Uedem

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Uedem
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Kleve
Mayor	Rainer Weber
Basic statistics
Area	60.94 km² (23.5 sq mi)
Elevation	21 m  (69 ft)
Population	8,458  (31/12/2005)
- Density	139 /km² (359 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KLE
Postal code	47589
Area codes	0 28 25
Website	www.uedem.de Coordinates: 51°40′3″N 6°16′30″E / 51.6675, 6.275

Uedem is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Itis located near the border to the Netherlands.

[edit] Division of the town

Uedem consists of 4 districts

• Uedem
• Uedemerfeld
• Keppeln
• Uedemerbruch

[edit] History

• 5th century Frankish nobleman Odo/Udo started settlement in the area
• 866 first official mentioning as "odeheimero marca"
• 1359 gained town privileges
• 1359 liberation out of the dependency towards Xanten - "Treaty Of Xanten"
• 1794 - 1814 French occupation
• 1798 loss of town privileges
• World War II heavily destroyed (85%) in several air raids as well as ground operation

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Kleve (district) Bedburg-Hau | Emmerich | Geldern | Goch | Issum | Kalkar | Kerken | Kevelaer | Kleve | Kranenburg | Rees | Rheurdt | Straelen | Uedem | Wachtendonk | Weeze