Literature on Rodgau

The following books on Rodgau have been catalogued by the city administration and city archives and categorised according to the criteria listed. If you know of any other books on Rodgau, please send us an e-mail to stadtarchiv@rodgau.de.

The publications listed, as well as other publications on the history and culture of Rodgau, can be viewed in the reference library of our town archive.


Rodgau

  • Anton, Norbert and others: 125 years of the Rodgau railway. Rodgau, 2022.
  • Armknecht, Bärbel: Rodgau - Impressions of a town along the Rodau. Rodgau, 1998.
  • Busch, Hans F.: Little stories from Rodgau. Nidderau, 1992.
  • Hegner, Karl: Wild flowers in Rodgau - from field verbena to cypress wolf's bane. Edited by: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Weiskirchen e.V.. Weiskirchen, 2009.
  • Hinkel, Helmut: Pfarrer und Seelsorge im Aschaffenburger Raum - Die Landkapitel Montat und Rodgau 1550-1650. Aschaffenburg, 1980.
  • Hofmann; Michael: The railway in Offenbach and Rodgau. Hövelhof, 2004.
  • Jäger, Michael: Rodgau 1945 - Politics and everyday life between war, occupation and a new beginning. Frankfurt, 1994.
  • Jäger, Michael: Repressed and forgotten: On the history of forced labour in Rodgau. In: Dorn, Fred, et al: "Ich war immer gut zu meiner Russin" - Zur Struktur und Praxis des Zwangsarbeitssystems im Zweiten Weltkrieg in Südhessen. Pfaffenweiler, 1991.
  • Jonas, Dieter: Rodgau - Settlement and economic structural developments in central Rodgau. Edited by: Magistrat der Stadt Rodgau. Rodgau, around 1980.
  • Kurt, Alfred: Am Main, im Rodgau und in der Dreieich. Offenbach, 1998.
  • Lach, Josef: Five villages - one town. Rodgau 2011.
  • Lach, Josef: My review - Many things turned out quite differently, but everything began and ended in Nieder-Roden. Rodgau, 2021.
  • Lach, Josef: Beauties of nature in Rodgau - 60 years of nature conservation in Rodgau. Edited by: NABU - Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union Rodgau e.V.. Rodgau, 2018.
  • Rodgau City Council: Rodgau Diversity Strategy - Impulses and Visions for Tolerant Coexistence. Rodgau, 2022.
  • Magistrat der Stadt Rodgau: Environmental and nature conservation in Rodgau. Rodgau, 1991.
  • Perkman, Ljubica, et al: Rodgau - City in the heart. Rodgau, 2002.
  • Rock, Balthasar: On the Main and in Rodgau. Ed.: District Savings Bank Seligenstadt. Steinheim, Main 1965.
  • Söder, Dagmar : Cultural monuments in Hesse, Offenbach district. Frankfurt, 1987.
  • Steiner, Johann Wilhelm Christian: Geschichte und Alterthümer des Rodgaus im alten Maingau. Darmstadt, 1833.
  • Sterneck, Wolfgang: Heimat X - Rodgauer KulturGeschichteN - An exhibition of the Rodgau town archive. Ed.: Magistrate of the city of Rodgau. Rodgau, 2024.
  • Stolzenburg, Werner, et al: 100 years of the Rodgau railway 1896-1996. Rodgau, 1996.
  • Wimmer, Richard: Der Rodgau und seine fünf Dörfer - Die Geschichte des Rodgaus. Rodgau, 1978.


Dudenhofen

  • Festival committee of the municipality: 700 years of Dudenhofen 1278-1978. Dudenhofen, 1978.
  • Geißler, Adam: Dudenhofen between yesterday and tomorrow. Frankfurt, 1971.
  • Kämmerer, Albert: Family book Dudenhofen. District of Offenbach. Dudenhofen, 1997.
  • Kämmerer, Albert: Ortschronik: Dudenhofen 1278-2011. ed.: Verein Heimat Geschichte und Kultur in Dudenhofen e.V.. Dudenhofen, 2011.
  • Kämmerer, Albert: Local chronicle: Dudenhofen 1700-2013. Dudenhofen, 2013.
  • Karnbach, Heinz et al: Preserving and cultivating tradition. Edited by: Förderkreis für kulturelle Projekte Dudenhofen e.V.. Dudenhofen, 2009.
  • Pohl, Karl: Village life in the Middle Ages. The ecclesiastical index finger, the poor and the sinners. Rodgau, 2023.
  • Resch, Manfred: Dudenhofen - as it once was. Gudensberg-Gleichen, 1992.
  • Resch, Manfred: Dudenhöfer local and church history collection. Dudenhofen, 1995.
  • Resch, Manfred: Our church our home - 450 years of Protestant faith in Dudenhofen. Gudensberg-Gleichen, 2000.


