Roding, Germany

Roding
Town
Roding and the bridge over Regen River
Coat of arms
Location of Roding within Cham district
Roding Show map of Germany Roding Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 49°12′N 12°31′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Cham
Subdivisions	16 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Alexandra Riedl[1] (FW)
Area
• Total	113.80 km^2 (43.94 sq mi)
Elevation	369 m (1,211 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	13,224
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	93426
Dialling codes	0 94 61
Vehicle registration	CHA, KÖZ, ROD, WÜM
Website	www.roding.de

Roding (German: [ˈʁoːdɪŋ] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border.

First mayors since 1945

Name	Party	from	to
Jakob Wittmann		1945	1948
Josef Brantl	Free voters	1948	1964
Ludolf Stuiber	CSU	1964	1977
Eduard Bäumel	Free voters	1977	1996
Franz Reichold	CSU	1996	2020
Alexandra Riedl	Free voters	2020	incumbent

Old town hall Roding

Sons and daughters of the town

Louis Mary Fink around 1900

• Louis Mary Fink OSB (1834-1904), Benedictine and Bishop of the Archbishopric of Kansas City
• Heimrad Prem (1934-1978), painter, member of the artist group SPUR (1958-1965)

Personalities who lived / worked on the ground

Hermann Höcherl in 1961

• Hermann Höcherl (1912-1989), CSU politician, former Federal Minister of the Interior

References

1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
2. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).