A New Year's Eve rocket strays onto a balcony in the "China-Mauer" in Nieder-Roden and ignites a fire, the smoke and soot from which makes the entire flat uninhabitable. The damage caused amounts to around 50,000 euros.
Persistent frost with black ice and snow hampered the winter run organised by TGM SV Jügesheim with 458 participants. Despite this, the best runners covered the 15 kilometre course in just under 33 minutes.
Road salt is becoming scarce, and not just in Rodgau. The contractor is unable to deliver the promised quantities.
After 42 years, Hessischer Rundfunk ceases operation of the medium-wave transmitter in Weiskirchen.
The snow and frost may have given the "Historical Wood Auction" at the Gänsbrüh in Dudenhofen a fairytale setting, but it also attracted far fewer visitors than in previous years.
The session campaign begins with the TGS-Fastnachtern. Under the motto "Las Vegas", they present a rousing show full of gags and humour.
Federal Minister Dr Kristina Köhler is a guest at the CDU Dudenhofen New Year's reception.
Emmi Merten, long-time chairwoman of the Eintracht Hainhausen women's choir, celebrates her 90th birthday.
A pig destined for slaughter triggers a wild chase in Dudenhofen. The sow escapes from the butcher's shop and evades capture for two hours.
In Binger Weg, EVO is equipping four street lamps with LED lights for test purposes for the first time.
The trade union Ver.di is calling a strike in the public sector. Daycare centres, the citizens' office and the building yard are affected. An emergency plan comes into force for childcare.
The obligation to keep dogs of all kinds on a lead comes into force to protect the breeding, breeding and rearing season outside built-up areas. As every year, the obligation applies until 15 July.
Rudolf Gabelmann from the Hainhausen CDU celebrates his 90th birthday with a large circle of fellow travellers from politics and clubs.
The carnival revellers' storming of the town hall attracts hundreds of spectators despite the freezing cold. After the symbolic handover of the town hall key, the prince and princess take over the regency over the foolish Rodgau.
The winter weather shows some understanding: The sun shines brightly as the carnival procession winds its way through the streets of Jügesheim, cheered on by several thousand spectators.
The police arrest four people from Spayer who have caused damage totalling more than 30,000 euros in 60 cases of damage to property over the past few months.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the new Rodgau Süd fire station at Toom-Markt is held by the city's political leaders.
106 information stands make up the record number of exhibitors at this year's education fair organised by the town of Rodgau on the grounds of the Heinrich Böll School in Nieder-Roden. Minister of Education Dorothea Henzler opens the fair, where hundreds of pupils find out about training opportunities and pathways.
The series of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Dudenhofen Music Association begins with the hoisting of the ceremonial flag.
The motion to abolish the local advisory councils fails in the city parliament.
The S-Bahn is at a standstill for almost a whole day as a result of the first storm of the year, which damages the overhead line.
The sixth Rodgau Duathlon organised by TSV Dudenhofen also suffers from the storm. Only just under 250 of the more than 400 registered participants took part.
Both drivers are seriously injured in a head-on collision between two cars near the Opel test centre. One of them is flown to hospital by rescue helicopter.
The traditional Easter market organised by the Rodgau Adult Education Centre once again attracts many visitors to the Nieder-Roden community centre this year.
The Nieder-Roden amateur dramatics group thrilled the audience with the comedy "Keine Ruhe in der Truhe" (No peace in the chest) in the community centre, which was sold out twice.
Christel, Hans-Jürgen and Helmut Meyer are honoured as Sportsmen of the Year at the Rodgau town council's evening of honour in the Weiskirchen community centre.
The Jügesheim trade association is once again organising an open Sunday afternoon around the church.
After burst pipes and basic renovations, the Hainhausen day-care centre reopens its doors.
A failed water test at the Rödermärk sewage treatment plant colours the Rodau river pudding green for two days. It looks spectacular, but is completely harmless.
Finally, temperatures are rising above freezing again at night. Rodgau has not had such a cold and long-lasting winter for a long time.
Yet another garden shed burns down in Hainhausen, now the ninth.
A driver from Dietzenbach has a fatal accident on the cross-city link when she collides head-on with an oncoming lorry.
The wayside shrine at Hörnersgraben in Nieder-Roden, which was renovated with around 7,000 euros in donations, is reinstalled and ceremoniously handed over.
130 Easter nests hidden by the DLRG at the bathing lake have to be found during the traditional Easter egg hunt. Children and parents have fun.
In all of Rodgau's Catholic parishes, a total of 95 children make their First Communion.
The tenth garden shed becomes a victim of the flames in Hainhausen.
