What is Rodgau?
{{Infobox German Location |Name = Rodgau |German_name = |Art = City |image_photo = |imagesize = |image_caption = |Wappen = Wappen Rodgau.png |coordinates = {{coord|50|01|N|8|53|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = Rodgau_in_OF.svg |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Hesse |Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt |Landkreis = [[Offenbach Rural District|Offenbach]]|Kreis = |Amt = |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = |Samtgemeinde = |Verbandsgemeinde = |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = |Verwaltungsverband = |Höhe = 130 |Fläche = 65.04 |area_metro = |Einwohner = 43047 |pop_metro = |Stand = 31.12.2008 |pop_ref = |PLZ = 63110 |Vorwahl = 06106 |Kfz = OF |Gemeindeschlüssel= 06438011 |Gliederung = 5 Urban Districts |Website = http://www.rodgau.de/ |Bürgermeister = Jürgen Hoffmann |Bürgermeistertitel = |Partei = SPD |ruling_party1 = CDU|ruling_party2 = FDP|ruling_party3 = |year = 1979 |_noautocat = }} '''Rodgau''' is a city in the [[Offenbach Rural District]] in the state of [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. It is the largest city of the district by area and by population as well. == Geography == [[File:Lage von Rodgau.png|thumb|left|Position of Rodgau within the Rhine Main area]] Rodgau is in the ''Rhine Main area'' {{convert|30|km|abbr=off}} southeast of [[Frankfurt am Main]]. The whole area of the town is {{convert|65.04|km2|abbr=off}} large and it is {{convert|130|m|abbr=off}} above [[sea level]].<ref>[http://www.rodgau.de/ Homepage of the city of Rodgau], looked up on 14 January 2010, German.</ref> It is a plain area with no hills. About 35 to 20 million years ago in the age of [[tertiary]] the whole region was lying under sea level. At that time it was covered by an ocean which was warm and not very deep. Lots of [[sediment]]s sank to its bottom. Then the region rose again and the water left, leaving