Schinnen
Sign in to saveSchinnen (; ) 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.
Key facts
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- Schinnen
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- Village and former municipality
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- Sjweikesewkped07.JPG
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- Church in Sweikhuizen
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- Schinnen vlag.svg
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- 100x67px
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- Schinnen wapen.svg
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- 100x80px
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- Map - NL - Municipality code 0962 (2009).svg
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- Highlighted position of Schinnen in a municipal map of Limburg
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- Location in Limburg -->
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- Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
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- left
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- 250
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- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
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- Country
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- Netherlands
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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
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