The New Year is also welcomed in Rodgau with fireworks and rockets, which are cleared away by the Ahmadiyya community on Puiseauxplatz as every year.
Library in telephone box format: The town of Rodgau is planning public bookcases that will be housed in a telephone box.
"Knock on the door, insist on rights". With this motto, the carol singers are going from door to door this year to spread blessings and collect donations.
In the forest near Dudenhofen, wood thieves steal around six cubic metres of firewood that has already been stacked for the timber auction.
The Rodgau adult education centre is offering courses for senior citizens for the first time in the now three-year-old senior citizens' residence in Nieder-Roden.
The theft of the centre of the three copper dragons at the water tower fountain is more than just a prank. It is highly likely that its metal content was its undoing.
SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel comes to Rodgau for the New Year's reception.
Rodgau's youngest registrar, Melissa Mahr (23), marries herself and a young couple: all three have fond memories of this premiere in the wedding room.
Rodgau's First City Councillor Hildegard Ripper retires early due to incapacity.
The furniture retail chain XXXL is relocating part of its logistics from Rodgau to Mannheim.
The departments in the city administration are reorganised and Mayor Hoffmann takes over Hildegard Ripper's duties.
The playground concept presented and the idea of establishing a cabaret theatre in the Haus der Musik are not only the subject of heated debate in the political arena, but also among citizens.
Young people can find out about careers from pupil to pupil in the "Junior Experts" project.
At numerous carnival events, the jesters amuse themselves with verbal jabs at politics and the "oh so fine society".
The architectural competition for the "Alter Weg" family centre was won by a Berlin architect.
The poplars that characterise the townscape between Nieder-Roden and Rollwald have to be felled. They are too sick.
The Protestant church in Nieder-Roden is organising a special service for Valentine's Day.
The pupils at the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule are leading the way: Waste separation is very easy and is taking part in the Naturpur Award with this idea.
It's cold in the ice hole! The Rodgau-Mitte fire brigade nevertheless practises ice rescue - but in an oxbow lake of the Main near Hanau, because there is no frozen lake in Rodgau.
There will be no broadcasting of parliamentary meetings on the Internet in Rodgau. The majority of city councillors have spoken out against this.
The town hall is stormed again this year after a short and obviously futile defence and the whole of Rodgau celebrates its fools in the carnival procession through Giesem.
The education fair demonstrates the diversity of local trade and industry, as well as the great interest shown by young people who want to find their way into working life.
A business park is to be built at the cross-city link and the investor VGP Group is answering questions from politicians.
The Dudenhofen youth centre will in future offer courses from the Rodgau adult education centre.
Werner Kremeier is the new head of the Agency for Culture, Sport and Volunteering.
The residents' protest at Forschheimer See is successful and the town changes its development plan.
Theatre Total and Impuls-Kulturverein offer art in the midst of the sea of flowers at the Fischer nursery with "Mirandolina".
New findings on contaminated sites on Lake Wallersee are prompting property owners, the city, district and state to jointly consider measures.
The station forecourt in Dudenhofen is to be redesigned and the town is therefore planning to purchase an additional 6600 square metres.
Jacqueline Sass is European Champion in Hapkido, discipline Kicktick Competition, and Sportswoman of the Year.
She is honoured together with athletes and breeders at the Rodgau club gala.
The Easter market brings spring to the Nieder-Roden community centre.
Urn over 3000 years old returns to its home in Dudenhofen and delights historians.
Seven cars are broken into in Jügesheim, probably by a gang, and the sat navs stolen.
At the Rodgau Children's Dance Festival, over 200 children take to the stage and delight the audience.
The Foreigners' Advisory Council is organising an impressive photo exhibition in the town hall to mark the 50th anniversary of the recruitment agreement between Germany and Turkey.
The St. Nikolaus Catholic day care centre celebrates its 100th birthday.
The new orchestral work by culture prize winner Jens Joneleit will be premiered at the Alte Oper.
The old cemetery in Nieder-Roden is cleared and clear steps are taken towards transforming it into a park.
With the "Respect!" football tournament, participants and spectators celebrate a victory against racism and prejudice.
Rodgau starts April with a Saurolophus bone crest, a sensational find at the bathing lake in Nieder-Roden.
