Its name is derived from the Old High German "Tründel", the name for the round shaped type of settlement that is called Rundling.

During the Thirty Years' War peasants and serfs suffered substantial damage from Albrecht von Wallenstein's troops.

From the second half of the 18th century onwards Trinwillershagen was part of a knight's country estate, whose owner changed rather often over the years.

An industrial estate and a recently built wind farm add to Trinwillershagen's modest economical improvement.

Cultural institutions are the regular dance and music events in the former Kulturhaus, the family meeting of the Methodist church and a skittle alley.

Walter Ulbricht and Anastas Mikoyan, member of the Soviet Politburo, visited the LPG and the village in 1957 in order to see the "modern socialist" farming industry that had been installed there.