Von der Decken family

Since more than 750 years the center of the family is in a part of Lower Saxony at the south bank of the river Elbe called Kehdingen.

[5] The first von der Deckens lived near Freiburg, Lower Saxony, at the southern bank of the Elbe river.

[3][4] For Adolph Melchior and Adolphus see Extract of genealogical table of the family von der Decken 1.

Some of them with the name von der Decken live in King William's Town, in Fort Beaufort and near to Durban.

On the helmet with black and silver covers is standing a natural short oak branch with hanging green leaves on both sides.

The coat of arms of the von der Decken family is a fireplace trammel hook .
von der Decken coat of arms at Siebmachers Wappenbuch by Johann Siebmacher 1605, there on p. 181.
Oak tree with coat of arms on the title of the Yearly Family News. Pro Aris et Focis is the heraldic motto.
Transcription of a document from 1250/55 for Herewart und Alverik von Deca – extract of the Hoyer Urkundenbuch from 1865 Herausgeber: Wilhelm v. Hodenberg – Heft IV – Hoyer Lehne – page 9
Chart of river Elbe 1860 with places of the family: Neuhaus (Oste) , Belum , Balje , Krummendeich and Freiburg/Elbe