title: Schalkau
text: # Schalkau
  
  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
  