According to tradition, the church was established by the Burgundian monarchs Rudolph II and Bertha, which places the founding year between 922 and his death in 937.

Archeological excavations have found evidence of an early medieval church below the current structure.

[2] In 1226 King Henry and Emperor Frederick II gave Köniz to the Teutonic Knights as a Commandery.

For almost twenty years the ownership of the monastery and its extensive landholdings and rights were tied up in courts.

[2] In 1528, Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and attempted to secularize the religious houses throughout the Canton.

The Knights of the Commandery fled Köniz and refused the give up the rights to the building and their estates.

[2] In 1994 it was sold to the community and part of it was converted into an artist's space, art gallery and meeting center, known as the Kulturhof.

[4] In December 2011 the municipality voted to create the Schlosszone Köniz, a mixed use zone that includes the church, castle buildings, cemetery and green spaces.

The Schlosszone will allow both businesses to develop in the area and help fund the restoration and maintenance of the historic buildings.

At some point before the castle was sold to Bern in 1729, the church choir was redone in the Baroque style.

In 1937, Ernst Linck and Leo Steck added stained glass windows that represented the history of the church of Köniz.