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Uedem
Uedem
is a municipality in the
district of Cleves
, in
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
. It is located near
the border
with
the Netherlands
.
Division
of
the town
Uedem consists of 4
districts
Uedem
Uedemerfeld
Keppeln
Uedemerbruch
Brunzenhausen
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
in several
air raids
as well as ground
operation
People
Hermann Gröhe
, politician