Schinnen
Schinnen 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. 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
Notable people
- Hans Erkens, AFC Ajax footballer
- Frans Körver, footballer
- Henk van der Linden, film director
- G. M. Nijssen, computer scientist
- Henri Ritzen, painter
- Theo Rutten, politician and minister
- Julie Zwarthoed, ice hockey player