Flooding continues to keep the Rodgau fire brigade on its toes in the new year. Numerous cellars in Hainhausen are under water.
Karl Schröder celebrates a special birthday at Haus Elfriede: he is 100 years old.
Albert Walter is killed in a road accident.
The unemployment rate rose from 5.5 to 5.7 per cent in January, which is 467 more unemployed than in the previous year.
Dudenhofen is mistaken for Dudenhofen in the Palatinate for a second time. This time, however, it is not about a new Opel test centre, but about a "home lantern".
With the last year of construction work around the S-Bahn, the nerves of Rodgau residents in all neighbourhoods are now "more bare". Even the residents around the Georg Büchner School in Jügesheim are now used to the noise. The district's currently most expensive construction project is already in full swing and the topping-out ceremony is being celebrated. The building is expected to be completed by 2007.
In Rodgau, the waste stamps on the bins will be valid for several years in future.
In the state parliamentary elections on 2 February, Rodgau residents voted for the CDU with 57.3%, the SPD with 30.2%, the Greens with 7.5% and the FDP with 5%.
The parent organisation "Die Wühlmäuse" is planning to build a forest kindergarten.
After 2x11 years, Bernhard Koser, the carnival president of TG Nieder-Roden, hands over the "bell" of the meeting president to Peter Wade.
The police deal with the illegal disposal of fridges and washing machines in front of the recycling centre.
Since a considerable amount of household appliances were dumped here, it is assumed that the perpetrator is probably a company that collects old appliances from its customers and disposes of them "free of charge".
Renate Albin is presented with the State Certificate of Honour by District Administrator Peter Walter.
Mayor Przibilla is standing for the district council elections in October and is no longer available to run for mayor of Rodgau again.
On 24 February, the Kohlepeterhaus in Nieder-Roden is demolished.
The Rodgau "carnival culture" extends as far as Frankfurt: Cecilie Sprater travelled from the Main metropolis to join in the celebrations at the Kreppelkaffee. After all, the lady is just 102 years old, making her the undisputed oldest carnival speaker.
More than 40 companies are represented at the seventh training fair in Nieder-Roden. Egon Weiland, a long-time employee in the municipal in-house print shop, is bid farewell by his fire brigade colleagues at a lofty height. Always based in the basement of the town hall, he can now see his workplace from above on the extended turntable ladder.
The budget is adopted after a marathon session in parliament. Times are no longer rosy in Rodgau either. Significant cuts are made this year.
Wolfgang Plessel, Chairman of the Hainhausen/Weiskirchen trade association, dies in a road accident.
The Gesellschaft für Wirtschaft and the Women's Representative are offering a PC course for women for the first time.
Unknown thieves steal 48,000 metal parts from a metalworking company.
On Shrove Saturday, Rodgau revellers storm the town hall and plunder the drinks bar "as punishment" for the empty town treasury.
Temperatures almost like at carnival in Rio - sun and carnival revellers were beaming at the 55th carnival procession through Jügesheim.
Rodgau youth carer is remanded in custody on charges of committing offences of a pornographic and sexual nature against children.
Thomas Przibilla is chosen by a large majority of delegates at the SPD's special party conference as the candidate for district administrator to run against the incumbent CDU district administrator Peter Walter.
The cult band "Rodgau Monotones" celebrates its 25th stage anniversary with the original line-up, which has not been seen for 14 years, in front of a total of seven thousand spectators on two evenings in the Offenbach Stadthalle.
Pupils from the Georg Büchner School in Jügesheim give a charity concert for their flood-damaged partner school in Prettin on the Elbe.
The world's first hydrogen filling station, in which hydrogen is stored at a pressure of 700 bar, is opened at the Opel test centre in Dudenhofen.
The town of Rodgau honours the sportsmen and animal breeders of the year 2002 with a total of 125 gold and silver medals.
Four people from the volunteer fire brigade save the life of a restaurant guest from Hainhausen who almost choked on a bite of meat.
Councillor Alois Schwab, Jügesheim, narrowly wins out over Dr Bernhard Knaf, Nieder-Roden, within the CDU and is thus confirmed as the candidate for mayor.
An employee of the city of Rodgau dies in a tragic accident at work with a mini-excavator at the Nieder-Roden cemetery.
The chairman of the SPD city councillor faction, Jürgen Kaiser, is running for the office of mayor as a possible successor to Thomas Przibilla.
