Schalkau is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in

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. It is situated 13 km west of Sonneberg, and 15 km north of

Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it ...

. The former municipality

Bachfeld Bachfeld is a village and a former municipality in the Sonneberg district of Thuringia, Germany. Since December 2019, it is part of the town Schalkau. References Sonneberg (district) Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Former municipalities in T ...

was merged into Schalkau in December 2019.

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. Schalkau-Coburgerstr2

Town division

The town has 10 districts:

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

{{Authority control Sonneberg (district) Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen