A new settlement emerged after bishop Gebhard of Constance founded the imperial abbey of Petershausen.

The suburb lost an important engine for development when the monastery was secularized in 1802 and the monastic building subsequently began to decay.

Growth of Constance to the south was limited by the Swiss border, so the increase in population primarily occurred around the former monastery at Petershausen.

Promenades and new residential areas were built east of the Star Quarter, along the shore of Lake Constance, and in the north, along the road to Wollmatingen.

The entire neighbourhood was demolished to make room for a multi-lane road and a railway underpass in the direction of Staad.