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Schalkau
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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.

Key facts

German place.type
Stadt
German place.image_coa
DEU Schalkau COA.svg
German place.image_plan
Schalkau in SON.svg
German place.state
Thüringen
German place.district
Sonneberg
German place.elevation
400
German place.area
44.02
German place.postal_code
96528
German place.area_code
036766
German place.licence
SON, NH
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
16 0 72 015
German place.website
www.schalkau.de
German place.mayor
Mark Schwimmer
German place.leader_term
2024–30
German place.party
parteilos

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Wikidata facts

Population
3199
Area
44.02
Elevation
401
Official website
www.schalkau.de
Image
Schalkau-Rathaus.jpg
Dialing code
036766
Licence plate code
SON
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hashtag
Schalkau
Commons category
Schalkau
postal code
96528
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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.

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