Rodgau
The former villages, now urban districts, are from north to south: Weiskirchen, Hainhausen, Jügesheim, Dudenhofen and Nieder-Roden. They all lie by a small creek, the Rodau, flowing through the city from south to north. Rodgau got its name from this creek. The ending -gau means area or district. Rod- is a hint to the former landscape. The German verb roden means cutting down trees to cultivate land. Rod- is also part of the name of Nieder-Roden.