 In this, its first documentary mention, the name was rendered "hof zu Nydeckin" (“estate at Nydeckin”).Neidecken's location is also described as lying on the Bornberg between Graulsdell and Zährenberg.On an 1843 map, Neideck was marked as "Kratzerhof" (perhaps after the Counts Kratz von Scharfenstein, successors to the Mülensteins’ lordship over the "Eßweiler Tal"), north of which lay a field named Hofstatt.