Uden
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| Uden | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
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| Province | North Brabant |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 67.59 km² (26.1 sq mi) |
| - Land | 67.13 km² (25.9 sq mi) |
| - Water | 0.46 km² (0.2 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Municipality | 40,185 |
| - Density | 599/km² (1,551.4/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Uden (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a town in the province of Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Tie of friendship with the German city of Lippstadt.
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[edit] Population centres
- Odiliapeel
- Uden
- Volkel
[edit] The town of Uden
[edit] History
Uden is first recorded around 1190 as “Uthen”. However, earlier settlements have been found in the areas of the modern day Moleneind, Vorstenburg and Bitswijk and evidence of ice-age settlements has been found near the hamlet of Slabroek. From 1324 Uden was ruled by the Valkenburg house and became a part of the Land van Ravenstein. After 1397 it became a part of the 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 Kruisheren, who fled from Protestant Dutch oppression in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1638. After the peace of Munster in 1648, Uden remained outside the Dutch republic and was a haven of religious tolerance and Catholics from the nearby villages of Veghel, Nistelrode and 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 village was almost destroyed by a fire in 1746.
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. From then on Uden’s wealth diminished mainly due to competition from the neighbouring Brabant villages, resulting in emigration to Wisconsin and other parts of the United States. The Dominican missionary, Father Theodore Van de Broek led a group in 1848 from Uden to Little Chute, Wisconsin, beginning a pattern of immigration to northeast Wisconsin that would last until the early twentieth century. The village began to specialise in the growth of cherries from 1860 onwards and 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 was inundated by Belgian refugees. A refugee camp was erected at Vluchtoord in Uden, which housed several thousand Flemish refugees until 1918.
Uden was visited by Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands after it had been struck by a cyclone in 1925 which caused much devastation.
Since the 1950's Uden has become a centre of development, providing much needed economic growth. Uden has now become a regional centre. Due to the growth, very little is left of the old village character.
Shortly after the assassination of Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam, an Islamic school in Uden 'Bedir' was burnt down. Since that incident Uden's residents have taken up the task of investigating and re-evaluating the local education system during and out of schoolhours.
[edit] Places of interest
- church of Sint-Petrus stoel
- chapel of the Kruisheren
- monastery of the Ursulines
- monastery of the Kruisheren
- Brigitinesse abbey of Maria Refugie
- World War II cemetery
- Mill of Jettens
[edit] People from Uden
U.S. international football (soccer) player Earnie Stewart was born and raised in Uden.
Producer Cilia van Dijk, born on 22 November 1941 was born and raised in Uden, she was in 1985 the winner of an Oscar for producing the short animated movie "Anna and Bella"
Erik van Lieshout and Angelique Bisschops, born 19 November 1970 and 29 Januari 1972 became 7 times Dutch Champion and 4 time Champion of the Benelux in Latin And Ballroom Dancing. Anglique got maried and got a child. Erik went to live in Zurich and startet a succesfull dancing carreer there. They started there career at "Verhoeven Dancestudio".
Mark Baars, born 27 November 1970 in Uden, is one of the Dutch pioneers in Podcasting. He does freelance work for TV and film and appeared as an extra on Gooische Vrouwen, the Dutch counterpart of Desperate Housewives, written by Linda de Mol.
Arnold Verhoeven, born on the 1st of January 1955 in Uden, succeeded his parents footsteps as a danceteacher and achieved a national reputation as producer and host of the popular televisionprogram Avro's Danstest. He became an international adjudicator and trainer of many successful dancers. After 25 years of dancing he switched his career and moved to the French Riviera to start a hotel in Cannes, Hotel Thomas.He wrote three successful books about his personal experiences and also a popular travelguide on the French Riviera.In the meantime he started an internetcompany creating many websites aimed at the French market.Growing over 3 million visitors per month www.marche.fr became his most successful website. Arnold Verhoeven is married to Debby de Haan, they have two daughters, Sophie and Romée, and he has one daughter, Joyce, from his first marriage. He still lives in the South of France.
[edit] Odiliapeel
In the 1920's people started to cultivate the massive heathlands in the eastern part of the municipality, called "De Peel". In 1922 a new village was built, called Terraveen and later renamed Odiliapeel.
[edit] Volkel
In 1855 the village of Volkel founded its own parish.
[edit] Airbase Volkel
[edit] History
The Germans started construction of the airport (Flugplatz Volkel) in 1940 after they captured Uden. No. 122 Wing of the British Royal Air Force moved into Volkel in December 1944 following the advance of British troops into the Netherlands after D-Day. French ace Pierre Clostermann, at the time a flight commander in 122 Wing, provides a detailed and insightful description of operations from Volkel in early 1945 in his book The Big Show.
[edit] Present
Airbase Volkel is one of the Main Operating Bases (MOB's) of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Its military population has to be estimated at 1800 pers. The base is currently hosting: 311, 312 and 313 multirole Sqn, and 306 training Sqn all equipped with F-16. Supporting units are: 900 maintenance Sqn, 901 transport and storage Sqn, 902 support Sqn, 601 reserve Sqn, 640 base Sqn and 703 USAF munition support sqn.
On the base are still located both the hardened former nuclear QRA alert facility and the former igloo Weapon Storage Area, now transformed into a conventional weapon storage.
The base hosts 32 above-ground Protective Aircraft Shelters (PAS). 11 of these shelters are equipped with underground nuclear weapon vaults with a capacity for a total of 44 B61 nuclear bombs (types 4 and 10; variable yield 0.3 − 170 kt). Though the Ministry of Defense denies it the fact is that at present still 22 B61's are operational at Volkel Airbase. These standoff weapons are deployed by the USAF in the Netherlands under a nuclear sharing treaty, for delivery by Dutch F-16s. 703 MUNSS (USAF Munition Support Squadron) is with 135 personnel responsible for physical security, maintenance and logistics of these special weapons, for the Weapon Storage Security System W3S and for the handover to the Dutch if ordered by the U.S. National Command Authority. [1] [2] [3]. See also Netherlands and weapons of mass destruction.
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