the name glinde is found in a document from march 25 1229 for the first time. in the document, earl adolf iv. of schauenburg and holstein gave the village to a cistercian convent. (the convent moved to today's town of reinbek.) the king of denmark and duke of schleswig-holstein, frederick i of denmark, got all the convent had during the protestant reformation. in 1544 his son christian iii gave a part of it to each of his brothers. the owner changed again several times.