 The locality was founded in 1375 with the name of Smekewitz.In 1920 it merged into the city of Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act" and from 1949 to 1990 it was part of East Berlin 

Located in south-eastern suburb of the city, Schmöckwitz represents the southernmost locality of Berlin, with its southernmost point at , a little peninsula between the lakes of Zeuthener See (on Dahme river) and which represents, also with the lakes and , the borders of Schmöckwitz with Brandenburg.The bordering municipalities are Gosen-Neu Zittau (in Oder-Spree district), Königs Wusterhausen (with the civil parishes of and ), Eichwalde (also with ) and Zeuthen; all of them in Dahme-Spreewald district.