Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Asali mazaunin Slavic na Yamma, an fara ambaton ƙauyen a 1261 a matsayin "Torbarmstorp", mallakin Knights Templar. A shekara ta 1335 an san shi da "Tzorbensdorf" a yankin Neumark na Margraviate na Brandenburg. A cikin 1540 ya faɗi ga John, Margrave na Brandenburg-Küstrin. Shi ne wurin da
Yaƙin Zorndorf, wanda Prussians a ƙarƙashin Frederick the Great suka yi yaƙi da Rasha da William Fermor ya ba da umarni, a ranar 25 ga Agusta, 1758. Yaƙin ya kasance ɗayan yaƙe-yaƙe mafi zub da jini na Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai. Zorndorf ya zama wani ɓangare na lardin Brandenburg a 1815 da kuma Daular Jamus a 1871.