Schalkau

Schalkau
Schalkau
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Schalkau within Sonneberg district
	Schalkau Schalkau
	Coordinates: 50°23′40″N 11°0′31″E / 50.39444°N 11.00861°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Sonneberg
Government
• Mayor (2024–30)	Mark Schwimmer (Ind.)
Area
• Total	44.03 km2 (17.00 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,266
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	96528
Dialling codes	036766
Vehicle registration	SON, NH
Website	www.schalkau.de

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.^[3] 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

St. Johannis Lutheran church

Schalkau Town hall

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

References

^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) 2007/2008 edition. Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.

[1] Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.

[3] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) 2007/2008 edition. Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9.

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