Schimmert
village in Beekdaelen, Netherlands
Schimmert (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsxɪmərt]; Limburgish: Sjömmert [ˈʃœməʀt]) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen.
History
The village was first mentioned in the mid-11th century as "de Scinmottera". The etymology is unclear. Schimmert is a village with a dries (type of village square).
The Catholic St Remigius Church is a three-aisled church from irregular blocks of chalk constructed in 1924-1926 after a design by Pierre Cuypers and Joseph Cuypers. The tower was damaged during World War II and repaired in 1956.
The water tower was built between 1926 and 1927 on the highest point of the plateau in Expressionist style. The tower measures 38 metres (125 ft). In 1935, matching worker's houses were added.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Schimmert” is village in Beekdaelen, Netherlands. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Schimmert, village and Beekdaelen, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2665102. Authority coordinates are 50.906, 5.822. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1924, 1926, 1956 and 1927.
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This entry incorporates text from “Schimmert” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.