ü ges heim ' s ▁streets . ▁ ▁The ▁Car n ival ▁represent atives , ▁the ▁Car n ival ▁Prince ▁and ▁Princess ▁and ▁the ▁Child ▁Prince ▁and ▁Princess , ▁have ▁in ▁more ▁recent ▁times ▁not ▁always ▁come ▁from ▁J ü ges heim . ▁Other ▁constitu ent ▁communities ▁may ▁now ▁enter ▁contest ants . ▁ ▁S ight see ing ▁ ▁An ▁historic ▁town ▁core ▁is ▁something ▁that ▁Rod g au , ▁given ▁the ▁way ▁it ▁came ▁into ▁being , ▁simply ▁cannot ▁offer . ▁A ▁lack ▁of ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁worth ▁of ▁old ▁buildings ▁led , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁to ▁the ▁wh oles ale ▁destruction ▁of ▁many ▁tim ber - frame ▁buildings ▁in ▁the ▁old ▁communities . ▁Only ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁were ▁historical ▁buildings ▁that ▁were ▁still ▁standing ▁system atically ▁catalog ued ▁and ▁ranked ▁according ▁to ▁criteria ▁for ▁monument al ▁protection . ▁ ▁The ▁five ▁former ▁village ▁churches ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁to ▁ 1 9 th ▁centuries ▁even ▁today ▁still ▁mark ▁the ▁old ▁village ▁cores . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁with ▁the ▁church ▁par ishes ’ , ▁the ▁municipality ' s ▁and ▁many ▁volunte ers ’ ▁support , ▁they ▁were ▁renov ated ▁and ▁also ▁put ▁back ▁in ▁their ▁original ▁states . ▁The ▁Goth ic ▁tower ▁at ▁the ▁Matth ias - K irche ▁( “ Saint ▁Matthew ’ s ▁Church ” ) ▁in ▁Nieder - R oden ▁is ▁Rod g au ' s