Hardenberg

Hardenberg (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.

Cycling
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:
 * Gramsbergen station
 * Hardenberg station
 * Mariënberg station

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.

In the town

 * Baalder
 * Baalderveld
 * Centrum
 * Hazenbos
 * Heemse
 * Heemserbos
 * Heemsermars
 * Marslanden
 * Norden

In the municipality
• 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

 * 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 footballer 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