Hardenberg
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hardenberg
| native_name = {{native name|nds-nl|Haddenbarreg}}
| settlement_type = City and municipality
| image_skyline = Voormalig hoofdkantoor van de Dedemsvaartsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij in Dedemsvaart.jpg
| image_alt = Former headquarters of the Dedemsvaartsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij in Dedemsvaart, Hardenberg
| image_caption = Former headquarters of the Dedemsvaartsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij in Dedemsvaart
| image_flag = Flag of Hardenberg.svg
| flag_size = 100x67px
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Hardenberg.svg
| shield_size = 100x80px
| shield_alt =
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0160 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Hardenberg in a municipal map of Overijssel
| map_caption = Location in Overijssel
| coordinates = {{coord|52|34|N|6|37|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Overijssel
| government_footnotes = {{cite web
|url = http://www.hardenberg.nl/bestuur-organisatie/college-van-b-en-w/overzicht-college/
|title = Overzicht collegeleden
|trans-title = Members of the board
|language = nl
|publisher = Gemeente Hardenberg
|access-date = 29 March 2014
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810171418/http://www.hardenberg.nl/bestuur-organisatie/college-van-b-en-w/overzicht-college/
|archive-date = 10 August 2014
}}
| governing_body = Municipal council
| leader_party = CDA
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Maarten Offinga
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}
| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Hardenberg}}
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Hardenberg}}
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Hardenberg}}
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web
|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|title = Postcodetool for 7772BR
|language = nl
|author =
|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|access-date = 29 March 2014}}
| elevation_m = 9
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| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}
| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Hardenberg}}
| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Hardenberg}}
| population_demonym = Hardenberger
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = 7690–7704, 7707, 7770–7799
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 0523
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.hardenberg.nl}}
| footnotes =
}}
Hardenberg ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɑrdə(m)bɛr(ə)x|lang|Nl-Hardenberg.oga}}; {{langx|nds-nl|Haddenbarreg}} or 'n Arnbarg) is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel, Eastern Netherlands. The municipality of Hardenberg has a population of about 60,000, with about 19,000 living in the city. It received city rights in 1362 from Jan van Arkel, Bishop of Utrecht. The famous Pieterpad passes through Hardenberg, a municipality which is located on the German border. A sizable portion of the population speaks Dutch Low Saxon as a native language.
Transport
=Cycling=
File:Hardenberg-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg
The Great Hardenburg Bicycle Race takes place each August, with the top 3 victors being named the "Wheeler-Kings" of the town and given lifetime passes to the local museum.
=Road=
The N34, which runs through Hardenberg, is its major road.
=Trains=
Railway stations:
Leisure
De Boshoek is a sport park off the N34 in the outskirts of Hardenberg, near Ommen.
HHC Hardenberg is the local football club of Hardenberg.
De slag is the indoor-swimming pool of Hardenberg located in the outskirts of Hardenberg.
Towns and villages
= In the town =
=In the municipality=
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
- Ane
- Anerveen
- Anevelde
- Balkbrug
- Balkbrug Benedenvaart
- Bergentheim
- Bergentheimerveen
- Beute
- Brucht
- Bruchterveld
- Colenbranderbos
- Collendoorn
- De Belt
- De Haandrik
- De Kolonie
- De Krim
- Dedemsvaart
- Den Velde
- Diffelen
- Gramsbergen
- 't Haantje
- Hardenbergerveld
- Heemserveen
- Holtheme
- Holthone
- Hoogenweg
- Kloosterhaar
- Loozen
- Lutten
- Mariënberg
- Nieuwlande
- Ommerkanaal
- Oud-Bergentheim
- Oud-Lutten
- Radewijk
- Reestgebied
- Rheeze
- Rheezerveen
- Rheezerzand
- Rollepaal
- Schuinesloot
- Sibculo
- Slagharen
- Sponturfwijk
- Steekport
- Venebrugge
- Westerhuizingerveld
}}
Notable people
File:2016 2017 UCI Track World Cup Apeldoorn 85.jpg
- Albert Hardenberg (c.1510 in Rheeze – 1574) a Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer
- Henk Dorgelo (1894 in Dedemsvaart – 1961) a Dutch physicist and academic
- Anna Charlotte Ruys (1898 in Dedemsvaart – 1977) a Dutch professor of bacteriology and epidemiology
- Mien Ruys (1904 in Dedemsvaart – 1999) a Dutch landscape and garden architect
- August Aimé Balkema (1906 in Avereest – 1996) a Dutch book trader and publisher active in Amsterdam and South Africa
- Henk Bodewitz (1939 in Gramsbergen – 2022) is a Dutch Sanskrit scholar
- Martin Koster (born 1950 in Dedemsvaart) a Dutch writer in the Drèents variety of Dutch Low Saxon
- Joke Bouwstra (born 1956 in Hardenberg) a Dutch researcher and professor of drug administration at Leiden University
- Roel Kuiper (born 1962 in Mariënberg) a Dutch historian, philosopher, ideologue, politician and university professor
- Roos-Anne (Sanne) Hans (born 1984 in Dedemsvaart) known as lead singer of the band Miss Montreal is a Dutch singer-songwriter and guitar player
= Sport =
- Erik Hartsuiker (1940 in Avereest – 2019) a retired Dutch rower, bronze medallist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Helen Tanger (born 1978 in Hardenberg) is a rower and bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Arne Slot (born 1978 in Bergentheim) a former Dutch professional football midfielder with 450 caps
- Kyra Lamberink (born 1996 in Bergentheim) a Dutch female track cyclist
- Niek Kimmann (born 1996 in Lutten) a Dutch male BMX racing cyclist and gold medallist at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Kas Haverkort (born 2003 in Hardenberg) a Dutch racing driver and Spanish F4 champion
Image gallery
File:Gemeentehuis Hardenberg.jpg|Hardenberg Town Hall
File:Station Hardenberg 20061030.jpg|Hardenberg Station
File:Molen Hardenberg.jpg|A windmill in Hardenberg
File:Hardenberg-De Haandrik, Sluis De Haandrik IMG 1217 2022-05-08 10.53.jpg|Lock: Sluis De Haandrik
File:Hardenberg-Bergentheim, de Wiekebrugge IMG 1261 2022-05-08 12.18.jpg|Bergentheim, drawingbridge: the Wiekebrugge
File:Klepperman.JPG|Klepperman
File:Vecht bij Hardenberg.jpg|A lake by the Vecht
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
- [http://www.hardenberg.nl Official website]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Hardenberg
| North = De Wolden (DR), Hoogeveen (DR)
| East = Emlichheim (DE-NI)
Uelsen (DE-NI)
| South = Ommen, Twenterand
| Southwest = Dalfsen
| West = Staphorst
}}
{{Overijssel Province}}
{{Dutch municipality Hardenberg}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Overijssel