▁September ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁The ▁old ▁c rop field ▁name ▁Rod g au , ▁like ▁Bach g au ▁and ▁Kin zig g au ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁Ma ing au , ▁gave ▁the ▁town ▁its ▁name . ▁The ▁original ▁communities , ▁though , ▁have ▁existed ▁for ▁hundreds ▁of ▁years . ▁ ▁Today ▁( as ▁at ▁ 3 1 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 7 ), ▁Rod g au ▁has ▁ 4 5 , 2 3 6 ▁inhabitants ▁( including ▁ 2 , 0 3 5 ▁whose ▁main ▁residence ▁is ▁elsewhere ), ▁of ▁whom ▁ 2 2 , 1 2 0 ▁are ▁male ▁and ▁ 2 3 , 1 1 6 ▁female . ▁Foreign ers ▁from ▁ 5 2 ▁different ▁nations ▁account ▁for ▁ 4 , 4 7 1 ▁inhabitants ▁( 9 . 9 %). ▁Those ▁who ▁have ▁lived ▁in ▁Rod g au ▁longer ▁than ▁ten ▁years ▁account ▁for ▁ 6 4 . 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁ ▁We isk ir chen ▁▁ ▁Ar ound ▁Saint ▁Peter ' s ▁Church ▁( P eters kirche ) ▁arose ▁the ▁settlement ▁of ▁W ich enk ir chen ▁( or ▁W izz ink ir chin ) ▁in ▁Frank ish ▁times ▁as ▁a ▁thor pe ▁( one - street ▁village ). ▁It ▁had ▁its ▁first ▁document ary ▁mention ▁in ▁ 1 2 8 7 ▁in ▁the ▁Sel igen stadt ▁Mon aster y ' s ▁accord ▁with ▁the ▁Au heimer ▁Mark . ▁We isk ir chen ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁Mother ▁Church ▁to ▁the ▁villages ▁of