Picture-book winter gives traditional timber auction in Dudenhofen plenty of extra flair.
Snow and ice form the atmospheric backdrop for the auction, historic agricultural machinery and lumberjack competitions.
Persistent frost ensures ice skating fun on the skating rink at the bathing lake.
K & S Seniorenresidenz officially opens its doors on Frankfurter Strasse in Nieder-Roden.
The bulbous clay vessel, 50 centimetres high and 3100 years old, has an almost metallic shimmer: the most extensive archaeological find in Rodgau for years - an urn burial from the late Bronze Age - is on display in Dudenhofen.
Rodgau develops into a talent factory for models. Cornelia Gitter secures the title of "Miss Rubensengel 2008" - the first German XXL "Miss".
Rodgau wedding fair offers ideas and inspiration for the most beautiful day of your life.
Marten causes carnage in Jügesheim chicken coop.
Rodgau as it sings and laughs! During the fifth season, more than 1120 performers entertain over 8000 spectators at the ten largest event organisers alone.
City parliament adopts the 2009 budget.
The carnival season also comes to an end in Rodgau with the witches' carnival, the storming of the town hall and the Giesemer carnival procession.
The Rodgau education fair replaces the previous training fair with twice as many exhibitors and a broader programme.
Johanniter Unfallhilfe presents new GPS-supported emergency call system: Location signal is transmitted at the same time as the emergency call.
Ideas for new Rodgau cemetery concept presented. Free music school taps into new target group in its 25th anniversary year: special programmes are aimed at senior citizens.
"Stars of Sport" for Mainau-Energie-Stadion - German Olympic Sports Confederation and Vereinigte Volksbank honour TGM SV and TGS for their social commitment.
Tragic accident with fatal consequences - young cyclist hit by suburban train.
"A colourful cauldron" is the 2009 offer of the adult education centre's Easter market in the Nieder-Roden community centre.
The city of Rodgau can budget over 4 million euros from the state and federal economic stimulus package II.
City of Rodgau honours its athletes at club gala: Deaf football world champion Leon Lüddicke from Weiskirchen is Rodgau's sportsman of the year.
Musical spring greetings at the Fischer Plant Centre: The camellia concerts of the Dudenhofen Music Society indulge all the senses "Company of the Month April" - Rodgauer Baustoffwerke honoured by the Hessian state government for its international social commitment.
At the 1st German Unicycle Freestyle Championships, Janina Messinger and Christine Sutschek, TSV Dudenhofen, become German runners-up with their pair freestyle.
Rodgau Jazz Bigband celebrates its 30th birthday with alumni and friends at a concert at Maximal.
A stroke of luck: An unconscious man who fell onto the track is rescued from an approaching train by two brave men.
The city awards the gold citizens' medal for the first time. The award winners are the active band members of the Rodgau Monotones.
Farewell after 30 years at the helm: Elsbeth Petzinger is leaving the office of Chairwoman of the Dudenhofen Protestant Women's Aid Organisation in younger hands.
Asparagus season opens: The first asparagus is on sale before Easter.
The Roselly brothers let it rip with their monster trucks in the Toom DIY store car park.
Nieder-Röder Wehr organises the 1st Easter bonfire on the fairground.
Early summer temperatures ensure a record attendance of 3000 guests at the DLRG Easter egg hunt at the bathing lake.
With the support of family, friends and clubs, a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Jügesheim organises a charity gala in aid of a young man who has lost both lower legs due to a serious illness.
The dance department of TGM SV Jügesheim won one championship title and two runner-up titles at the German Championships in guard and show dancing in Wiesbaden.
Fire in the gravel works at the bathing lake causes millions in damage.
1st Rodgau Energy Forum offers an all-round information package on saving energy.
Rodgau's first organic shop, formerly Kichererbse now Bioladen Haller, turns 25.
Crocodiles hunt for prizes at the Weiskirchen Trade Association's Bachuferfest.
The cabaret troupe "En Haufe Leut' " presents "Ewe langt's" for Mother's Day.
HBS has been organising student exchanges with the college in Rodez, France, for 20 years.
Nieder-Röder has been twinned with Hainburg an der Donau and Puiseaux for 35 years.
With an appeal for peace, tolerance and understanding, the Ahmadiyya community officially opens the Anwar Mosque in Jügesheim with numerous invited guests from politics, churches, schools and associations.
City council decides on free kindergarten attendance from 2011 for children aged three and over.
For more self-confidence and civil courage: 10 eighth-graders at HBS complete a bus attendant course.
Oak processionary moth infests Rodgau oaks again.
25 years of the Greens in Rodgau: politicians of all colours join in the celebrations.
Rodgau schools and clubs act as hosts for over 970 participants at the International Gymnastics Festival in Frankfurt.
The Keller butcher's shop, a traditional family business in Nieder-Roden, is popping the corks to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
Germania choral society presents Rodgau with a historical wood auction scene at the Hessentag parade in Langenselbold.
