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): 1994: 3765 1996: 3689 1998: 3689 2000: 3498 2002: 3463 2004: 3417 2006: 3338 2008: 3286 2010: 3202 2012: 3049 2014: 2980 2015: 2982 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
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