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 Beekdaelen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Cities and towns

• Amstenrade
• Doenrade
• Oirsbeek
• Puth
• Schinnen
• Sweikhuizen

Topography

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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

External links

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