Georg von der Decken

Count[1] Georg Friedrich Armand von der Decken (5 October 1836 in Braunschweig - 19 August 1898 in Salzgitter-Ringelheim) was owner of Castle Ringelheim and a member of the German Reichstag.

[2] Before 1890 count von der Decken was attaché at the Hanoverian Embassy in Paris.

From 1890 until his death he was a member of the German Parliament for the Province of Hanover.

His motives were in accordance with the prevailing taste, romantic landscapes and figures from Greek heroic legend.

In the church of Ringelheim there are still his oil paintings: the altar piece and the twelve disciples of Christ in life-size.