't Harde is a town about 6 km southeast of Elburg

Elburg

Elburg is a municipality and a city in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands.-History:There is evidence of a Neolithic settlement at Elburg consisting of stone tools and pottery shards....

, on the edge of the Veluwe

Veluwe

The Veluwe is a forest-rich ridge of hills in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts....

 forest in the Netherlands. It has a train station with connections to Zwolle

Zwolle

Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...

 and Amersfoort

Amersfoort

Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...

. The village's population is approximately 6000 people.

History

't Harde is a relatively young village. The village is called 't Harde because it was built on a patch of solid ground in the middle of a swamp. In Dutch, hard has the same meaning as "hard" in English; as in: hard surface. After a military base was established near the village, the village expanded. 't Harde even got a swimming pool in 1953, which was very modern for that time. The pool was also was used to extinguish fires around the village.

Two municipalities

't Harde was parted in two municipalities; Doornspijk

Doornspijk

Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg.Doornspijk was a separate municipality until 1974, when it became a part of Elburg.-Notable people from Doornspijk:...

 and Oldebroek

Oldebroek

Oldebroek is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands and it has almost 6000 inhabitants.-Population centres:Bovenveen, Eekt, Hattemerbroek, Kerkdorp, 't Loo, Mullegen, Noordeinde, Oldebroek, Oosterwolde, Posthoorn, Voskuil and Wezep.-Sport:...

. When Doornspijk was annexed by Elburg, the whole village of 't Harde also became part of Elburg.

Fire

On 18 June 1970, there was a big fire in the forest near 't Harde. The fire approached the village and three buildings were burned. Fortunately, the fire's path changed when it reached the village.

Districts

These are some districts in 't Harde:

• De Koekoek
• 't Spoor
• Centrum
• Oldebroeker Nieuwbouw
• Bungalowpark

Sports

't Harde has a soccer club called SV 't Harde. There is also a swimming team: De Hokseberg.