In 1795 it was done with the special rights. Uden was taken by the French troops and it became a part of the Dutch republic. Since 1810 part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Since the mid 19th century Uden became more and more poorer as a result of the concurrence of the surrounding former Brabant of the States villages who gained their freedom back again. Since that time large emigrations to Wisconsin and other parts of the United States. In 1845 the order of the Ursulinen[?] founded a monastry in Uden. In 1855 the village of Volkel founded her own parish. After 1860 the famous cherry-period started in Uden, when the village specialised in the grow of cherries. In 1886 the old Petrus-church was demolished by fire and replaced by a new large church.
During the First world war (in whom the Netherlands stayed neutral) Noord-Brabant was flooded by Belgian refugees. A refugeecamp was erected at Vluchtoord in Uden, where several thouseds of Flemish refugees found home til 1918.
In de 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. Uden was visited by Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands[?] after it had been plagued by the cycloondisaster of 1925.
In 1940 Uden was occupied by the German troops. The Germans started with the building of a new airport: Flugplatz Volkel.
Since the 1950's Uden became a developmentcentre, as it heavily needed new grow. Some industries were placed and the Flugplatz became an international armyairport. Uden became a regional centre.
Due to her enormous grow, very little is left of the old villagecharacter.
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