Memorial days & flagging

The town of Rodgau particularly commemorates the historically significant events mentioned here. Separate events are organised for Holocaust Memorial Day and Remembrance Day, which can also be found in the events calendar.

Memorial days

Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January

The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism was introduced in 1996 as a nationally recognised day of remembrance and was designated by the United Nations as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust in 2005. The day takes place on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by the Red Army in 1945.

All information about this year's Holocaust Memorial Day event.

Remembrance Day - Sunday, 16 November 2025

The National Day of Mourning originally commemorated the many millions of victims of the First - and later also the Second - World War and was introduced by the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge). In the meantime, the focus has broadened and the day commemorates the victims of war, tyranny and terrorism in general. It always takes place on the penultimate Sunday before the First Advent.

Flagging 

On the following days, the city expresses its sympathy and solidarity by flying flags at the town hall - partly in accordance with federal or state regulations, partly on the city's own initiative. Click on the entries in the "Name and background" column to find out more about the respective entry.

Flags are also flown in the following general elections:

• Election to the European Parliament
• Federal election
• State election
• Local elections