Schalkau
Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator.Template:Ns0Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Ns0
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.[1] 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:
|
|
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
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Navbox".