Discover Roding: Culture, Leisure and Nature

In Roding, historic chapels and frescoes sit alongside a fire brigade museum, cultural events at Haus Fronfeste and a range of activities at the Esper recreation area. You can shape your stay around your interests: art and history, outdoor activities or a mix of both. This also makes a good starting point when looking for accommodation in Roding: consider which of these aspects of the town you want to shape your trip.

Chapels, frescoes and culture in Roding

St. Joseph’s Chapel was originally the baptistery of Roding’s original church, which dates from the 7th or 8th century. Its upper storey, added later, contains frescoes from the 13th and 14th centuries, painted using the Romanesque and Gothic fresco-secco techniques. Different periods and styles thus come together in a single building. If you are interested in religious art, the chapel offers a tangible reason to look not only at its age but also at its painted decoration.

The Anna Chapel is built onto the old cemetery wall; around 1650, it replaced an earlier building. Roding’s Dance of Death fresco is also on the cemetery wall and was probably created around the middle of the 17th century, based on an earlier model. This dating is an estimate. The chapel and the fresco offer different ways to explore Roding’s art and architectural history: a building in one case, a wall painting in the other.

The Roding Fire Brigade Museum displays more than 250 historic firefighting appliances, uniforms and documents across two floors. Its collection makes the museum a distinctive attraction for anyone interested in the history of firefighting and technology. Exhibitions rotate at the Fronfeste cultural centre, which also hosts theatre, films and cabaret. Specific dates are published separately, so you can plan a cultural event into your itinerary.

Outdoor activities and nature at the Esper recreation area

The Esper recreation area is right by the Regen River and offers activities for different age groups. These include a skate park with a mini ramp, ledges and a box, as well as the Jungle Arena. Its climbing park features a climbable dome structure and a pyramid-shaped octagonal net. The structure is more than six metres high and offers views of the surrounding trees and the Regen floodplains. The adventure course is designed for children and teenagers—a useful point to consider when planning your day around the interests of younger travellers.

A water activity platform right by the Regen offers a way to experience nature. The disc golf course combines sport and strategy, with metal baskets and chains as targets. The Esper area therefore offers different ways to spend time outdoors, from skating and climbing to disc golf and enjoying nature by the river. As you plan your trip, you can consider whether an active outing or a quieter connection with the river landscape better suits your stay.

Discs for the disc golf course can be borrowed from the neighbouring BSV Vaillant e. V. clubhouse or bought at the town hall or tourist information office. Before playing, briefly check whether these options are currently available. This makes it easy to plan your equipment without confusing the different activities at Esper.

Planning your stay

The Roding Tourist Information Office provides visitors with leaflets about leisure activities, hiking and cycling maps, and an up-to-date town map. If you need a particular map for your plans, it is best to check its availability in advance. There is also a digital information point outside the Tourist Information Office, where you can interactively explore sights, events and other activities. Maps and leaflets are available alongside this digital way to find your bearings.

You can also combine different types of activities. The specific examples in Roding give you a starting point for planning, without requiring you to commit in advance to just one kind of stay.

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