▁( “ S ett lement ▁on ▁a ▁cleared ▁flo od plain ” ), ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁likely ▁that ▁it ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Rod au , ▁which ▁runs ▁through ▁the ▁community , ▁and ▁which ▁r ises ▁in ▁Rot lie g end ▁near ▁Ur ber ach . ▁During ▁flo ods , ▁it ▁was ▁once ▁known ▁to ▁run ▁red ▁( rot ▁in ▁German ). ▁Where about s ▁the ▁monaster y ▁lay ▁is ▁to ▁this ▁day ▁unknown . ▁Find s , ▁however , ▁confirm ▁that ▁people ▁were ▁sett ling ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Nieder - R oden ▁long ▁before ▁the ▁Christian ▁Era . ▁In ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁the ▁surrounding ▁wood lands ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Wild b ann ▁Dre ie ich , ▁a ▁royal ▁hunting ▁forest , ▁one ▁of ▁whose ▁ 3 0 ▁Wild h uben ▁( special ▁est ates ▁whose ▁own ers ▁were ▁charged ▁with ▁guard ing ▁the ▁hunting ▁forest ) ▁was ▁maintained ▁in ▁Nieder - R oden . ▁ ▁Nieder - R oden ▁had ▁another ▁document ary ▁mention ▁in ▁ 7 9 1 ▁when ▁the ▁Frank ish ▁no blem an ▁Er l ulf ▁don ated ▁all ▁his ▁hold ings ▁in ▁Nieder - R oden ▁( rot ah en ▁infer iore ), ▁Ober - R oden ▁( rot ah en ▁super iore ) ▁and ▁B ie ber ▁to ▁the ▁Lor sch ▁Ab bey . ▁In ▁ 1 3 4 6 ▁the ▁village ▁became ▁an ▁independent ▁parish , ▁although ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁that ▁followed ▁it ▁still ▁remained ▁in ▁a ▁certain ▁dependency ▁relationship ▁with ▁its ▁former