With the extinction of the comital family in the male line the comital fief was reverted to the liege lord, the prince-elector of Brandenburg in 1524.
After the Marcher electors had adopted Lutheranism in 1539 officials of the new Lutheran state church assessed in Banzendorf that there was a pastorate endowed with two Hufen (1 Marcher Hufe then measured about 17.0215 hectares (42.061 acres)) for maintaining the pastor and his family.
Banzendorf's population adopted Lutheranism in the course of the Reformation.

In 1541/1542 the highly indebted elector secularised the nunnery and took its fiefs.
The former fiefs of the nunnery were now administered by the electoral Amt Lindow, a fiscal unit, collecting the dues and rents previously paid to the nuns and wielding the latter's former patrimonial privileges including the advowson of Banzendorf Village Church.
On the occasion of the electoral takeover the serfs were counted.
There were - their family members not separately mentioned - one Schultheiss, one innkeeper (Krüger), 15 farmers (Hüfner) holding tenured land measuring at least one Hufe, seven cotters, one smith, one cowherd and one shepherd.

In the Thirty Years' War the warfaring parties (such as Danish and imperial troops in 1627, Swedish troops in 1635) ravaged Banzendorf several times and in 1631 the plague killed even more people.
Jeremias Ludewig recalled that as a choir boy he had to sing at about 800 funerals in several villages.
The Catholic League invaded and ravaged the area in 1638.
On 18 October the Leaguist General Matthias Gallas robbed and burnt the Lindow Convent.
28 further villages in the area were ravaged and burnt.
Many of the survivors fled the area in order to find a survival elsewhere.

So in 1652 according to the Landesvisitation 13 out of Banzendorf's 25 farmsteads were vacant.
In 1660 the farmers of Banzendorf practised a two-year crop rotation as part of the Flurzwang.
In 1665 the bigger part of the village burnt down, including the pastorate.
Afterwards no new pastor was appointed but the Dierberg pastor additionally served in Banzendorf.
In 1687 still ten farmsteads were vacant, and only in 1773 all farms had been settled again.
In 1688 the village counted 54 residential buildings, 90 agricultural and production buildings, among them two brick bakeries and a mill, and five buildings serving public purposes.

 The Marcher electors, vassals of the Holy Roman Empire, were since 1618 also ruling as Dukes of Prussia as vassals of Poland.
After Prussia had regained its souzerainty from Poland in 1657, the dukes upgraded themselves to Prussian king in 1701.
With kings ranking higher than electors the name of that foreign country and the royal title started being used even for the rulers' possessions within the Empire.
In 1709 the Banzendorf church was officially downgraded to an affiliate of the Dierberg church.
By a reform of the local jurisdiction Banzendorf became the seat of a local court (Schulzengericht) presided over by the Schulze.
In 1748 and 1753 Banzendorf, like all agriculture in the area, suffered from misharvests with potatoes.
Banzendorf's Schulze Ernst Christian Köhler, who had been granted the licence to develop and settle the new neighbouring village of Hindenberg, was sued for having brewed beer and sold it along with liqueurs between 1754 and 1759, which he would have only been allowed to do after having completed the settling of Hindenberg.
The immediate liege lord of the Banzendorf peasants was the respective ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia.

In 1761 and again in 1762 farmers of Wulkow near Neuruppin demanded the meadows in the close-by Neukammerluch wetlands (since 2003 a part of Neuruppin), which, however, were assigned to the Schulze of Banzendorf.
In 1764 Banzendorf was reassigned to Amt Rheinsberg, another fiscal unit seated in Rheinsberg.
Two years later the Amt Rheinsberg counted 31 hearthes and 185 inhabitants in Banzendorf.
On 25 May 1773 a herdsman's home burnt down.
On 9 January 1782 two farms burnt down in Banzendorf.
Two years later on 2 March a fire destroyed two other
With the extinction of the comital family in the male line the comital fief was reverted to the liege lord, the prince-elector of Brandenburg in 1524. After the Marcher electors had adopted Lutheranism in 1539 officials of the new Lutheran state church assessed in Banzendorf that there was a pastorate endowed with two Hufen (1 Marcher Hufe then measured about 17.0215 hectares (42.061 acres)) for maintaining the pastor and his family. Banzendorf's population adopted Lutheranism in the course of the Reformation.
In 1541/1542 the highly indebted elector secularised the nunnery and took its fiefs. The former fiefs of the nunnery were now administered by the electoral Amt Lindow, a fiscal unit, collecting the dues and rents previously paid to the nuns and wielding the latter's former patrimonial privileges including the advowson of Banzendorf Village Church. On the occasion of the electoral takeover the serfs were counted. There were - their family members not separately mentioned - one Schultheiss, one innkeeper (Krüger), 15 farmers (Hüfner) holding tenured land measuring at least one Hufe, seven cotters, one smith, one cowherd and one shepherd.
In the Thirty Years' War the warfaring parties (such as Danish and imperial troops in 1627, Swedish troops in 1635) ravaged Banzendorf several times and in 1631 the plague killed even more people. Jeremias Ludewig recalled that as a choir boy he had to sing at about 800 funerals in several villages. The Catholic League invaded and ravaged the area in 1638. On 18 October the Leaguist General Matthias Gallas robbed and burnt the Lindow Convent. 28 further villages in the area were ravaged and burnt. Many of the survivors fled the area in order to find a survival elsewhere.
So in 1652 according to the Landesvisitation 13 out of Banzendorf's 25 farmsteads were vacant. In 1660 the farmers of Banzendorf practised a two-year crop rotation as part of the Flurzwang. In 1665 the bigger part of the village burnt down, including the pastorate. Afterwards no new pastor was appointed but the Dierberg pastor additionally served in Banzendorf. In 1687 still ten farmsteads were vacant, and only in 1773 all farms had been settled again. In 1688 the village counted 54 residential buildings, 90 agricultural and production buildings, among them two brick bakeries and a mill, and five buildings serving public purposes.
 The Marcher electors, vassals of the Holy Roman Empire, were since 1618 also ruling as Dukes of Prussia as vassals of Poland. After Prussia had regained its souzerainty from Poland in 1657, the dukes upgraded themselves to Prussian king in 1701. With kings ranking higher than electors the name of that foreign country and the royal title started being used even for the rulers' possessions within the Empire. In 1709 the Banzendorf church was officially downgraded to an affiliate of the Dierberg church. By a reform of the local jurisdiction Banzendorf became the seat of a local court (Schulzengericht) presided over by the Schulze. In 1748 and 1753 Banzendorf, like all agriculture in the area, suffered from misharvests with potatoes. Banzendorf's Schulze Ernst Christian Köhler, who had been granted the licence to develop and settle the new neighbouring village of Hindenberg, was sued for having brewed beer and sold it along with liqueurs between 1754 and 1759, which he would have only been allowed to do after having completed the settling of Hindenberg. The immediate liege lord of the Banzendorf peasants was the respective ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia.
In 1761 and again in 1762 farmers of Wulkow near Neuruppin demanded the meadows in the close-by Neukammerluch wetlands (since 2003 a part of Neuruppin), which, however, were assigned to the Schulze of Banzendorf. In 1764 Banzendorf was reassigned to Amt Rheinsberg, another fiscal unit seated in Rheinsberg. Two years later the Amt Rheinsberg counted 31 hearthes and 185 inhabitants in Banzendorf. On 25 May 1773 a herdsman's home burnt down. On 9 January 1782 two farms burnt down in Banzendorf. Two years later on 2 March a fire destroyed two other 
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