1493 - Division of the county Tecklenburg by the brothers Otto and Nikolaus of Tecklenburg, emergence of the county Oberlingen, to which Brocterbeck belongs. Count Konrad travels through the counties received by inheritance retained down and Oberlingen at emperors Karl Vth transfer. Brochterbeck comes to the county Oberlingen, remains catholic. 1550 - County Lingen imperial Lehen. County Lingen 23 years under Spanish-catholic rule.
Swedish troops rob the church.
1636 - In the summer imperial troops plundered Brochterbeck. To the 30th year the church of Brochterbeck comes into the possession of the protestanten. Promotion flax and cultivation of hemp for the house linen weaving mill. 1672 - County Lingen 2 years in the possession of the bishop von Muenster. 1674 - County Lingen 28 years in Protestant possession.