Schinveld ( Limburgish: ''Sjilvend'') is a village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality of

Beekdaelen Beekdaelen (; li, Baekdale ) is a municipality in the province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands. It was formed as a merger of Nuth, Onderbanken and Schinnen. Beekdaelen has 35,853 inhabitants. It does not have a capital. The town ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1180 as "in uilla Schinneuelt". The etymology is unclear. Schinveld developed in the Late Middle Ages at the intersection of roads. In the early-20th century, it became a mining town. The Catholic St Eligius church is a basilica like church in Gothic Revival style with a large tower which was built between 1889 and 1890. The tower from around 1500 was completed and enlarged in 1902. Huize Heijenhoven is an estate enclosed with a moat from the late-14th century which received its current shape around 1753. In the 19th century, it was converted into a farm. Between 1976 and 1985, it was restored and converted into a restaurant. Schinveld was home to 828 people in 1840. In 1869, the border with

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was redrawn. It lost an area of 31 hectares, but gained 32 hectares. Both parts were uninhabited. In 1858, the remains of a

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camp were discovered. Schinveld was a separate municipality until 1982, when it became a part of

Onderbanken Onderbanken (; li, Óngerbenk) was a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. In 2019, it merged with Nuth and Schinnen to form Beekdaelen. Population centres Bingelrade, Douvergenhout, Etzenrade, Jabeek, Merkelbeek, Op den Hering, Q ...

, and served as its capital. In 2019, it was merged into

Gallery

File:Schinveld-Onderste Molen-1.JPG, Watermill Onderste Molen File:Schinveld-Brunssummerstraat 65 (1).JPG, Farm in Schinveld File:Schinveld-Kerk (3).JPG, St Egilius Church File:Schinveld-Schoolstraat 19 (3).JPG, School

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Beekdaelen