12 bicycle boxes are being installed on the west side of the S-Bahn station in Jügesheim. Four compartments can be rented online or by app on a daily basis. The lower boxes have a power connection for charging Padelecs. There are 66 bike boxes throughout the city.
Unknown vandals have caused destruction and graffiti to their fellow citizens at the S-Bahn station in Hainhausen. The toilet block and the walls of the subway have been sprayed with paint over a large area, the fence at the railway path has been destroyed and a wastepaper basket has been ripped out of its holder.
Lamp replacement above the rooftops of Jügesheim: Stadtwerke is replacing the first 56 conventional HGL lights with energy-saving LED lights. There are a total of 1056 HGL luminaires in the city area (excluding Nieder-Roden), which are to be replaced over the next two years.
Three serious accidents occur on the B45 within a week.
Rescue from the ice: The Rodgau-Centre volunteer fire brigade practises rescuing a person who has fallen in from the Wallersee lake in Hainhausen. Although the lake is frozen over, the ice is not stable enough, making the rescue a real feat of strength for the volunteers.
After extensive refurbishment, the restaurant in the Weiskirchen community centre celebrates its reopening. The tenant invested 180,000 euros in the new interior. The town has brought the kitchens and electrics up to scratch.
First merger carnival goes well: The carnival events of the newly merged clubs are a complete success.
Meeting President Peter Otto from the Jügesheim Sports and Culture Association has lost his Jockel, the emblem of a president, on the suburban railway. Fortunately, Erbach wood sculptor Thomas Hildenbrand helps out with a new Jockel.
New inner life for old sewers: Thanks to modern pipe-in-pipe technology, virtually no dirt and dust is produced when the new sewers are laid in Rollwald.
After more than three years, the town of Rodgau is drawing a line under the idea of developing Jügesheim town centre. The city council is now working on alternatives on the former fire station car park.
Despite the rain, the people of Rodgau don't let it spoil the carnival parade.
Officials and waste experts from Korea gather ideas for modern waste management in their home country at the composting plant in Rodgau.
As every year, the Rodgau Education Fair at the Heinrich Böll School in Nieder-Roden is a complete success.
Handing over the keys to the local court in Jügesheim: After two decades, Brigitta Junker hands over the reins to Tamara Stähle.
The bridge on the old road is being turned into kindling. The bridge was built in 1986. As the road has since been renovated and is now wide enough for all road users, the bridge is no longer needed.
The 2017 municipal budget is approved by the municipal supervisory authority without any conditions.
The Hainhausen sports community's cricket team receives the Sports Team of the Year award. It is not only an honour for the great achievements of the athletes, but also for the integration work and the sports programme for refugees, which gives them a little normality far away from home.
The composting plant will have a new access and exit via Blumenau. The connection via the cross-circle link is therefore no longer permitted.
Jan Iser and Lukas Schrod receive the 2017 Culture Prize. The two percussionists began their training at the Rodgau Free Music School. Jan Iser won the national Jugend Musiziert prize and Lukas Schrod plays in the state youth symphony orchestra.
At 175 years old, the Dudenhofen male choir is the oldest organisation in Rodgau. They are kicking off their anniversary year with several major events.
At the annual general meeting of the Rodgau fire brigade, clear words are spoken: the workload limit has been reached. In future, the full-time firefighters will be supported by two new colleagues. A mobile power generator is handed over to the fire brigades by the town.
The entrance to Jügesheim will be given a new look. The town is planning to build affordable housing. 30 flats are to be built on Mühlstraße.
The Nieder-Roden handball club (HSG) is investing around 90,000 euros in the municipal sports hall on Wiesbadener Straße. The spectator stand will be extended from 450 to 600 seats, and the foyer will be extended by two rooms and toilets. The remaining 425,000 euros in construction costs are being borne by the city, the district of Offenbach and the state of Hesse.
Everything is new for the opening of the bathing lake: an old wooden staircase leading into the water has been replaced with concrete, the façades in the entrance area have been re-clad, there are three new showers in the naturist area, the lawn sprinkler system has been partially renewed, five outdoor fitness machines are located by the volleyball court and a footbridge leads to a children's slide in the water.
