Editing Uden

{{about|the Dutch town|people with this surname|Uden (surname)|the district in Yemen|Al Udayn District}}
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[[File:Uden-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Map of Uden (town), 2014.]]
'''Uden''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈydə(n)|-|228 Uden.ogg}}) is a town and former municipality in the province of [[North Brabant]], in the Netherlands. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of [[Maashorst]].

== History ==
Uden was first recorded around 1190 as "Uthen". However, earlier settlements have been found in the areas of modern-day Moleneind, Vorstenburg and Bitswijk and evidence of [[Last glacial period|Ice Age]] settlements has been found near the hamlet of Slabroek. From 1324 Uden was ruled by the [[Valkenburg aan de Geul|Valkenburg]] house and became a part of the {{ill|Land van Ravenstein|nl}}. After 1397 it became a part of the [[Germany|German]] [[duchy of Cleves]].

Uden was hardly affected by the [[Eighty Years' War]] and gained religious freedom in 1631. A result of this was the establishment in the municipality of the [[Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross|Crosiers]], who fled from Protestant Dutch oppression in [['s-Hertogenbosch]] in 1638. After the [[Peace of Westphalia|peace of Munster]] in 1648, Uden remained outside the [[Dutch republic]] and was a haven of religious tolerance, and Catholics from the nearby towns of [[Veghel]], [[Nistelrode]] and [[Erp, Netherlands|Erp]] were able to build churches at the municipality's boundaries. The period of 1648–1795 saw an increase in prosperity due to the weekly markets, however, the town was almost destroyed by a fire in 1746. The Dutch folk-hero [[Kobus van der Schlossen]] was locally active at this time.

In 1795, Uden was taken by French troops and incorporated into the Dutch republic and has been a part of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] since 1810. After that time Uden's wealth diminished, mainly due to competition from the neighbouring Brabant towns, resulting in immigration to the Midwestern United States.

In 1848, The Dominican Catholic missionary Father [[Theodore J. van den Broek]] led a group of Dutch Catholics from Uden to [[Little Chute, Wisconsin]], beginning a pattern of immigration to northeast Wisconsin that would last until the early twentieth century. That region of Wisconsin remains largely populated by descendants of Dutch Catholic immigrants from the Uden area. The Midwest was selected for its fairly similar landscape, which allowed the East Dutch immigrants, who were primarily farmers, to continue the same agricultural practices in the United States.

On 12 June 1840, a [[meteorite]] weighing approximately 720 grams fell into a field just outside Uden. It narrowly missed a group of laborers digging for [[peat]] nearby.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Humphrys|first=Julian|title =BBC History magazine|journal=BBC World Histories| publisher=Bristol Magazines Ltd|issn=1469-8552|date=June 2010}}</ref>

In 1855, the village of Volkel founded its own parish.

Uden began to specialise in the growth of cherries from 1860 onwards. In 1886, the old Petrus-church was demolished by fire and replaced by a new larger one.

During World War I (in which the Netherlands stayed neutral) North Brabant had many Belgian refugees. A refugee camp was erected at Vluchtoord in Uden, which housed several thousand Flemish refugees until 1918.

In the 1920s, people started to cultivate the extensive heathlands in the eastern part of the municipality, called "De Peel". In 1922, a new village was built, called Terraveen and later renamed Odiliapeel.

After Uden was struck by a devastating cyclone in 1925, it was visited by [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Wilhelmina]], queen of the Netherlands.

Since the 1950s, Uden has become a regional centre of development, providing much needed economic growth. Due to its growth, very little is left of the old town's character.

[[File:Sint Petrus.jpg|175px|thumb|right|Church of Sint-Petrus]]

== Population centres ==
*[[Odiliapeel]]
*Uden
*[[Volkel]]

== Places of interest ==
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* Brigitinesse abbey of Mary's Refuge
* Church of Saint Peter's Chair
* Chapel of the Crosiers
* Mill of Jettens
* Monastery of the Crosiers
* Monastery of the Ursulines
* [[Volkel Air Base]]
* [[Uden War Cemetery|World War II cemetery]]
}}

== Notable people ==
[[File:Opdracht Financieel Dagblad , minister Braks , close - NL-HaNA Anefo 933-1690 WM540 (cropped).jpg|180px|thumb|Gerrit Braks, 1984]]
[[File:Wilma and Riet van den Berg 1970.jpg|180px|thumb|Wilma and Riet van den Berg, 1970]]
* [[Theodorus Verhoeven]] (1907–1990), missionary and archaeologist
* [[Gerrit Braks]] (1933–2017), politician and agronomist
* [[Theodore J. van den Broek]], Dominican Catholic Missionary who led a wave of Dutch emigration to the American Midwest, primarily Wisconsin.
* [[Gerrit van Dijk]] (1938–2012), animator, filmmaker, actor, and painter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226627/   IMDb Database] retrieved 17 March 2020</ref>
* [[Cilia van Dijk]] (1941–2023)), film producer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886580/   IMDb Database] retrieved 17 March 2020</ref>
* [[Addy van den Krommenacker]] (born 1950), fashion designer
* [[Sultan Günal-Gezer]] (born 1961), politician, municipal councillor and alderman of Uden
* [[Martin van Drunen]] (born 1966), [[death metal]] vocalist
* [[NikkieTutorials|Nikkie de Jager]] (born 1994), [[Make-up artist|makeup artist]] and [[beauty vlogger]]<ref>{{Cite web|author=Bekende Buren|title=Nikkie de Jager ofwel NikkieTutorials koopt voor prikkie vet landhuis in het Brabantse Uden. Zie foto's|url=https://www.bekendeburen.nl/nikkie-de-jager-ofwel-nikkie-tutoriials-koopt-voor-een-prikkie-vet-landhuis-in-het-brabantse-uden|access-date=2020-08-09|website=Bekende Buren|language=nl}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
[[File:Para-cycling German championships and Europe Cup 2016 132.jpg|180px|thumb|Laura de Vaan, 2016]]
* [[Theo Willems]] (1891–1960), archer, team gold medallist at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Wilma van den Berg]] (born 1947), sprinter, competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[1972 Summer Olympics]] (which she left in the middle, in sympathy with the Israelis after the [[Munich Massacre]])
* [[Earnie Stewart]] (born 1969), American retired soccer player
* [[Laura de Vaan]] (born 1980), Paralympian who competes in handcycle events
* [[Cheryl Maas]] (born 1984), snowboarder, competed at three Winter Olympics
* [[Maud van der Meer]] (born 1992)m swimmer, competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]
== International relations ==
Uden is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with 
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* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lippstadt]], Germany
|}

==See also==
*[[Volkel Air Base]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:NL-Uden-City Hall (2).jpg|Uden-City Hall
File:NL-Uden-Urban Art-Penthouses.jpg|Uden-Urban Art-Penthouses
File:NL-Uden-Zuid-Groen op zuid-Fietspad.jpg|Uden-Zuid-Groen op zuid-cycle path
File:Groene hond - panoramio.jpg|Groene hond
File:NL-Uden-Zuid-Riviertje.jpg|Uden-Zuid-Riviertje
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.uden.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Uden
 | North     = [[Landerd]]
 | Northeast = [[Mill en Sint Hubert]]
 | Southeast = [[Sint Anthonis]]
 | South     = [[Boekel]]
 | Southwest = [[Meierijstad]]
 | West      = [[Bernheze]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Maashorst}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2022]]
[[Category:Geography of Maashorst]]