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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Schinnen
Settlement.settlement_type: Village and former municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Sjweikesewkped07.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Church in Sweikhuizen
Settlement.image_flag: Schinnen vlag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Schinnen wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.shield_alt: <!--
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0962 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Schinnen in a municipal map of Limburg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Limburg -->
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands