There isn't town in Germany called "Schalke".
It is the nick name of the "FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04"soccer club.
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It is a German football club.
They come from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen.
1. Bundesliga (Germany) Schalke 04 is the 2rd biggest Soccer Team in Germany and comes from a small City named Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhrpott in Nordreihn Westfahlen.
Germany's first league, 1. Bundesliga.
Gelsenkirschen Arena auf Schalke.
As of June 2014, Atsuto Uchida plays for Schalke 04, a club in Germany.
As of June 2014, Sead Kolašinac plays for Schalke 04, a club in Germany.
As of June 2014, Benedikt Höwedes plays for Schalke 04, a club in Germany.
As of June 2014, Julian Draxler plays for Schalke 04, a club in Germany.
As of June 2014, Joël Matip plays for Schalke 04, a club in Germany.
Kevin Prince Boateng is actually playing in Bundesliga (Germany) for Schalke 04
I would probably say the two best clubs of Germany is either FC Bayern, Borussia Dortmund 09 or Schalke 04
Frank Dragun was born on April 8, 1960, in Schalke, Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.