed attempts in 1631 and 1639 to revitalize the abbey under Spanish patronage during the Thirty Years' War, the monastery fell into ruin.

The property's last private owner, Ehrengard Freifrau von Racknitz, handed it over to the Disibodenberg Scivias Foundation, which retains ownership to this day.