Roden is a

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in the Main-Spessart district in the ''

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'' of

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(''Unterfranken'') in

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and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld.

Geography

Location

Roden lies between

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; Hessian: ''Aschebersch'', ) is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg, despite being its administrative seat, is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

(52 km) and

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...

(32 km) on the edge of the

Spessart Spessart () is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg (Spessart), Geiersberg at 586 metre ...

(range). To

Karlstadt am Main Karlstadt (), also called Karlstadt am Main, is a town in the Main-Spessart in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of Main-Spessart (''Kreisstadt''), and has a popula ...

(the district seat) it is 15 km and to

Lohr am Main Lohr am Main (, ; officially: ''Lohr a.Main'') or Loa () is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and the seat (but not a member) of the ''Verwaltungsgemeins ...

the same. From the

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A 3 (Frankfurt - Würzburg), Roden can be reached through the Marktheidenfeld

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(no. 65), and thence to

Marktheidenfeld Marktheidenfeld () is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany, and the seat (but not a member) of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municipal association) of Markth ...

and across the

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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

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-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 The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg () was an Hochstift, ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in Lower Franconia, west of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. Würzburg had been a diocese since 743. As established by the Concord ...

. It passed with the 1803

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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

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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

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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

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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

External links

Community’s official webpage
{{Authority control Main-Spessart