Castle Bederkesa belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (est. as principality of imperial immediacy in 1180.
In 1380 - under the reign of Prince-Archbishop Albert II - knights of the family von Mandelsloh and other Verdian and Bremian robber barons ravaged burghers of the city of Bremen and people in the entire Prince-Archbishopric.
In 1381 the city's troops successfully ended the brigandage and captured the castle of Bederkesa and the pertaining bailiwick. In 1386 the city of Bremen made the noble families, holding the estates of Altluneburg (a part of today's Schiffdorf) and Elmlohe (a component municipality of today's Samtgemeinde Bederkesa), its vassals.
Castle ruin of the Counts of Everstein from the 12th century with a marvellous panorama on Weser Valley, Solling Mountains and the Lippe Region; protestant church St. Georg and archway of the castle ruin in the Weser Renaissance style, historic town centre with numerous half-timbered houses (the oldest dating from 1575); largest reaction ferry on the Upper Weser River, solely driven by the current..