Open Gardens Day: In 13 private gardens and the grounds of the Dudenhofen allotment garden association, flowers, grasses and shrubs provide visitors with a lively setting for art and handicrafts from the region.
"Giesem tafelt uff de Gass!" - also this year at the Jügesheim Gassenfest.
Sand and sun in Rodgau: Since opening in 1977, over 6 million visitors have been counted at the Rodgau See lido.
Summer bonfire of the TG Nieder-Roden lights up the Nieder-Roden night sky.
Smiling children's faces: Jügesheim children's choir celebrates its tenth birthday.
Duck alarm in Jügesheim's Rodgaupark. The Emmaus parish sends around 1800 plastic ducks to the starting line for a good cause.
Dudenhöfer traditional specialist bicycle shop celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Pupils from Claus-von-Stauffenberg-Schule collect 3100 euros for children in Africa during the Germany-wide "Your day for Africa" campaign day.
Margarete Eltster, headmistress of the school at the Bürgerhaus, is going into well-deserved retirement after almost 40 years.
District fire inspector Ralf Ackermann receives the Cross of Merit on Ribbon for his voluntary work.
Dudenhöfer poultry breeders celebrate their 50th anniversary.
The 2009 holiday games kick off in perfect weather.
Major renovation of the Protestant church in Weiskirchen begins.
Earl-Grey-Golf- & Country Club e.V. organises the first Rodgau Golf City Championship. The proceeds from the charity event, totalling 20,000 euros, go to "Gemeinsam mit Behinderten" and the Friedrich von Bodelschwingh School support association.
Support in the search for an apprenticeship: two Rodgau sports clubs are taking part in the pilot project "Jobfit - With club sport to a job".
New permanent guest at the bathing lake: a family of ducks feels at home among the bathers.
Voluntary police service has already been serving the public for 5 years.
The 100,000th swimmer is welcomed at the lido on Lake Rodgau.
The unicyclists from TSV Dudenhofen win two gold and two silver medals at the first German Unicycling Championships in Hamburg.
Off to Dresden: The choir of MGV Germania Dudenhofen takes part in the organisation of a mass in Dresden's Hofkirche.
The federal government subsidises conversion measures in three Rodgau daycare centres.
You can experience Indian culture up close at the 1st Powwow in Rodgau.
Jügesheim director Tanja Garlt brings the Offenbach District Culture Prize to Rodgau for the first time. The prize will be awarded in October.
DRK clothes shop opens its doors in Nieder-Roden's best business location.
For the 35th time, the Durrehäewer Keeskuchefest is all about "de Keeskuche kimmt".
Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Stadt und Kreis Offenbach moves into the new headquarters in Jügesheimer Wald.
"Gesamttwerk - feel at home" is the motto of the trade show organised by the Dudenhofen Trade Association to mark its 25th anniversary.
Music is in the air: 2nd Jügesheim Music Night delights thousands of visitors. The second Rodgau Seniors' Day builds on last year's success in perfect weather.
Relocation to Rodgau completed: Offenbach District Counselling Centre East now officially opened at Puiseauxplatz in Nieder-Roden.
Gigantic: Ten-year-old Rodgauer harvests a courgette almost 1 metre long and weighing 16.8 kilograms.
Record number of participants: 760 participants take part in the eighth Rodgau Triathlon organised by TSV Dudenhofen at the bathing lake.
24-hour run for a good cause: 39 teams and one individual runner take to the starting line and raise €105,000 for "Gemeinsam mit Behinderten".
"Together for Rodgau" is the aim of the newly founded Rodgau GHD development association.
Hands-on politics: Candidates for mayor answer questions from the children's and youth advisory council, candidates for district administrator discuss in the Maximal.
TaekwonDo department of TG Hainhausen successful with eleven first places at the Open Hesse Cup.
Alarming find during clearance work: Sharp hand grenade discovered in former allotment garden.
Water march for the next generation: Jügesheim volunteer fire brigade founds a children's group.
Poster campaign "Living integration" - advertised by two young athletes from TGM SV.
Up to 600 children romp around at the municipal children's festival.
Tally-ho and the barking of hounds: District Riding Association hunts in Jügesheim.
Congratulations: Chairman of the Rodgau Foreigners' Advisory Council and the Turkish Parents' Association Göksal Arslan is the current winner of the "Miteinander Leben" foundation award.
Tanja Heimrath from Rodgau publishes her first novel: "The White Witch".
The kites are flying: As every year, colourful kites fly in the Rodgau sky.
And in the evening, the colourful cascades of light from the fireworks competition are reflected in Lake Rodgau.
Matthias Hajdu, who has been with St John Ambulance for thirteen years, receives a special award for his exceptional and outstanding commitment.
Trade tax revenues continue to fall. They have been falling slowly but steadily since 2007.
