Uedem

Uedem
Uedem
	Coat of arms
	Location of Uedem within Kleve district
	Uedem Uedem
	Coordinates: 51°40′3″N 6°16′30″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Kleve
Government
• Mayor	Rainer Weber
Area
• Total	60.94 km2 (23.53 sq mi)
Elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,281
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	47589
Dialling codes	0 28 25
Vehicle registration	KLE
Website	www.uedem.de

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

Uedem Catholic church: Pfarrkirche Sankt Laurentius

Uedem Reformed Church

Division of the town

Uedem consists of 4 districts

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

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gollark: No.

gollark: Yes.

gollark: What are you trying to calculate?

gollark: It's easier if you think about it as heads and not-heads, but heads has 1/3 probability.

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

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