Schöneberg is a village and a municipal division (Stadtteil) of the town of Hofgeismar in the district of Kassel in northern Hesse, Germany.

[1] To exert their power and influence, and for protection, in the early part of the 12th century, the archbishops of Mainz in the Diemel and upper Weser area built a fortress on top of a mountain 323 meters (1,060 ft) high, just west of where the village stands today.

[1] The lords of Schöneberg appeared in the High Middle Ages in northern Hesse and bore the title nobilis Dominus.

At the urging of the people of Hofgeismar, Ludolf VI sold Schöneberg castle to the archbishopric of Mainz in 1272 and with it, the jurisdiction over numerous localities, which were later abandoned.

[1] Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel gave them land around Hofgeismar to build new settlements after they had been expelled from France by the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685.

Because of the high mortality rate of children at that time, their numbers did not show significant increase until the 1779 census, when a total of 124 people in 28 families were counted.

The main income of the village was from farming, but over the course of time, other trades and businesses were established, including a brickworks, a few potteries, two tailors, two shoemakers, a hosier and a soap maker.

The special status accorded to villages founded by French religious refugees was abolished by a landgrave regulation in 1822.