Uden (municipality)

Municipality of Uden

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Henk Hellegers ( PvdA )
Seat of the municipality	Uden
Area  - land  - water	67.59  km 2 67.13 km 2 0.46 km 2
CBS code	0856
Residents	41,845 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	619 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 39 ′  N , 5 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′  N , 5 ° 37 ′  E
height	16  m NAP
Important traffic route
prefix	0413
Postcodes	5400-5409
Website	Homepage of Uden

Uden, church: de Sint Petruskerk

Uden ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . The municipality includes the large village of Uden and the smaller villages of Volkel and Odiliapeel.

Location and economy

Uden lies roughly in the middle of the city triangle Nijmegen - Eindhoven - 's-Hertogenbosch , to which it is connected by buses ; Uden does not have a railway connection . The distance to all three cities is about 30 km.

Volkel has an important air base of the Dutch Air Force ( Vliegbasis Volkel , Eng. Volkel Air Base), where often exercises with other NATO be performed -Partnern.

During the Second World War , the German Air Force created the 'Volkel night landing site'; there, interceptors ( night fighters ) could take off and land. The interceptors were used to protect against Allied bomber attacks on the Ruhr area. In 1943 the site was expanded and renamed 'Volkel Fliegerhorst'. It became the home base of the “5. Destroyer Group "(Junkers Ju 88) and the" 3. Group JG 7 "(jet fighter Messerschmitt Me 262 ). As part of Operation Market Garden , the air base was bombed so intensely in 1944 that it could no longer be used by the Air Force.

There is quite a lot of industry in Uden itself, including a. Factories of CDs , beds and machines. Agriculture is also an issue. Uden is the economic and cultural center of the region. It has a theater, a hospital, many schools, etc.

history

The village of Uden emerged in the Middle Ages from five small villages, two of which existed in the early Middle Ages . Traces of settlement by the Franks were found. In 1339 Uden got its own jurisdiction. Even after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Uden belonged to the Land of Ravenstein , i.e. not yet to the Protestant Republic of the Netherlands . Therefore, clergy from the rest of North Brabant avoided here and monasteries were founded. So in 1638 came the Kreuzherren and in 1712 the Birgitten .

It was not until 1816 that Uden came to the Netherlands. During the First World War , Uden was a refuge for war refugees from Belgium .

The farming village was designated by the government in The Hague in 1951 to grow into a factory town. Much of the village character, however, has been preserved.

Attractions

The north of the municipality is a forest and heather area where beautiful walks are possible.

In the Birgittine convent there is an interesting museum for religious art, with u. a. Icons , medieval icons , etc.

The neo-Gothic St. Petrikirche in Uden was built in 1890.

Town twinning

The municipality of Uden maintains a town partnership with Lippstadt , North Rhine-Westphalia .

Personalities

• The film producer Cilia van Dijk (* 1941) and the animator Gerrit van Dijk (1938–2012) were born in Uden.
• The painter Piet Mondrian (Pieter Cornelius Mondrian) lived and worked in 1904 in absolute seclusion in Uden.
• Laura de Vaan (* 1980), handbiker.

Web links

Commons : Uden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality (Dutch)
• Website of the Museum of Religious Art (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ For more details see Wikipedia .
3. ^ Piet Mondrian . Scirocco, London 2004, p. 80 .