The lordship was under the rule of Lindow-Ruppin family from about 1214 until 1524 before being annexed by the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Around 1214, land between the rivers, Stemnitz and Rhin, was acquired by Count Bernhard von Arnstein.

[1] The lordship was meant to provide 15 soldiers with 3 on horseback and 12 on foot as well as 42 guilders for the Imperial Army.

The lordship was seized by Joachim I, being incorporated into the Margraviate of Brandenburg as the District of Ruppin.

A relative of Count Wichmann sued the Imperial Chamber Court against the seizure of the lordship in 1541, but the case was dismissed in 1562.