The very first development of the village followed the construction of the railroad between Münster and Osnabrück (1868–1871). Some prisoners of the French-German War (1870) must have been working here, too. In 1873 the Kattenvenne railway station was built. The first stone of the church was laid in 1887 and the building was finished in the following year. Already at Christmas 1887 the first service was held in the unfinished building by Pastor Philipps. In 1897 a tower was added on the front of the church.
