Skingen (Dutch: Schingen) is a small village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

[3] The village was first mentioned around 1400 as Schengen, and is the name of a stream.

[4] Skingen developed at the beginning of our era on a natural height near the Middelzee.

[5] Archaeological artefacts have been discovered from the Roman period.

[5] A church had already been built in the 11th or 12th century when in 1877 work began on a new one.