Schinnen (; ) is a village and a former municipality in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It was home to US Army Garrison Schinnen, a support base for US personnel assigned to nearby Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum. It is also the location of Alfa Brewery, the only brewery in the Netherlands that uses an officially certified underground spring. In 2019, it merged with Nuth and Onderbanken to form the municipality of Beekdaelen.
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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