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Schalkau

Field	Value
type	Stadt
image_coa	DEU Schalkau COA.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Schalkau in SON.svg
state	Thüringen
district	Sonneberg
elevation	400
area	44.02
postal_code	96528
area_code	036766
licence	SON, NH
Gemeindeschlüssel	16 0 72 015
website	www.schalkau.de
mayor	Mark Schwimmer
leader_term	2024–30
party	parteilos

Schalkau () is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 13 km west of Sonneberg, and 15 km north of Coburg. The former municipality Bachfeld was merged into Schalkau in December 2019.

History

From 1680 to 1920, Schalkau was part of Saxe-Meiningen, from 1920 to 1952 of the State of Thuringia, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Suhl of East Germany and since 1990 again of Thuringia.

Transportation

Schalkau has two train stations, Schalkau and Schalkau Mitte, on the Hinterland Railway (Hinterlandbahn) from Sonneberg Hauptbahnhof to Eisfeld. There is also a regular bus service to Sonneberg.

Education

There is one secondary school, educating pupils 11-16 (ordinarily) which falls into the 'Realschule' category. The school is named after the famous German writer, Goethe. There is a post office and a few other facilities.

Town division

The town has 10 districts:

Almerswind with Selsendorf
Bachfeld with Gundelswind
Ehnes
Emstadt with Truckendorf and Görsdorf
Katzberg
Mausendorf with Neundorf
Roth
Schalkau
Theuern
Truckenthal

Inhabitants

Number of inhabitants (as of 31 December):

:Source since 1994: Thuringia statistical office Erfurt

Personalities

Jan Eichhorn (born 1981), luger
Maximilian Mörlin (1516-1584), Protestant theologian and reformer
David Möller (born 1982), luger
Fritz Mueller (1907-2001), aerospace engineer

References

[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=LAND&auswertung=2 Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht], Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

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