A rather elaborate collage of used items is causing a stir. For the public order office, the case is clear: unauthorised dumping. The "work of art" is located on a narrow garden plot in the middle of a field.
Rodgau is in bloom. 30,000 daffodils, tulips and crocuses along the roadsides transform the whole town into a flower show.
Members of TGM SV Jügesheim win an impressive four championship titles at the German Championships for Guard and Show Dancing in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
Jens Joneleit, composer, musician and painter, receives the Culture Prize for his worldwide recognition and loyalty to his home town of Rodgau.
Prof. Heiner Göbbels, President of the Hessian Theatre Academy, will be the keynote speaker at the highly acclaimed event in the Bürgerhaus Nieder-Roden.
Fright in the morning. A car drives through the window of a bakery in Nieder-Roden right up to the sales counter.
The 2010 swimming season opens at the bathing lake with an air temperature of 23 degrees and a water temperature of 12 degrees. Brave DLRG members even venture into the cool water.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the new Rodgau Mitte fire station on Alfred-Delp-Straße has now also taken place.
TGS Jügesheim invites you to a family festival with a colourful programme of sport and socialising at the Maingau-Energie-Stadion and is delighted with the large number of visitors despite the changeable weather.
"Auto 2010", the largest car show in the Offenbach district, presents an overview of the current model range on Puiseauxplatz and the neighbouring streets.
The cabaret programme by the Jügesheim group "En Haufe Leut" hit the nail on the head with three sold-out performances at the Georg Büchner School.
After a slow start due to the temperature, the asparagus harvest is in full swing. The Jügesheim Sandhof shows primary school children how to harvest the noble vegetable properly.
Once again, damage to property caused by graffiti has been attributed to the sprayers responsible. Another five young people from Rodgau now have to answer for the damage caused, totalling around 100,000 euros.
Masses of green crocodiles swim down the Rodau in Weiskirchen. At the "Bachuferfest" organised by the Weiskirchen/Hainhausen trade association, they are intended to increase visitors' willingness to donate. The proceeds go to the kindergartens in both districts.
The anniversary celebration of the Dudenhofen Music Association reaches its climax at the festival weekend with a parade and concerts.
Dudenhofen celebrates 35 years of twinning with the Belgian coastal town of Nieuwpoort. The town councillors of both towns exchange certificates to cement the friendship.
The medical service of the health insurers awarded the grade "one" to the Rodgau social care centre and the Gretel-Egner-Haus. This is already the second award in recent months for the town's own social centre.
On the last day of the month, the new mayor Jürgen Hoffmann is sworn in to his future office in the Nieder-Roden community centre in the presence of many well-wishers.
390 pilgrims stop off in Weiskirchen on their walk from Cologne to Walldürn and are provided with cake, coffee and other drinks by members of the parish.
Guests from all over Germany and even the Netherlands come to the third Rodgau Asparagus Rally organised by Campingfreunde Rodgau in and around the Bürgerhaus Weiskirchen to enjoy three days of Rodgau asparagus specialities.
The Corpus Christi procession in Nieder-Roden passes the local history museum in Turmstraße, in whose windows flower-decorated Marian altars traditionally greet the faithful.
On the "Open Gardens Day", visitors can admire 16 private gardens and Rodgau's largest allotment garden site in Dudenhöfen.
Five people are seriously injured in an accident on the B45 feeder road in the Nieder-Roden industrial estate in which a 450 hp Audi S 8 crashes into a lorry.
The newly elected District Administrator Oliver Quilling visits the TCR's preparations for their 28th asparagus festival at the Gänsbrüh. 225 kilograms of asparagus are brought to the connoisseurs.
The Dudenhofen fire brigade bids farewell to its old home in the town centre on "Fire Brigade Day". The day's programme also includes a tour of the Opel test centre.
Pupils from the Georg Büchner School bring pieces by the school's namesake to the stage of their auditorium with great commitment.
"Tante Emma" opens its grocery shop for people with little money. The initiative is dependent on donations in kind. Pastor Meißner and Pastor Goetze bless the premises in Hintergasse in Jügesheim.
On the 21st of this month, Arendje P. (Ans) Muurling-van der Stel passed away at the age of 79. Mrs Muurling-van der Stel was an active member of the Nieder-Roden Theatre Women for many years and received the first Rodgau Culture Prize in 1979 for her voluntary work.
With flags, vuvuzelas and black, red and gold headgear, thousands are "Uff de Gass" in Jügesheim at the Gassenfest, with public viewing of course.
The renovation of the school at the community centre in Nieder-Roden is completed and is celebrated with a barbecue in the schoolyard.
In the Rodgau forest behind the Don Bosco home in Nieder-Roden, "Naturkultur" invites you to take a very different kind of walk through the forest. Those who wish can even join a guided tour.
