The formerly unincorporated town, became a part of the Probstei district on January 1, 2008, which already had its seat in Schönberg.

In 1226 the Count of Schauenberg Adolf IV gave the northern part of the modern-day district of Plön to the cloister of the Benedictian Order in Preetz.

It was characteristic of the Probstei Farmers that they were free men, and not feudal serfs; they only needed to pay tributes to the cloister.

The first sacred building in the town was Saint George's Chapel (built in 1220), west of Wisch, Plön.

In the night from August 2 to 3 in 1779, A large part of the village was consumed by fire, including the Lutheran church, which was probably made of wood.

Before and after the First World War, numerous residents of Schönberg and the Probstei emigrated to Eldridge and Davenport, the neighboring large city in the US state of Iowa.