The city administration of Rodgau is getting a fourth department. Wolfram Neumann is the honorary head of a one-man department for the award procedure for the Rodgau Nord electricity concession. A special department is necessary to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest in the process.
Wasp expert Peter Tauchert is in great demand as a speaker. People even come from Holland to attend his lectures.
The municipal utilities have installed one of five new litter bins at Puiseauxplatz. A built-in compactor ensures that seven times more rubbish fits inside. A solar panel on the lid provides sufficient power. The bin thanks you for disposing of waste with a smile.
Wind power dreams are buried: For the time being, the city parliament has decided not to apply again for sites for wind turbines and a large-scale solar power plant. The city informs the regional association of this in a statement.
The Max Planck Institute is donating an English telephone box weighing several tonnes to the town of Rodgau. Like two other telephone boxes, it is also to be converted into a bookcase.
The electric bathing lift at the lido is being fitted with a longer belt so that it can be lowered into the water again. Due to the lowered water level, the seat no longer reached into the water.
The maypole on Ludwig-Erhard-Platz is knocked over by strong winds.
Several boxes of dry bread rolls are dumped by unknown persons at the edge of the forest in Weiskirchen.
250 firefighters at the limit: participants from Austria, Switzerland, France and even New Zealand take part in the Firefit Champion Ship organised by the Rodgau-Süd fire brigade.
The Rodgau fire brigade has to catch a corn snake that has made itself at home in the wheel arch of a lorry.
The city of Rodgau is once again taking part in this year's J.P. Morgan Run. 28 participants equipped with new shirts run not only for their own health, but also for a good cause.
Fatal test of courage: A 14-year-old boy dies while surfing on the S-Bahn in Nieder-Roden.
Building plots in Rodgau are more expensive than ever before. Prices of more than 500 euros per square metre are no exception.
Stadtwerke Rodgau is modernising its wastewater treatment plant in Weiskirchen at a cost of 4.1 million euros.
Almost 2,000 ducks swim around the Rodau in the annual duck race.
The forest recreation centres in Weiskirchen and Jügesheim are temporarily closed as many trees are infested by the caterpillars of the oak processionary moth.
An ATM is blown up in the Nieder-Roden district. The detonation is so powerful that the building is in danger of collapsing.
Five pints of beer as ransom: The Kerbborsch is kidnapped on the very first evening of the Weiskircher Kerb and only returned the next day. The thieves demand 50 glasses of beer as ransom.
A woman goes missing at the lido. The search for her is unsuccessful.
After rainy previous days, visitors can enjoy the lido festival in the best weather. The fireworks display at the end of the event is an absolute delight.
Burial under trees is also possible in Rodgau. A memorial sculpture "Transition" has been symbolically erected at the new cemetery in Nieder-Roden. Rodgau paramedics are among the best in Germany.
The Rodgau paramedics achieve fourth place in the national St John competition in Koblenz. The police are looking for a 47-year-old woman from Frankfurt who was last seen in Rodgau.
The Männerchor Dudenhofen e.V. celebrates its 175th anniversary with a colourful programme over an entire weekend of festivities.
Rodgau residents run at full speed. The 170 steps of the Jügesheim water tower are climbed by more than 100 visitors on Open Monument Day. Many schoolchildren from the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule join the four new running buses.
During an all-day training course, members of the Rodgau volunteer fire brigade and managers from the Offenbach district learn more about the specialisms of the respective local fire brigades. The specific areas of responsibility, the necessary equipment and the handling of the devices are explained by instructors at individual stations of the comrades.
39 teams and eight individual runners took part in the 24-hour run charity event to raise over three million euros.
The old clock on the Jügesheim railway station building is ticking again. After 14 years of inactivity, it has been repaired.
A horse runs onto the road between Rembrücken and Hainhausen and collides with a car. The horse has to be euthanised due to its injuries.
The "Nirreräirer Kerb" donates its proceeds to the renovation of the Don Bosco home and a children's hospice.
