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Roden, Bavaria

Field	Value
name	Roden
image_coa	DEU Roden COA.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Roden in MSP.svg
state	Bayern
region	Unterfranken
district	Main-Spessart
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft	Marktheidenfeld
elevation	252
area	20.05
postal_code	97849
area_code	09396
licence	MSP
Gemeindeschlüssel	09 6 77 178
website	www.roden.de
mayor	Johannes Albert
leader_term	2020–26
party	CSU

Roden is a municipality in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld.

Geography

Location

Roden lies between Aschaffenburg (52 km) and Würzburg (32 km) on the edge of the Spessart (range). To Karlstadt am Main (the district seat) it is 15 km and to Lohr am Main the same. From the Autobahn A 3 (Frankfurt - Würzburg), Roden can be reached through the Marktheidenfeld interchange (no. 65), and thence to Marktheidenfeld and across the Main Bridge there. A left turn at the far end of the bridge brings drivers to Roden after 7 km.

The community is rich in woodland (roughly 1 000 ha) at the seam between the Spessart's mostly bunter-based geology and that found on the Fränkische Platte (a flat, mostly agricultural region), which is mostly Muschelkalk-based.

Constituent communities

The community is made up of the two centres of Roden and Ansbach.

History

In 1348, Roden had its first documentary mention, and for centuries was part of the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg. It passed with the 1803 Reichsdeputationshauptschluss to the Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenburg. In 1806, Roden became part of the mediatized Amt of Steinfeld, belonging to Baden, which in turn was ceded to Austria in 1816. In the Generalrezess of Frankfurt in 1819, Roden passed to Bavaria.

Coat of arms

The community's arms might be described thus: Per pale, dexter vert an oaktree eradicated argent, sinister Or an uncial N, in chief a cross pattée sable.

The oaktree on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to the community's wealth of woodland, and on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is the symbol used by the Neustadt am Main Monastery, which was the village's origin.

Sightseeing

St. Cyriacus's Parish Church from 1710 with a tower from Julius Echter's time (tabernacle from 16th century)
Important Crucifixion Group made of sandstone from the former Neustadt am Main Monastery (1586) at the community's graveyard

Clubs

Cyriakusverein Roden, chairman, Roland Ehehalt
Roden volunteer fire brigade, chief and commander, Roland Henlein
Ansbach volunteer fire brigade, chief, Herold Andreas, commander, Peter Pfeufer
FC Roden football club, chairman Erwin Eyrich
Roden Gardening and Beautification Club, chairwoman Karin Steinbauer
Ansbach Gardening and Beautification Club, chairwoman Ulrike Steinbauer
Kameradenbund Ansbach, chairman Gerhard Behr
Roden Music Club, chairman Horst Schmitt
Schützenkameradschaft 1957 Roden (marksmanship, shooting), chairman Georg Benkert
SJG Ansbach (sport and youth), chairwoman Uschi Sommer
VdK Ortsverband Roden, chairman Helmut Schreck

Economy

Small businesses and only a few countrymen offer hardly any jobs in the community. The overwhelming majority of the inhabitants commute to work in Lohr, Marktheidenfeld or Würzburg.

References

[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.

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