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

Uedem
Municipality
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Location of Uedem within Kleve district
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Coordinates: 51°40′3″N 6°16′30″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Kleve
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Rainer Weber[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	60.94 km2 (23.53 sq mi)
Elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	8,305
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	47589
Dialling codes	0 28 25
Vehicle registration	KLE
Website	www.uedem.de

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 (85%) in several air raids as well as ground operation

Notable people

• Hermann Gröhe (born 1961), politician (CDU)

References

External links

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[es] Uedem

[ru] Удем