The working group for local history moves into the second half of the old teacher's house in Turmstraße as an extension for its local history museum.
The sixth Rodgau duck race on the River Rodau in Jügesheim is once again being held under the banner of the World Cup. Around 1,000 visitors enjoy the glorious summer weather and contribute to the proceeds.
The Gartenstadt School in Nieder-Roden celebrates its 40th anniversary with a schoolyard party.
On the last day of June, the team at the bathing lake reported a pleasant water temperature of 23 degrees with 30 degrees in the shade of the wooden mushrooms and around 5,300 visitors.
First City Councillor Hildegard Ripper initiates disciplinary proceedings against herself.
Councillor Michael Schüßler must fear for his job because a referendum is to decide on a change to the main statutes and thus the reduction of the full-time magistrate. The CDU's petition for a referendum fails due to a lack of 2,000 votes.
The first reorganisations take place in the town hall and the treasury department is transferred to the mayor's area of responsibility.
Rodgau is firmly in the hands of the football fans who are loudly supporting their boys with vuvuzelas at the World Cup in South Africa.
Animal guests are annoying bathers and lido staff: whole flocks of geese have chosen the lake and the sunbathing lawn as their "open-air toilet". The droppings are harmless and are collected as soon as possible by the cleaning teams.
The traditional wine week attracts not only the sun, but above all visitors to the Puiseauxplatz in Nieder-Roden.
The planning for the 1st Rodgau Lido Festival, which is intended to fill the leisure centre once again after the bathing season, has begun.
The prolonged heat is causing problems for even the most robust plants and making farmers fear for their harvests.
Stephanie Dietze takes on a special sporting challenge: She is crossing the Zugspitze with three friends - not on foot, but on a unicycle.
Three teenagers are injured, one of them seriously, when a drunk driver crashes into the group. His escape ends on the A3 motorway - stopped by the police.
650 senior citizens from Rodgau are travelling on the Neckar during the popular city excursions.
This is the third time an arsonist has set fire to a garden shed, causing not only financial but also emotional damage.
While the holiday games are already coming to an end in other parts of the city, holiday residents in the "children's city" are just getting started in the youth centre, electing mayors and councillors and looking for a job. Among other things, they install a lamp with a solar panel at a bus stop.
Around 140 participants learn from the best at the summer judo school. Coach and master Shiro Yamamoto, holder of the eighth dan, has travelled from Tokyo especially for the training days.
25 years of the "House of Encounter" in the Jügesheim Catholic parish of St Nicholas are reason enough for special celebrations during the parish festival.
Five year 11 classes at Claus-von-Stauffenberg-Schule will be accommodated at Georg Büchner School. The reason for this unusual but practical solution is the increased number of pupils due to the combination of G8 and G9 classes in the sixth form.
The community centre in Dudenhofen has been in operation for 30 years and, despite the obvious need for renovation work, is considered indispensable by the local clubs.
400 girls and boys, mostly well equipped with giant school bags and colourful satchels, start their first day at primary school with entertaining school enrolment ceremonies.
The use of the old fire station in Dudenhofen is the subject of intense debate among clubs and politicians.
The 3rd Jügesheim Music Night attracts thousands to the town centre with 11 bands, a great atmosphere and that summer night feeling.
Hainburg, Heusenstamm, Neu-Isenburg, Obertshausen, Seligenstadt and Rodgau agree on joint action against aircraft noise, which is feared after the relocation of the flight routes. Among other things, a ban on night flights between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. is to be enforced.
The 3rd Senior Citizens' Day was cancelled - and that was really only due to the weather. The varied programme and the information on offer really deserved bright sunshine.
The demolition of the old fire stations - after moving to the south and centre stations, of course - is a done deal. Thoughts are now centred on the use of the open spaces that will then be created.
The dream of dancing on warm sand is over: the lido festival is cancelled due to insufficient advance ticket sales.
Ground-breaking ceremony at the Carl Orff School for a canteen that will expand the all-day programme to include the planned increased lunch provision.
At the foot of the water tower in Jügesheim, construction work begins on the fountain that has been planned for years.
The dispute over the number of councillors and the associated timing of a change to the main statutes continues.
Donations totalling over 100,000 euros from the 24-hour run will be used to build an extension to the "Emmanuel" house.
Instead of hamburgers and chips, children at the Wilhelm-Busch-Schule turn fruit and vegetables into a crunchy snack during the "healthy kids" programme.
In the forest, surrounded by numerous play and activity offers, delicious sausages and a programme on stage, more than 1000 children celebrated at the municipal children's festival.
