The name recalls the Knights Templar, who had a commandery here.
The name Tempelhof goes back to the Knights Templar, who built the fortified commandery of Tempelhof here, probably by around 1200 at the latest; Marienfelde, Mariendorf and Rixdorf also belonged to it. In the Middle Ages a ‘Hof’ meant a fortified place. The village itself was very probably first called Tempelfelde and later took over the name of the ‘Templer Hof’.