The first inhabitants arrived in greater number starting from 1865 and were German immigrants from the former colony of São Leopoldo, a settlement around 100 km from Teutônia.

Miss Brazil 2012, Gabriela Markus, who is from Teutônia, represented Rio Grande do Sul in the contest, on September 29, 2012, and emerged victorious from there.

One of the largest postcards of the municipality, its construction took place in the 1950s, led by Reinoldo Aschebrock, with the goal of storing water for the generation of electric energy, giving rise to the Cooperativa de Eletrificação Rural Teutônia Ltda (Certel), today the largest and oldest cooperative of its kind in Brazil.

Certain categories of the IGSA Championship are often held in Teutônia, where the world's fastest athletes in this sport compete.

The championship always takes place in November, with over 200 athletes from all over the world competing and it attracts more than 3 thousand spectators from the region.