The entire route was built due to the efforts of businessman Johannes Janus, who ran the Hotel Holsteinische Schweiz ("Holstein Switzerland") after which the station was named.
Platform 1 had a roof which was dismantled again in 1896 in order to be re-erected at Plön's prince's station (strictly Plön-Parkstation).
Regular passenger and goods services on the Malente-Gremsmühlen-Lütjenburg line, and therefore at Holsteinische Schweiz station were closed in 2000.
Currently part of the line has been converted to 600 mm gauge and is back in service as a heritage railway.
The station is serviced by the 600 mm narrow-gauge line called the Hein Schüttelborg.