Rodder

Rodder is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Adenau.

Geography

Geographical location

Rodder is Adenau in the Eifel away from busy thoroughfares and relatively secluded in the Eifel. Neighboring municipalities are Reifferscheid in the northwest, Honerath the southwest, Throws in the south, southwest, and Antweiler Müsch in the northwest. The building is surrounded by fields, which in turn are surrounded by vast forests.

To Rodder includes the living space Waldhof.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 719 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 44% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is February, the most rainfall comes in June. In June, falling 1.5 times more rainfall than in February. Precipitation varies only slightly and are distributed extremely evenly throughout the year. At only 2% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

Rodder was first documented in 975, as the place owned by the Abbey of Trier was St. Maximin. By the end of the 18th century it belonged to the Electoral Cologne office Nürburg and the office of mayor Reifferscheid. In 1667 the plague killed almost the entire population of the village.

Under the French administration Rodder belonged to the Canton Adenau in the Rhine -Moselle department. Following decisions at the Vienna Congress, the left bank of the Rhine, so that Rodder, the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 allocated. According to the administrative structure of the newly created Prussian Rodder belonged from 1816 to the mayoralty in a circle Adenau Adenau, who was assigned to the Region of Koblenz in the Rhine Province (1822 ). Since 1946 is Rodder part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

The fire disaster in 1857 were 13 buildings including their stables for the victims.

Parish council

The local council in Rodder consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Attractions

Places of interest in Rodder the old half- timbered houses and the chapel of St. Roch.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Rodder