A drunk 19-year-old sets fire to the scooter of a former classmate while refuelling. The 18-year-old owner is injured while trying to extinguish his vehicle.
The Nieder-Röder pianist and singer Björn Bürger receives the 2002 Cultural Promotion Prize for his interpretations of the songs of Rio Reiser.
Dietzenbach is named the official district town.
A breeding pair of grey buntings is preventing further construction of the Rodgau-Ring road for the time being.
There will be no train services on the line between Ober-Roden and Offenbach for a fortnight due to the S-Bahn construction work.
The cash desk service at the Nieder-Roden bathing lake is handed over to an external company for the first time.
On 1 May, the Nieder-Röder bathing lake opens its doors for this year's season. Despite a water temperature of just 11 degrees on the first day, almost 1500 sun-seekers are already attracted.
Unknown perpetrators douse the climbing frame of the primary school at the community centre in Nieder-Roden with petrol and set it alight.
The crossover between the B 45 and Rodgau-Ring-Straße is as good as finished.
Helmut Simon, the long-standing and competent business promoter of the city of Rodgau, is breaking new ground and becoming active in business promotion in Langen.
Dudenhöfer youth fire brigade qualifies for the national fire brigade competition.
A dispute over noise protection along the S-Bahn line between Bahn AG and the Federal Railway Authority is jeopardising the operating permit for the new S-Bahn shortly before its launch.
The "Berufswegbegleitung" opens its first "base" in the Offenbach district in the Dudenhofen youth centre.
The Jügesheim volunteer fire brigade celebrates its centenary with an academic ceremony.
Winno Sahm is another candidate for the mayoral election campaign in Rodgau.
The annual asparagus festival takes place at the Gänsbrüh. In addition to the asparagus, the artists also have an attentive audience.
While some people are partying and others are enjoying the sunshine at the lake, burglars are making completely different plans. During the night, they raid the medical centre in Nieder-Roden and a flat on Borsigstraße. Two burglaries cause extensive damage to the medical centre in Nieder-Roden.
The whole of Rodgau is caught out by heavy rain showers. Nieder-Roden is particularly affected, with numerous cellars filling up with water.
The persistent heat creates a whirlwind over an asparagus field and whirls the black cover sheets through the air for minutes.
For the first time, the senior counselling service is offering a mobile phone course for senior citizens, which is in great demand.
Bad luck for the mosquito and the driver: the car lands on its roof while trying to kill the mosquito. The driver escapes with a scare.
In Donja Stubica, the twinning with Rodgau is finalised. This means that Rodgau's first town twinning is now "official".
Dudenhofen celebrates its 725th birthday in a gigantic, super, colourful, interesting and committed way for over a week. Theatre, dialect readings, a tour of the Opel test field, a street festival and much more is on offer for the people of Dudenhofen and their guests. Once again they prove: you can celebrate here.
The grain harvest starts too early in Rodgau. Although the prolonged drought and high temperatures are a delight for most sun-seekers, farmers are expecting high losses.
There is no paddock or even a swimming pool at the Freiherr-vom-Stein School in Dudenhofen. However, following the remodelling, up to 200 children can be provided with lunch at the open all-day primary school. New rooms make it possible to offer creative courses, sports and study groups.
Pia Tana Gattinger, active and extremely popular Rodgau Women's Representative, is leaving the town of Rodgau for Marburg. The position will not be filled again.
The Rodgau Innovation Forum provides the town of Rodgau with a webcam that delivers images of the town hall forecourt to the whole world.
The Kasseler Straße level crossing in Jügesheim is being closed. All traffic is currently travelling through the Elbinger Straße subway.
The spades stir up a lot of dust at the ground-breaking ceremony for the "Am Weichsee" sports centre in Jügesheim: both figuratively and literally!
After 30 years of "dreaming", the starting signal for this joint venture between two organisations is a happy beginning for all involved.
The risk of forest fires is increasing due to the persistent heat and drought. In Nieder-Roden, the fire brigade has to extinguish 15,000 square metres of fields and meadows in front of the Katharinenhof.
Gottfried Burischek, German Party, is now also running for the position of mayor.
The swimming lake in Nieder-Roden welcomes its 200,000th swimmer this season.
Coaches are checked in a large-scale operation at the Weiskirchen motorway service area. Half of the coaches fail the test.
Due to the persistent heat, the public barbecue areas and the forest festival sites are closed.