Annika Netz from Nieder-Roden is the youngest poultry farmer in Rodgau at the age of six.
The Rodgau social centre in the Johanniter building in Borsigstraße receives the seal of approval from the Federal Association for Outpatient Services.
The state honour goes to Sigrid Hinkel for her commitment to "Bürgerhilfe Rodgau".
The path system in the Martin Luther complex in Dudenhofen receives a new surface layer.
District Administrator Peter Walter awards the District Culture Prize to Rodgau theatre director Tanja Garlt at the Dietzenbach district hall in August.
90 applicants are on the waiting list to get hold of one of the 56 new allotment garden plots "Auf der Höhe" in Hainhausen.
An exceptionally rich mushroom harvest delights young and old on Thomas Lehr's mushroom excursion.
Rodgau has voted. Jürgen Hoffmann will become the new mayor in June 2010, replacing Alois Schwab.
The "Großes Welttheater" theatre group delights the numerous visitors to the Bürgerhaus Nieder-Roden not only with sketches by Loriot, Emil and Heinz Erhardt, but also with wine and onion tart.
Over 170 participants at the third Jügesheim Festival of Lights enjoyed the lively attendance from near and far.
Swine flu is on its way. Pharmacies in Rodgau are equipped with plenty of vaccine against the expected virus attack.
Citizens' reception at the town hall. The birthday children of 22 February who were drawn by lot last year, all invited, have plenty of opportunity to chat with the elected representatives of local politics.
The interdenominational initiative "5 und 2 - Die Suppenküche" (5 and 2 - The Soup Kitchen) is the first time that free meals have been distributed to people in need every Wednesday at lunchtime in the Catholic parish centre in Schulstraße in Nieder-Roden.
The "Little Rascals" daycare centre can now call itself a "House of Little Scientists". The foundation of the same name, based in Mannheim, is responsible for the award.
Vaccination against swine flu comes to a standstill. But too little vaccine available in Rodgau.
With 64 exhibitors, the town's 20th arts and crafts exhibition was once again a great success in the Nieder-Roden community centre.
The Dudenhöfer Kerb is a real party. Rides are very popular.
The renovation of the Münchhausen School is completed and is celebrated with a small party.
This year is the 30th time that the Nieder-Röder Scouts' St Nicholas service has assisted the parents of expectant children.
The old chestnut trees around the church of St Nicholas in Jügesheim have to be felled after 140 years due to fungal infestation and a lack of urban safety. They are replanted a few days later.
Katja and Thorsten Schüler are Jügesheim's new carnival princes and princesses for the 2009/2010 campaign.
Göksal Arslan, Chairman of the Foreigners' Advisory Council, is honoured with the district's Integration Award.
The Remembrance Day ceremony will take place at the memorial stone on the site of the former prison camp in Rollwald. The "event against forgetting" will be appropriately framed by the Jewish folk song "Shalom" played by Joachim Grote on the violin.
Christmas spirit is on its way: Strings of lights, stars and garlands are hung up all over Rodgau by the building yard and business people.
Weiskirchen's "town elder" and holder of the gold badge of honour, Johann Massoth, dies at the age of 71.
Elke Dubberstein receives a letter of honour from the state of Hesse for her many years of voluntary work in the unicycling division at TSV Dudenhofen.
This year's "Winter Magic" once again attracts many to the shops and stalls in the centre of Jügesheim, which are open until 10 pm on Saturday.
The traditional Advent market in Nieder Roden takes place again at the Matthias Church in Turmstraße, for the first time in pouring rain.
A hot iron starts a room fire in a house on Haingrabenstraße at night. The occupant is able to escape outside in time.
The Dieburg Group Waterworks Association is renewing large areas of fibre cement water pipes in Nieder-Roden and Rollwald that are at risk of breaking.
The South Hesse regional assembly decides that sand and gravel may continue to be extracted at Badesse Nieder-Roden for the next 50 years.
The Christmas market in Dudenhofen provides visitors and stallholders with a pre-Christmas atmosphere in freezing temperatures and a thin blanket of snow.
The same goes for the guests at "Weihnachten uff de Gass" in Hainhausen.
A 350-year-old, lost matchlock rifle formerly owned by Hans Kratz from Rodgau unexpectedly reappears in Tyrol.
The first icy episode of this winter costs the city a lot of money and labour.
65 tonnes of salt have already been spread on Rodgau's roads.
The persistent heavy frost is causing water pipes to burst. The underground car park in the Rodgaupassage in Jügesheim is the worst affected. The fire brigade has to pump out around 100,000 litres of water.
Rain sets in on Christmas Eve, but it doesn't scare away the numerous families at the ecumenical forest Christmas at the Dudenhöfer "Gänsbrüh".
The Musikverein Nieder-Roden prompted the guests to burst into applause at the Christmas concert in the packed community centre on the first bank holiday.
