2004

2004

  • January

    • Due to the cold winter, 30 tonnes of pre-wetted salt are spread by the building yard.
    • Deutsche Bahn AG wants to sell the Rodgau railway stations. The new building with auditorium at the Georg Büchner School is inaugurated.
    • The assembly hall is also available to clubs.
    • The traditional timber auction once again attracts thousands to the Gänsbrüh in Dudenhofen.

  • february

    • The women's refuge is financially secure. Further support is organised by the Offenbach district.
    • The relocation of the Rodau to its old riverbed is intended to create new habitats for plants and animals and prevent flooding.
    • The closure of the youth centre in Dudenhofen is under discussion. A petition is being organised to ensure its preservation.

  • March

    • The Rodgau team only just lost an ice hockey bet with the Lions.
    • The town of Rodgau and Johanniter establish the Rodgau social centre.
    • After 13 years, Toni Sauer steps down as Chairman of TGS Jügesheim. His successor is Professor Dr Jürgen Follmann.
    • At the club gala, Hap-Ki-Do world champion Jutta Berger is honoured as Sportswoman of the Year 2003.

  • April

    • Construction of the roundabout on Rodgau-Ringstraße begins.
    • The football pitch in Dudenhofen is opened.
    • The Cultural Prize of the City of Rodgau is awarded to Angela and Jürgen K. Groh and Tanja Garlt.
    • More than 200 schoolgirls take part in Girl's Day.

  • May

    • Exhibition in the Weiskirch local history museum brings 10 years of local history from 1966 - 1976 to life, including photographs of the village festival "Aktion Sorgenkind" in 1973.
    • In a very short time, trousers, jumpers and underwear are collected for an SOS Children's Village in Kenya/Nairobi.
    • And Nieder-Roden celebrates 30 years of town twinning with Puiseaux in France and Hainburg in Austria.

  • June

    • Inauguration of the newly elected mayor Alois Schwab and farewell to his predecessor Thomas Przibilla.
    • The Dudenhöfer youth fire brigade wins the district competition.
    • Record at the bathing lake: 14,000 swimmers in a single day.
    • Stefanie Jäger from Jügesheim receives scholarship for a year abroad in the USA.
    • The FDP presents its candidate Michael Schüßler for election as city councillor.
    • Dudenhöfer kindergarten "Eulennest" and Evangelische Frauenhilfe celebrate 100 years of existence.

  • July

    • HR Inline Tour starts with 650 skaters at the Nieder-Roden community centre.
    • The new motorway maintenance depot in Rodgau is occupied.
    • Forest festival hut in Hainhausen is destroyed by fire.
    • Local farmer Beate Mahr receives honour award. TSV Dudenhofen and the town of Rodgau inaugurate the new building on the sports grounds. Mayor Alois Schwab opens the holiday games.

  • August

    • The first volunteer police assistants in Rodgau take up their duties.
    • The Rodgau forestry office is closed.
    • The 100,000th and 200,000th swimmers are welcomed at the bathing lake in Nieder-Roden.
    • The new midi buses start their journey in Rodgau.
    • Budget of the city of Rodgau is approved by the municipal supervisory authority.
    • The Protestant parish of Hainhausen-Weiskirchen-Rembrücken welcomes its new pastor Gabriele Mielke.

  • September

    • The town mourns the loss of its town elder Edmund Brehm.
    • At the "Weichsee", Mayor Schwab blows the whistle for the first game on the new pitch.
    • Processionary moths cause the closure of a car park on the B-45.
    • The 24-hour run takes place for the 23rd time.
    • The registry office in Rodgau now also marries on Saturdays.
    • The city of Rodgau celebrates 25 years of city rights at the Don Bosco Home with a sound festival.
    • Bathing season is over.
    • The Opel test track in Dudenhofen is extended. The "Ringmaster" telephone early warning system goes into operation.
    • Mayor Alois Schwab looks back on 100 days in office.

  • october

    • Citizens' petition against the election of a second city councillor inadmissible.
    • Michael Schüßler (FDP) is elected as the second full-time city councillor.
    • The Free Music School celebrates its 20th birthday.
    • Park and Ride car parks at Hainhausen, Jügesheim (East) and Nieder-Roden (South-East) S-Bahn stations are opened to traffic.
    • The post office branch in Rollwald closes its doors.
    • The head of the public order office, Hans-Peter Hasenstab, is elected mayor of Hilchenbach.
    • A driver is caught with a blood alcohol level of 4.36 per mille.
    • The Reiber company sponsors the design and maintenance of the roundabout in Nieder-Roden.
    • At the annual citizens' reception, 120 birthday children are guests at the town hall.

  • November

    • Prof Dr Kurt Offenloch (FDP) replaces the newly elected city councillor in the city parliament.
    • First Giesemer carnival sausage "Guggi Knagger" produced. Anja II and Nobi I now rule the 5th season.
    • Rodgau history is reappraised: Dr Heidi Fogel presents her book "Das Lager Rollwald - Strafvollzug und Zwangsarbeit 1938 bis 1945".
    • Honorary citizen Paul Scherer is honoured for his 40 years of local political activity in the district council.
    • The shopping area in the centre of Jügesheim becomes the first "Rodgau Art Mile".
    • The Göbel butcher's shop in Jügesheim celebrates its 100th anniversary.
    • Topping-out ceremony after the second construction phase at the Georg Büchner School.

  • December

    • A man is critically injured in a living room fire in Dudenhofen.
    • Wolfgang Kern receives state honour for more than 40 years of commitment to the fire service and fire protection.
    • City parliament adopts the 2005 budget.
    • City bus and urban railway celebrate their first birthday.
    • Delegation of social welfare to the Offenbach district.
    • Florian Adams becomes the new Guggi.