t Harde is a village in the

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province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. It is situated about 6 km southeast of

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. From Roman times there are names and shards of earthenw ...

, on the edge of the

Veluwe The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2) 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. The Ve ...

forest. It has a train station with connections to

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...

and

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...

. The village's population is approximately 6,685 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 used as a water supply to extinguish any fires that occurred in the vicinity of the village. Between 1961 and 1992, the village had a depository for U.S. tactical nuclear weapons.

Transportation

Railway Station:

't Harde t Harde is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is situated about 6 km southeast of Elburg, on the edge of the Veluwe forest. It has a train station with connections to Zwolle and Amersfoort. The village's population is approx ...

Two municipalities

't Harde was originally split between the two municipalities of

Doornspijk Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg. The village was first mentioned in 796 as Thornspiic, and is a combination of thorn and tapering land. The original village was flooded by th ...

and

Oldebroek Oldebroek () is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland. The municipality had a population of in . Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Oldebroek, June 2015'' Sport Oldebroek has been ho ...

. In 1974, 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. 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.

References

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