In the late Middle Ages Krummbek,[1] for the first time documented in 1327, was a farming village belonging to the abbey of Reinfeld.

When Count Nicolas Luckner was beheaded at the age of 72 during the Reign of Terror under the guillotine in Paris, Schulenburg manor including Krummbek passed to his son.

[5] He had the manor house in 1803 erected by Christian Frederik Hansen in the neoclassical style.

Luise Jauch's traits were utilized by Mann for the novel's head nurse Adritacia von Mylendonk.

[7] In 1928, Krummbek was incorporated into the village of Barkhorst and in 1974 it became a district of the municipality of Lasbek.