Günter Zierz, headmaster of the Georg Büchner School for many years, dies at the age of 74.
Rödermarkers are the 300,000 bathers this season.
The fire brigade prepares for the S-Bahn era with special training courses. In addition, a vehicle is being "retrofitted" for possible deployment on the S-Bahn line.
The election committee has rejected Gottfried Burischek as a candidate for the office of mayor. Burischek lacks the required 90 signatures.
What does that mean? Many Nieder-Röder residents must have asked themselves this question when the district was a stopover for numerous storks on their way south. Let's just wait and see ...
Around 170 judokas take part in the training course under the direction of Shiro Yamamoto, head of the Kodokan in Tokyo. The Nieder-Roden Judo Club has hosted this event for years.
A lorry gets stuck in the subway on Alter Weg in Jügesheim. The driver of the lorry has apparently underestimated the height of his vehicle or overestimated the height of the subway.
In Nieder-Roden, the "Große Welttheater" takes the audience on a romantic fairy tale adventure with "Das Mädchen aus der Feenwelt oder: Der Bauer als Millionär".
100 years of the Jügesheim fire brigade are celebrated on the last weekend in August.
Lichtenbergstraße, another subway beneath the S-Bahn, is opened to traffic.
560 children celebrate their first day at school. Visitors to the Giesemer Kerb can see Jügesheim from above. For the first time, a Ferris wheel is erected between the church and the town hall.
Over 80,000 euros in donations were collected at this year's 24-hour run. The acoustic highlight was certainly the concert by the Rodgau Monotones after the final lap.
Ralf Ackermann is elected Vice President of the World Fire Brigades Union in Budapest.
The municipal children's festival for World Children's Day in Jügesheim Forest is once again a resounding success.
In Nieder-Roden, the transverse carriageway is opened to traffic.
After 20 years of planning, the first section of the Rodgau-Ring road has now been completed.
The Aiolos kite club invites you to the 16th kite festival at the bathing lake. The organisers estimate that more than 20,000 people will be out and about to admire kites large and small in the sky.
The Rektor-Geißler-Haus in Dudenhofen is inaugurated following its renovation.
The sky is crying tears of joy and the new premises are waiting for hopefully numerous bridal couples who will say "I do" here.
During a panel discussion in the Haus der Begegnung, voters will be able to find out more about the three candidates for mayor.
In the election on 12 October, Alois Schwab wins the race for the mayor's seat. The current district administrator is also the future district administrator: Peter Walter.
Horst Holzamer dies in Hainhausen at the age of 65. The committed local politician was head of the municipal sports and culture department for many years.
The high-voltage cables along the S-Bahn line are "supplied" with electricity. From now on, 15,000 volts will flow through the cables. Test trains will also be running along the line at speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour.
The Catholic priest Konstantin Keitzer leaves Nieder-Roden to work in Lampertheim.
A citizens' meeting on the subject of bulky waste on call takes place in the Weiskirch community centre.
45 artists exhibit their works at the municipal art exhibition. Pictures, sculptures, paintings and sculptures make the colourful and varied exhibition an attraction even beyond Rodgau's borders.
Many people are already thinking about the first Christmas preparations, while others are just getting started with carnival: Martina and Udo - the "I." - Meusch are the new Rodgau prince and princess.
300 participants from all parts of the town come to Hainhausen for the 25th Gymnastrada.
This year's culture prize goes to two, no, three people: Tanja Garlt for her work as a theatre director and the married couple Angela and Jürgen K. Groh, both conductors and musicians at the Nieder-Roden Music Society.
Haus Emmanuel in the heart of Jügesheim is officially opened. "The Heavenly City", a gift from the Dombauhütte and Cardinal Lehmann, is erected in front of the house, visually enriching the town centre.
Nieuwpoorter Straße in Dudenhofen has a special surface for a short time: around 30 litres of fabric softener are spread out and obstruct through traffic.
Volker Bouffier and Mayor Thomas Przibilla sign the "Voluntary Police Service" cooperation agreement in the town hall. In future, six citizens will support the police in certain areas.
On Saturday, 13 December, the day finally arrives that many have been waiting more than thirty years and a few minutes for: the S-Bahn line is inaugurated. Despite rain, storms and demonstrations, celebrations are held in all parts of the city near the railway stations. However, the first trains run with considerable delays.
In Dudenhofen, an ecumenical forest Christmas is traditionally celebrated at the Gänsbrüh.