The climate is getting better in the city centre. The first 175 locations of the planned 500 trees have been determined.
Rodgau can boast a rarity in the world of birds. The clearing of the municipal forest will create a one-hectare habitat for the well-camouflaged, nocturnal nightjar.
The state-wide "Bee-friendly Hesse" campaign provides Rodgau residents with a colourful flower eye-catcher along the roadside. Farmer Stefan Raab transforms a strip of farmland into a colourful flower meadow.
The colourful 36th children's festival awaits in the middle of the forest with the "sounding mobile" and children's rock band.
In Rodgau, more than 80 per cent of those eligible to vote go to the general election. This puts voter turnout around five per cent above the national average.
Urban lighting of the future: 15 intelligent LED lights have been installed along a test section of several hundred metres along the railway track in Dudenhofen. Motion detectors control the lanterns, save energy and prevent unnecessary spill light.
The municipal council initiates the reallocation procedure for the "Hinter dem Dell" area. A residential area is being created on an area of around 40,000 square metres behind the Claus-vom-Stauffenberg school.
At the cabbage cutting competition at the autumn market in Dudenhofen, 1.2 tonnes of cabbages are turned into sauerkraut.
24,300 flower bulbs are being planted in the ground by Jan Kurt from the Netherlands and the building yard staff. The flowers will then appear in spring.
US model railway convention in the Bürgerhaus Nieder-Roden attracts 3000 visitors from all over the world. 22 world premieres are exhibited by the Hobbyeisenbahner (HEB) 1983.
Unknown persons burn down the bookcase on Puiseauxplatz. Unfortunately, this is not the first bookcase to be senselessly destroyed.
In an attempt to rob a bakery in Hainhausen, the perpetrator sprays pepper spray in the face of a shop assistant and beats her up. In December, the 19-year-old perpetrator is arrested and confesses to the offence.
At RodgauART, 76 artists exhibit their works of art in the Nieder-Roden community centre and the adjoining sports hall.
Two young entrepreneurs from Rodgau successfully create various gin creations and found a start-up.
Dramatic scenes unfold after an accident on Ludwigstraße in Jügesheim. Several first responders are unable to free the unconscious driver who is trapped in the car. Only the fire brigade is able to free him from the car using heavy equipment. The driver is resuscitated and survives.
Two more retailers in the centre of Jügesheim are closing down. Sport Berger and the delicatessen Culinara start their clearance sales. In contrast to the dying shops, the Haller organic food shop extends its lease for another 15 years.
The first filling station for electric cars in Rodgau has been put into operation at the town hall. A BMW can be borrowed right next to it. 19 more charging points are to follow.
Despite the cold and rainy weather, the Fassenachter are not deterred from hoisting the flags at the town hall at 11:11 am on 11 November.
The vhs Rodgau celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Volunteers collect 500 kilos of waste during the "Clean Hesse" collection campaign.
The city parliament allocates 75500 euros for the redesign of the memorial site at the former Rollwald camp cemetery.
The OF-99 bus runs between Jügesheim and Nieder-Roden for the last time.
The children from Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule bring the first books to the opening of the new bookcase in Dudenhofen. As St Nicholas, who happens to be passing by, greets the primary school children warmly, they also give him a book to put in the cupboard. Unfortunately, just three weeks after opening, the English bookcase was senselessly vandalised by unknown persons. Despite offering a 500 euro reward, the perpetrators have still not been found.
Unknown thieves steal more than 40 grave lights from the Rodgau cemeteries.
Other unknown persons climb over an electric fence and steal two Zackel sheep from the Nieder-Röder pasture.
The cooperation re-elects Michael Schüßler as First City Councillor by 24 votes to 21.
The Catholic parish of St Matthias is closing its meeting centre on the beach promenade due to financial constraints.
A "Garden of Star Children", a burial ground for prematurely born and stillborn children, has been created at the forest cemetery in Jügesheim. The garden is embedded in a beautiful stand of old Scots pine trees. A marble sculpture by Frankfurt sculptor Joachim Kreutz forms the centrepiece of the "Garden of the Star Children".