The entrance to the Jügesheim church tower is blocked for the pigeons. As an alternative, the feathered creatures now populate the roof of the town hall, contrary to the motto "better a bird in the hand...".
Raccoons are settling in Rodgau. But even if they look too cute, they should not be given food from humans so that they do not become intrusive.
Small and very large kites go up - finally with real wind - and create a colourful early autumn sky at the kite festival.
Dramatic scenes unfold during the night on Rodgau-Ring-Straße. A bus carrying 30 passengers topples down the embankment after an evasive manoeuvre. Around 200 emergency services from the fire brigade, rescue services and police take part in a major exercise that was kept secret until the very end.
41 stations form the Rodgau history trails, which are being inaugurated after almost two years of preparation.
The number of staff at the police station is increased. In addition to the police guards, three police officers are now on duty in Rodgau.
"Momo" is a guest at the Nieder-Roden community centre. The Großes Welttheater performs a successful "play with time".
Michael Schüßler is re-elected as a city councillor by parliament with a narrow majority.
Whether as an honorary citizen, former mayor, district council chairman or pensioner - Paul Scherer is a welcome and much appreciated guest, neighbour, politician and Rodgauer. This year he is also hosting a special celebration, his 75th birthday.
In parliament, Mayor Hoffmann presents his first budget as treasurer and has to announce a deficit of almost 14 million euros.
After ten years of use, the first concrete parts of the skate park at the bathing lake are being renovated.
Hard-working hands cover the friendship carpet of the twinning associations. It is to be more than 20 metres long as a sign of cross-border friendship.
For the first time, the homepage of a political party in Rodgau is attacked by hackers.
The dreaded increase in aircraft noise due to the new approach routes is also a daily topic in Rodgau.
The Committee for the Inspection of Files on Waste has completed its work. The discussions continue in Parliament.
The drop-in centres in the city districts are history and are being closed after more than 30 years.
Mayor Hoffmann wants to reorganise the administration, restructure it and make it more efficient.
Trainees from a large retail chain help at "Tante Emma" and thus gain an insight into the need that also exists in Rodgau.
The first "Rodgau Space Day" at the HBS was well attended - only the little green men didn't make it past.
The newly elected Foreigners' Advisory Council represents over 100 nationalities in Rodgau.
To prevent the athletes in the Wiesbadener Straße sports hall from getting their feet wet, the hall floor is being replaced in addition to the roof due to water damage.
The demand for a ban on night flights remains the declared aim of the Rodgau residents during an information event on the threat of an increase in aircraft noise in the event of changes to flight routes.
The carnival revellers shout "Helau" again in Rodgau: first on the town hall square and then in the TGS-Narrhalla - there together with Prince Matthias III and Princess Elisabeth I (Ott), the new reigning couple.
The municipal council wants to waive the development charges for the Jügesheim noise barrier on the B45.
Protestant and Catholic pastors are proposing a central memorial service on Remembrance Day and want to find new ways of remembering.
Vampires from the Polyhymnia Sängerkranz danced across the stage with bite and great skill in the Bürgerhaus Nieder-Roden, which was sold out several times over.
With the first Christmas market and Christmas parties, Rodgau begins to get in the mood for the big festive season.
Major construction projects cast their shadows - but not until well into next year: the building application for the Medical Competence Centre in Nieder-Roden is submitted, the senior citizens' residential complex in Jügesheim is approved and the building areas in Hainhausen and Jügesheim are to be developed by the Hessische Landgesellschaft.
Road salt is in short supply, at the moment only in the shops. The city feels it is well equipped with its 100 tonne supply.
Rudolf Gabelmann is dead. The recognised and highly decorated Christian Democrat has died at the age of 90 and was involved in local politics throughout his life.
The Claus-von-Stauffenberg School's student fire brigade receives the "Helping Hand" award from the German government. This honours the four years of training pupils in firefighting and rescue services outside of the classroom.
A heated debate has flared up in the city parliament and among the public about the increase in waste disposal charges from January. The same applies to cemetery fees.
In its last session of the year, parliament also amended the main statutes, which in future will only provide for one full-time city councillor in addition to the mayor.
The South Fire Station is the first of the two new buildings of the Rodgau fire brigade to be put into operation.
The most beautiful aspects of the town are brought together in the game to form the "Rodgau History Trails".
The Protestant parish of Dudenhofen has a special idea and shows the "Feuerzangenbowle" - outside at almost double-digit sub-zero temperatures.
The Georg Büchner School is planning to return to G9 with its grammar school branch.
The city has a new website, which is maintained using a modern editorial system.
At the beginning of the month, tonnes of road salt were still stored at the municipal depot, but by the end of the month the supply was running low.
