The church was built between 1695 and 1702 according to plans by Christian Thumb as part of the former Benedictine monastery of Hofen and consecrated on October 8, 1702. In 1803, the imperial monastery of Weingarten, to which Hofen Monastery belonged, was secularized and passed to Orange-Nassau. In 1804, it was confiscated by Austria and transferred to Württemberg by Napoleon in the Peace of Pressburg in 1806. The village of Hofen was united with the town of Buchhorn in 1810/11 to form the newly founded city of Friedrichshafen. The monastery complex and church were assigned to the Württemberg Court Domain Chamber, which made the church building available to the newly founded Protestant parish of Friedrichshafen in 1812.[1] During this time, the church underwent no significant changes, except for the confessionals and the demolition of a turret above the east wall.
The church was severely damaged in a bombing raid during World War II on April 28, 1944.[1] The south tower burned down, and the roof structure was completely destroyed. It was not until 1947–1948 that an emergency roof was erected with Swiss assistance. The moisture that had already penetrated the church destroyed the stucco and the ceiling paintings in the nave, the pews, and the organ. During the reconstruction from 1949–1954, the missing stucco was supplemented by Josef Schnitzer in a simpler form based on old photographs.[1] The church was re-consecrated for worship purposes on July 1, 1951.