ers , ▁Belg ium ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁( origin ally ▁with ▁D uden hof en ) ▁ ▁Don ja ▁St ub ica , ▁K rap ina - Z ag or je ▁County , ▁Cro atia ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁May ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁may ors ▁Hans ▁El g ner ▁( N ieder - R oden ), ▁Georges ▁B ord ry ▁( P u ise aux ) ▁and ▁Hub ert ▁Rein ▁( H ain burg ▁an ▁der ▁Don au ) ▁signed ▁the ▁partners hip ▁documents ▁at ▁the ▁Nieder - R oden ▁community ▁centre . ▁ ▁Econom y ▁and ▁infrastr ucture ▁ ▁Econom ic ▁development ▁▁ ▁Much ▁as ▁agricult ure ▁may ▁have ▁defined ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁formerly ▁self - admin ister ing ▁communities ▁until ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁this ▁changed ▁with ▁cre eping ▁industrial ization , ▁above ▁all ▁that ▁in ▁Off en bach . ▁Most ▁far mers ▁took ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁nearby ▁cities ▁of ▁Off en bach ▁and ▁Frankfurt ▁and ▁there after ▁ran ▁their ▁far ms ▁only ▁as ▁a ▁sid eline . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁mid ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁many ▁small ▁and ▁mid size ▁business es ▁in ▁the ▁le ather working ▁industry ▁set ▁up ▁shop ▁in ▁the ▁Rod g au ' s ▁communities . ▁Its ▁products ▁– ▁hand b ags , ▁suit cases , ▁bel ts , ▁wal lets ▁and ▁purs es ▁– ▁were ▁made ▁mostly ▁in ▁private ▁homes ▁as ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁c