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

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