Hainhausen

  • Geschichts- und Kulturverein Hainhausen (ed.): 900 Jahre Hainhausen. Hainhausen, 2008.
  • Girz, Rudolf, et al: 100 Jahre Turngemeinde Hainhausen e.V 1886-1986. ed.: Board of the Turngemeinde Hainhausen 1886 e.V.. Hainhausen, 1986.
  • Kottek, Egon: Ortschronik der Gemeinde Hainhausen. Hainhausen, 1965.


Jügesheim

  • Böres, Volker et al: 150 years of St Nicholas - Then and now - living faith together. Edited by the parish of St Nicholas. Rodgau, 2022.
  • Bonifer, Hermann: Old field names tell the story of Jügesheim. Rodgau, 1995.
  • Bonifer, Hermann: Giesemer Platt - a pithy dialect in the Offenbach district. Jügesheim, 1993.
  • Bonifer, Hermann: Jügesheim and St Nicholas - village and parish in history. Rodgau, 2004.
  • Keller, Adam: The development of Jügesheim from Roman times to the middle of the 20th century. Edited by the Jügesheim local history study group and the Giesemer Fastnacht support group. Rodgau, 1988.


Nieder-Roden

  • Eberhardt, Ilse: Every village has its own little word - Nieder-Roden dictionary. Edited by: Arbeitskreis für Heimatkunde Nieder-Roden e.V.. Nieder-Roden, 1989.
  • Heger, Natalie: Chinamauer - Cross over. In: Harmack, Maren, et al: Living in post-war modernism - housing estates in the Rhine-Main region. Berlin, 2020.
  • Teachers at the Nieder-Roden primary school: Local history of Nieder-Roden. Nieder-Roden, 1930.
  • Partnership Rodgau/Nieder-Roden - Puiseaux e.V.: Nieder-Roden through the ages 786 to 2014. Rodgau, 2014.
  • Pohl, Karl: The end of the Carolingian monastery of Rotaha. Nieder-Roden 2008.
  • Pohl, Karl: The field names in the Nieder-Roden district. Edited by: Arbeitskreis für Heimatkunde Nieder-Roden e.V.. Nieder-Roden, 2009.
  • Pohl, Karl: Here!? lay the Carolingian monastery of Rotaha. Nieder-Roden, 2008.
  • Pohl, Karl: Nieder-Roden in the year 1622 (30-year war). Nieder-Roden, 2009.
  • Pohl, Karl: Streets and paths in the Nieder-Roden district of the town of Rodgau. Rodgau, 2021.
  • Pohl, Karl: From the Vogtshof to the district court of Nieder-Roden - The "Niwenhof" at the former Carolingian monastery of Rotaha. Nieder-Roden, 2010.
  • Rathert, Gisela, et al: Nieder-Roden 786-1986. ed.: Arbeitskreis für Heimatkunde Nieder-Roden e.V.. Nieder-Roden, 1986.
  • Rupp, Philipp: Stories from Alt-Nieder-Roden. Nieder-Roden, 1985.
  • Simon, Helmut: Chronicle of the parish of St Matthias Nieder-Roden. Nieder-Roden, 1996.
  • Simon, Helmut: The sick cow and other stories from the early days of Nieder-Roden. Nieder-Roden, 2009.
  • Simon, Helmut: Family book of Nieder-Roden. Rodgau, 1999.
  • Simon, Helmut: Nieder-Roden Memorial Book. The fallen and the missing 1554-1946 . ed.: Arbeitskreis für Heimatkunde Nieder-Roden e.V.. Nieder-Roden, 2005.
  • Zwerenz, Gerhard: Report from the interior - City Strecke Siedlung. Frankfurt, 1972. 


Rolling forest

  • Arbeitsgruppe Lager Rollwald: On the history of the Rollwald prison camp. Rodgau, 1981.
  • Fogel, Heidi: The Rollwald camp. Rodgau, 2004.
  • Stolzenburg, Werner: 75 years of Rollwald. Edited by: Arbeitskreis für Heimatkunde Nieder-Roden e.V.. Nieder-Roden, 2013.
  • Stolzenburg, Werner: Rollwald - From forest to settlement. Frankfurt, 1992. 


Weiskirchen

  • Trageser, Helmut: Christians, will you honour Rochus - 300 years of the Rochus vow in Weiskirchen. Edited by: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Weiskirchen e.V.. Weiskirchen, 2002.
  • Trageser, Helmut and others: History and stories, 700 years of Weiskirchen. Edited by: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Weiskirchen e.V.. Weiskirchen, 1986.
  • Trageser, Helmut: Weiskirchen in old views. Weiskirchen, 1984.
  • Zilch, Margarete and others: Mills on the middle Rodau. Edited by: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Weiskirchen e.V.. Weiskirchen, 2008.