Hardenberg
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Hardenberg is a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 and a city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 in the eastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, in the province of Overijssel
Overijssel
Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...

. The city of Hardenberg has a population of about 17,200. It received city rights
City rights in the Netherlands
City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not have....

 in 1362 from Jan van Arkel
John of Arkel (bishop)
John of Arkel or Jan van Arkel was a Bishop of Utrecht from 1342 to 1364 and Prince-Bishop of Liège from 1364 to 1378....

, Bishop of Utrecht. The famous Pieterpad
Pieterpad
The Pieterpad is a long distance walking route in the Netherlands. The trail runs from Pieterburen, in the northern part of Groningen, south through the eastern part of the Netherlands to end just south of Maastricht, on the top of Mount Saint Peter , at a height of...

 also passes through Hardenberg.

Cycling

There are many cycling routes throughout Hardenberg. 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.

Trains

Railway stations:
  • Gramsbergen station
    Gramsbergen railway station
    Gramsbergen is a railway station located in Gramsbergen, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 July 1905 and is located on the Zwolle–Emmen railway...

  • Hardenberg station
    Hardenberg railway station
    Hardenberg is a railway station located in Hardenberg, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 February 1905 and is located on the Zwolle–Emmen railway...

  • Mariënberg station
    Mariënberg railway station
    Mariënberg is a railway station located in Mariënberg, the Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 February 1905 and is located on the Zwolle–Emmen railway and the Mariënberg–Almelo railway...


Leisure

Crazy Horse is the name of a major concert venue.

De Boshoek is a sport park off the N34 in the outskirts of Hardenberg, near Ommen
Ommen
Ommen is a municipality and a Hanseatic city in the Vecht valley of the Salland region, which is at the heart of the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. Historical records first name Ommen in the early 12th century and it was officially founded as a city in 1248...

.

HHC Hardenberg
HHC Hardenberg
HHC Hardenberg is a football club from Hardenberg, the Netherlands. The club is currently playing in the Topklasse.-History:HHC Hardenberg was founded in 1954, as the result of a merger between Hardenberg Voetbal Club of Hardenberg en SV Heemse of neighbouring Heemse...

 is the local football club of Hardenberg.

De Marsch is the indoor-swimming pool of Hardenberg located in the Centrum (Town Centre).

In the city

  • Baalder
  • Baalderveld
  • Centrum
  • Hazenbos
  • Heemse
  • Heemserbos
  • Heemsermars
  • Marslanden
  • Norden
    Norden
    - Geography :* the Scandinavian name for the Nordic countries.* Norden, Lower Saxony: a town in Lower Saxony, Germany.* Norden Township, Minnesota: a township in Minnesota, United States.* Norden, Greater Manchester: a village near Rochdale, England....


In the municipality

  • Ane
    Ane, Netherlands
    Ane is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality Hardenberg, about 5 km northeast of the centre of Hardenberg. The village centre of Ane has about 120 inhabitants; together with the part of the surrounding countryside that is reckoned to belong to Ane,...

  • Anerveen
    Anerveen
    Anerveen is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality Hardenberg, about 7 km north of the centre of Hardenberg.Anerveen has about 160 inhabitants....

  • Anevelde
    Anevelde
    Anevelde is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality Hardenberg, about 3 km northeast of the centre of Hardenberg....

  • Balkbrug
    Balkbrug
    Balkbrug is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality Hardenberg, about 5 km west of Dedemsvaart.Balkbrug has about 4000 inhabitants....

  • Balkbrug Benedenvaart
  • Bergentheim
    Bergentheim
    Bergentheim is a small village in the municipality of Hardenberg, the Netherlands with approximately 3500 inhabitants. Located between the canal Almelo- De Haandrik and the railway Zwolle-Emmen, the town used to have a railway station ), but it was closed in 1975. The building was still there...

  • Bergentheimerveen
  • Beute
  • Brucht
    Brucht
    Brucht is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia...

  • Bruchterveld
    Bruchterveld
    Bruchterveld is a village near the town of Hardenberg, Overijssel, the Netherlands, with a population of 1,188 people. There is a village house and a football association. It has three churches: Dutch reformed, Dutch reformed freed and Reformed....

  • Colenbranderbos
  • Collendoorn
  • De Belt
  • De Haandrik
  • De Kolonie
  • De Krim
  • Dedemsvaart
    Dedemsvaart
    Dedemsvaart is a village in Overijssel, the Netherlands, with a population of about 12,000.The town is located along an old canal, the Dedemsvaart proper, which lost its commercial importance after World War II. The area around Dedemsvaart, until 2001 part of the municipality of Avereest, was an...

  • Den Velde
  • Diffelen
  • Gramsbergen
    Gramsbergen
    Gramsbergen is a small Dutch town on the Vechte, located in the municipality of Hardenberg and the province of Overijssel. The town is located on corridors of different transportation modes: The N34 , the Zwolle - Emmen railway and the Almelo - de Haandrik canal.-History:Gramsbergen and its hamlets...

  • Hardenbergerveld
  • Heemserveen
  • Holtheme
  • Holthone
  • Hoogenweg
  • Kloosterhaar
  • Loozen
  • Lutten
  • Mariënberg
    Marienberg
    Marienberg can refer to:*Marienberg, Saxony, the capital of the Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis district of the German state of Saxony*Bad Marienberg, a town in the Westerwaldkreis of Rhineland-Palatinate...

  • Nieuwlande
    Nieuwlande
    Nieuwlande is a small Dutch village. The population, as of 1 January 2004, is 1,250. It is located in the north-eastern province of Drenthe. In the Drents dialect, the town is called Neilaande. The town is situated in the municipality of Hoogeveen....

  • Ommerkanaal
  • Oud-Bergentheim
  • Oud-Lutten
  • Radewijk
  • Reestgebied
  • Rheeze
  • Rheezerveen
  • Rheezerzand
  • Rollepaal
    Rollepaal
    Rollepaal BV is a Dutch manufacturer of pipe extrusion equipment .Originally Rollepaal was part of Wavin but independent since 2001 from Wavin....

  • Schuinesloot
  • Sibculo
  • Slagharen
  • Sponturfwijk
  • Steekport
  • 't Haantje
    't Haantje (Overijssel)
    t Haantje is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Hardenberg, about 5 km north of the town of Hardenberg.-References:...

  • Venebrugge
  • Westerhuizingerveld

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