Schinnen
Encyclopedia
Schinnen is a municipality
and a town
in the province of Limburg
, the Netherlands
. It is 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.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the province of Limburg
Limburg (Netherlands)
Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to...
, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It is home to US Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
Garrison Schinnen, a support base for US personnel assigned to nearby Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum. It is also the location of Alfa Brewery
Alfa Brewery
Alfa Brewery is a family-owned independent brewery located in Schinnen, the Netherlands. Alfa was started in 1870 by Joseph Meens and is one of the few independent breweries left in the Province of Limburg.-Availability:...
, the only brewery in the Netherlands that uses an officially certified underground spring.
Cities and towns
- AmstenradeAmstenradeAmstenrade is a village in the municipality of Schinnen, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km northwest of Heerlen.Between 1839 and 1982, Amstenrade was a separate municipality.-External links: Map of the former municipality, around 1868....
- Doenrade
- OirsbeekOirsbeekthumb|right|265px|St. Lambertuskerk, OirsbeekOirsbeek is a village in the southeast of the Netherlands, part of the municipality of Schinnen.Between 1839 and 1982, Oirsbeek was a separate municipality...
- Puth
- Schinnen
- Sweikhuizen
External links
- Official website (in DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) - US Army Schinnen