Hardenberg (Dutch: [ˈɦɑrdə(m)bɛr(ə)x] ; 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.

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.

The N34, which runs through Hardenberg, is its major road.

Railway stations:

• Gramsbergen station
• Hardenberg station
• Mariënberg station

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.

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

• 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

• 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

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

• Media related to Hardenberg at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website