The community was located in the Kreis of Kolmar near on the border of Kreis Czarnikau. Niewiemko originally consisted of two independent höllander settlements, of which Niewiemko is the older. 

Niewiemko (Neu Niewiemko) was founded between 1735 and 1744 when Mikolay Mieleki granted a holländer privilege to six settlers from his Mieleczyn (Gembitz Hauland) estate.  Each settler received on full farm for a payment of 300 tinfe.

Glasshütte (Alt Niewiemko), the second community, was established shortly thereafter as a höllander settlement at the northern end of the later united villages. The name came from an unknown entrepreneur who attempted to set up a glassworks there before 1740. That endeavor failed.

In 1773 the combined communities had a combined population of around 120, all of whom were German. The two communities became part of the Prussian empire in 1793.

1793 – 1794 South Prussia Census

The following table is of the residents of Niwiemko (Niewiemko and Glasshütte) recorded in the census

Number	Name Listed	Name Corrected
1	Johann Blatz
2	Christian Bloch
3	Gottlieb Bloch
4	And. Kepp	Andreas Köpp
5	Johann Kinitz	Johann Kienitz
6	Mich. Linig	Michael Lüning
7	Joh. Sen. Matthews	Johann Matthews Sr. (?)
8	Mart. Matthews	Martin Matthews
9	Christ Matthews	Christian (Christoph) Matthews
10	Joh. Mathewszak	Johann Matthews (?)
11	Johann Resk
12	Gottf. Schultz	Gottfried Schultz
13	Mich. Tomm	Michael Tumm

In 1816, 111 people were living in Niewiemko and 68 in Glasshütte. By 1871, the joint communities had 217 inhabitants, 216 who were Protestant and one Catholic. In 1898 the communities had grown to 27 farms. 

During Bismarck’s Germanization process in the 1880s the name of Niewiemko was changed to Neuhütte. After the end of World War 1 the name was changed back to Niewiemko.

The soil for the community was so sandy that the community never fully developed.  Following World War 2 most of the abandoned farms were planted with trees. Today a large portion of the former communities are in nature preserve.