# Hardenberg

Hardenberg (Dutch: ; Dutch Low Saxon: 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

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.

## Towns and villages
### 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 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

* Hardenberg Town Hall
* Hardenberg Station
* A windmill in Hardenberg
* Lock: Sluis De Haandrik
* Bergentheim, drawingbridge: the Wiekebrugge
* Klepperman
* A lake by the Vecht