The village was founded on June 1, 1747, by 20 families from Odernheim am Glan, in Rhineland-Palatinate.

[2] By 1920 it was still an autonomous municipality, the lesser populated one (186 inhabitants) merging into the German capital with the "Greater Berlin Act".

It borders on the Berlin localities of Rahnsdorf, Köpenick, Grünau and Schmöckwitz.

The lakes Seddinsee and Langer See are the southern borders of the locality, which has within its limits three other lakes, the Große Krampe, a little portion of the Müggelsee (named Kleiner Müggelsee), and the little Bauersee.

Müggelheim has three zones (Ortslagen): The locality has no urban rail service: the nearest S-Bahn station is Wilhelmshagen, located in Rahnsdorf.