The Federal Administrative Court confirms the ban on night flights and thus also ensures that the skies in Rodgau are largely quiet between 11 pm and 5 am.
A major vaccination campaign at the Nieder-Roden poultry breeding association protects 2000 chicks from disease. Lots of work for the Rodgau fire brigade in Weiskirchen:
A person had to be rescued from their home, a burning van with nappies and a flat had to be extinguished.
The demolition of the Hessischer Rundfunk transmission masts changes the visual impression drivers have of Rodgau on the A3 motorway.
The performance of the "Ten Commandments" by the Protestant Emmaus congregation and the many communion children on their procession into the churches are all about the Bible story and faith.
The mangas by Theresa Hußke, who is being honoured as a special talent at the Leipzig Book Fair, are shrill, colourful and full of fantasy.
Wind energy is also an issue in Rodgau that divides citizens and politicians into supporters and opponents.
Now it's official: the foundations of the moated castle in Hainhausen are most likely underground - the digging can begin.
"Rock im Haus" attracts visitors to the Weiskirchen community centre for the third time for a good cause.
The drivers can now really put the pedal to the metal again on the circuit at the Opel Test Centre, which was renovated at a cost of around 9 million euros.
The realistic fire drills are always a real scare. This time, the Heinrich Böll School is "on fire" after an explosion in chemistry class.
The bathing lake is opened at a measured water temperature of ten degrees - naturally with a dip in the cold water, which still has a lot of potential to warm up on the temperature scale.
The town twinning with the Croatian town of Donja Stubica celebrates its 10th anniversary.
At the Jügesheim forest cemetery, the work of art by sculptor Christof Kalden forms a new eye-catcher on the maintenance-free grave site.
The Muslim burial ground is also nearing completion.
Fans of horsepower and great "chassis" will get their money's worth at "Auto 2012 Rodgau".
Politicians are arguing about the street names in the future Jügesheim development area.
The Weiskirch industrial estate has been selected for the regional association's pilot project "Inner development of industry" and hopes are high that it will be reorganised.
Over 100 children bake fun dinosaur biscuits at the baking day at the Backes in Dudenhofen.
Lena Krawczyk and Luca Einloft become European champions for the third time and end their unique career in guard dance.
Pastor Ralf Weißenstein emigrates to Brazil and is bid a moving farewell by his Protestant congregation in Dudenhofen.
Employees at the spice manufacturer Kerry are fighting for more than 120 jobs and are taking to the streets.
Councillor Michael Schüßler is elected First Councillor in the city parliament.
The municipal council resolves to have six priority areas for wind energy utilisation included in the regional plan.
There is also a change in the Protestant community in Jügesheim: Pastor Andreas Goetze is taking on new tasks in Berlin.
A young firefighter is injured in a major barn fire that destroys machinery and hay.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the multi-storey car park at the railway station in Nieder-Roden signals the start of construction of the Medicum Rodgau medical centre.
Stadtwerke Rodgau has a new boss in Dieter Lindauer.
The Rodgau building materials plants are getting huge new "baking ovens" with pressure boilers weighing around 100 tonnes, in which up to 2000 bricks can be fired at the same time, depending on their size.
For 20 years, "En Haufe Leut" has been taking a cabaret look at local events in Rodgau with a smile.
RTL II is a guest in Rodgau and is renovating a kindergarten with "Ross, the kindergarten boss".
At the Rodgau-Süd Fire Brigade Festival, visitors can find out about the dangers of fire.
You are allowed and encouraged to look over the garden fence at the "Open Gardens Day".
The next parent guides take up their duties at the Seestraße daycare centre.
Six different operator models have been submitted for the future use of the restaurant in the Dudenhofen community centre - the municipal council will decide on this.
King football also dominates the evenings in Rodgau. Unfortunately, not always as peaceful and harmless as the cheerful fans deserve.
In the Nieder-Röder forest, art objects and nature will be interacting in an interesting way for three weeks. Winfried Siegler passes on his conductor's baton: his
Männerchor Dudenhofen, choir friends and an enthusiastic audience bid farewell to the great man of the choral scene with a standing ovation and sincere thanks.
Low-maintenance graves are being set up at all cemeteries in response to changing burial requirements.
