Uedem

Infobox German Location
Art =
Name = Uedem
Wappen = Wappen von Uedem.pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 40 |lat_sec = 3
lon_deg = 6 |lon_min = 16 |lon_sec = 30
Lageplan =
Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk = Düsseldorf
Kreis = Kleve
Höhe = 21
Fläche = 60.94
Einwohner = 8458
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 47589
Vorwahl = 0 28 25
Kfz = KLE
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 1 54 056
Gliederung =
Straße = Mosterstraße 2
Website = [http://www.uedem.de/ www.uedem.de]
Bürgermeister = Rainer Weber
Partei =

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

Division of the town

Uedem consists of 4 districts
* Uedem
* Uedemerfeld
* Keppeln
* Uedemerbruch

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