The town was first mentioned in a document in 1139. In 1351, the Counts of Rieneck, who temporarily ruled over part of the town, issued a village ordinance. The village court was also responsible for the neighboring town of Rettersbach and the two neighboring towns of Steinbach and Halsbach, which are now districts of Lohr. The court seal from 1679 also provided the template for the town's coat of arms with a walking silver lamb of God on a red background.

From the middle of the 17th century, Jews who had been expelled from elsewhere settled here. Around 1800, the Jewish community had 90 members from twenty families. In total, the town had about 630 inhabitants at that time. In 1848, there were 125 Jewish inhabitants. The most famous is probably Josef Schlossmann, a textile wholesaler and generous donor and benefactor, who was born in Wiesenfeld on April 17, 1860. A memorial plaque commemorates him on the house where he was born. The Jews of Wiesenfeld also experienced devastation and arrests during the November pogroms of 1938 and, above all, deportations by the National Socialist regime. 22 of 25 deported Jews from Wiesenfeld were murdered.

The Church of the Assumption of Mary was built around 1610; after the damage in the Thirty Years' War, it was renovated and refurbished in 1673. In 1905, the church building was expanded and renovated again. The church and the synagogue, built in the Gothic style from 1861 to 1863, are among the town's attractions.

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent community was incorporated into the district town of Karlstadt.

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