The oak processionary moths populate the trees at the forest recreation centres, but their nests are collected to protect the population.
The Hessian state government could throw a spanner in the works for the Rodgau proponents of wind energy with its guidelines. This would mean the end of the planned turbines.
46 young firefighters from six towns and cities earn the "Leistungsspange" after successfully passing their exams in Rodgau.
More than 60 businesses throughout the city present their range of services at the "Open Business Day".
Opel is building two new test tracks between Rodgau and Babenhausen.
A black cloud of smoke over Rodgau causes numerous calls to the fire brigade: polystyrene and plastic parts are burning in a nursery.
The lido lacks visitors due to the much too cold summer.
Arsonists are up to mischief and set fire to numerous bales of straw at various locations in Rodgau.
With spades, shovels and finer tools, numerous volunteers are searching for the Hainhäuser moated castle. A pottery shard and remains of the wall raise hopes of "more".
The city of Rodgau sets up a room for concerts and cabaret in the Haus der Musik.
The remodelling of the town hall is entering the hot phase. The citizens' service will move into new premises by October.
Under the motto "Caribbean meets Rock", five bands create a great atmosphere at the first Rodgau Lido Festival on the lake.
The construction of the new playground at the Carl Orff School is almost complete.
The Catholic parish is left with the costs incurred by the vandalism at the Haus der Begegnung after a European Championship party.
Around 800 participants take part in the eleventh Rodgau Triathlon organised by TSV Dudenhofen.
The HSG Nieder-Roden handball team is one of the 100 best teams in Germany.
A fire causes damage of 50,000 to 100,000 euros to a solar roof on Benzstrasse.
City pulls out of Ringmaster project.
The 24-hour run achieves a record donation result of 180,229 euros.
The regional council does not currently consider the remediation of the old Wallersee landfill site to be necessary in view of the contamination of the groundwater.
Gangsters manipulate card readers in a toy store and defraud customers of three- and four-figure sums.
Construction of the Medicum multi-storey car park comes to a standstill due to conflicts with the construction company.
The Muslim burial ground at the forest cemetery in Jügesheim is presented to the public.
Children's festival at the forest leisure centre in Jügesheim is a successful Sunday fun for several thousand children and adults.
Symbolic ground-breaking ceremony for the 60 building plots in J 41.
Pastor Carsten Tag will remain at the head of the Protestant deanery in Rodgau until 2020.
Tenth-graders at Heinrich Böll School design a memorial to the victims of euthanasia in the Third Reich.
CDU wants to renovate community centre in Dudenhofen for 250,000 euros.
Pastor Axel Mittelstädt finds his dream parish in Jügesheim.
The former mayor of Rodgau, Alois Schwab, hands in his mandate for the parliamentary group of the electoral association "Together with Citizens" in the city council.
Unknown offenders remove 15 manhole covers on Nieuwpoorter Straße and Dudenhöfer Straße and throw them into the bushes.
The local Ahmadiyya Muslim community plants a trumpet tree at the entrance to Lutherpark in Dudenhofen as a sign of peaceful coexistence.
Unicyclists from TSV Dudenhofen bring home four gold, one silver and four bronze medals from the German Championships.
The first Rodgau education conference looks back on five years of work by the education initiative "Rodgau bildet Zukunft".
The toddlers can now also be looked after in the municipal Freiherr-vom-Stein daycare centre in a new building created especially for this purpose.
A sad picture at the cemetery in Weiskirchen: Neither flag nor wreath can be seen on Remembrance Day - town wants to avoid mishaps in the future.
Retail is stepping on the gas - expert report to assess the opportunities and risks of new settlements.
City forest again generates profits of almost 50,000 euros.
Weiskirchen Sports Association dismantles the last playground equipment and benches in the so-called "Nature and Play Park" due to repeated destruction.
Honour for employees in the corner project.
The Johanniter hospice and palliative care service helps families to support terminally ill relatives.
Barrier-free in old age - City completes 20 flats in Ludwigstraße.
A stranger has been annoying and annoying a family with nasty rubbish attacks in Dudenhofen for two years now.
Bank robber caught - 27-year-old man confesses to three robberies in Rodgau.
A car is on fire in the cemetery car park in Dudenhofen.
