Roding, Germany

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

Roding
Roding and the bridge over Regen River
Coat of arms
Location of Roding within Cham district
Roding Roding
Coordinates: 49°12′N 12°31′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Cham
Subdivisions	16 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Franz Reichold (CSU/"Landunion"/"Junge Liste")
Area
• Total	113.80 km^2 (43.94 sq mi)
Elevation	369 m (1,211 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	12,142
• Density	110/km^2 (280/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

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	today

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), art 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. "Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.