Schinnen
Template:Infobox settlement Schinnen (Template:IPA; Template:Langx Template:IPA) is a village and a former municipality in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. It was home to US Army Garrison Schinnen, a support base for US personnel assigned to nearby Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is also the location of Alfa Brewery, the only brewery in the Netherlands that uses an officially certified underground spring.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2019, it merged with Nuth and Onderbanken to form the municipality of Beekdaelen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cities and towns
- Amstenrade
- Doenrade
- Oirsbeek
- Puth
- Schinnen
- Sweikhuizen
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Schinnen, June 2015
Notable people
- Hans Erkens (born 1952), AFC Ajax footballer
- Frans Körver (1937-2024), footballer
- Henk van der Linden (1925–2021), film director
- G. M. Nijssen (born 1938), computer scientist
- Henri Ritzen (1892–1976), painter
- Theo Rutten (1899–1980), politician and minister
- Julie Zwarthoed (born 1994), ice hockey player
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Template:Geographic location Template:Dutch municipality Beekdaelen Template:Authority control