Roding

Roding lies beside the Regen River in the Upper Palatinate of eastern Bavaria. The settlement was recorded in the ninth century and developed as a market place in the Middle Ages. Around 1364 Count Palatine Rupert I granted it market rights, and a further charter in 1432 confirmed privileges including an annual fair.

Roding returned to Bavarian rule with the Upper Palatinate in 1628 during the Thirty Years' War. Floods and fires damaged the settlement, including two major fires in 1745 and 1755. In 1815 the regional court was moved from Wetterfeld to Roding, strengthening its administrative role in the surrounding district.