Harkstede (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑr(ə)kˌsteːdə]; Gronings: Haarkstee [ˈɦaː(r)ksteɪ̯]) is a village in the northeastern Netherlands.

[2] Harkstede was supposedly founded during the 13th century, when the tower next to the local church was built.

Planned by Henric Piccardt (1636-1712), lord of the manors of Klein Martijn at Harkstede and the Fraeylemaborg at Slochteren, it was built by two master craftsmen from the city of Groningen, Henric Coeur and Geert van der Aa.

Harkstede was planned to be part of the Meerstad project.

The project was transferred to Groningen in 2017,[3] and the village remained in Slochteren.