Dechen

Dechen stands for:

• Dechen (moon crater) , an impact crater on the moon
• the Dechen Autonomous District (Dêqên) of the Tibetans in northeast Yunnan, see Dêqên
• the district of Dechen (Dêqên) in the autonomous district of Dechen (Dêqên) of the Tibetans in northeast Yunnan, see Dêqên (district)
• Members of the Dechen-association, which the Osterraederlauf in Lügde organized
• the former Dechen mine in Heinitz (Neunkirchen)

Dechen is the family name of the following people:

• Ernst Heinrich von Dechen (1800–1889), German geologist, mining expert and university professor
• Ernst Heinrich Theodor von Dechen (1794–1860), German major general, see Theodor von Dechen
• Karl Gottlieb von Dechen (1644–1719), German major general
• Theodor von Dechen (1794–1860), Prussian major general

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.