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=

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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=

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=

Notable people

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  • 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 =

References

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