The town was first mentioned in 1233 in a document confirming the establishment of a Benedictine nun's convent as Gerungeswalde[3] as a deserted oppidum together with a destroyed castle .

[3] A stream traversing the grounds of the town was dammed in the Middle Ages, forming a large pond known as Großteich.

Geringswalde was part of Kreis Rochlitz from 1945 to 1994, of Landkreis Mittweida from 1994 to 2008 and belongs now to the Central Saxony administrative district.

Some smaller factories produced clothes, cosmetics, electronic circuits, animal fodder, and concrete parts.

An observation tower named after Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, situated north of the town, opened in 1907.

A castle in the nearby forest was destroyed in the Middle Ages, only minuscule remains of its basement walls are left.