one college-track high school (Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium) and two non-college-track high schools (Riemenschneider-Realschule, Pestalozzi-Werkrealschule). There is also one special-education school run by the town (Christophorus-Förderschule). The Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofsheim (with Wirtschaftsgymnasium) and the Gewerbliche Schule Tauberbischofsheim are vocational schools or professional training schools run by the Main-Tauber-Kreis. There are also two private schools: Volkshochschule Mittleres Taubertal e.V. and Euro Akademie Tauberbischofsheim. Notable people Honorary citizen Emil Beck, (1935 – 2006), national fencing team head coach of Germany for numerous Olympic games and world championships Thomas Bach, (born 1953), since 2013 the ninth and current president of the IOC Other people Leoba, (c. 710–782), established a convent in Tauberbischofsheim, where she became the abbess Jakob Löwenstein (1799–1869), rabbi and writer Richard Trunk (1879–1968), composer Reinhold Behr (born 1948), fencer Harald Hein (1950–2008), Olympic champion and world champion in fencing Hanns Jana (born 1952), fencer Matthias Behr (born 1955), Olympic champion and world champion in fencing Alexander Pusch (born 1955), Olympic champion and world champion in épée fencing Sabine Bischoff (1958–2013), fencer Gerald Ehrmann (born 1959), football goalkeeper Mathias Gey (born 1960), fencer Ulrich Schreck (born 1962), Olympic champion and world champion in fencing Anja Fichtel (born 1968), Olympic champion and world champion in fencing References Further reading Specialised books, scientific books Gerhard Finger, Erwin Heisswolf, Albert Krämer, Helmuth Lauf, Edgar Münch, Roland Veith: Tauberfranken: Lebensformen und Gesellschaftsordnung im Mittelalter. Fränkische Nachrichten, Tauberbischofsheim 1998, . Carlheinz Gräter: Tauberbischofsheim. Fränkisch-Schwäbischer Heimatverlag, Oettingen 1968. Julius Berberich: Geschichte der Stadt Tauberbischofsheim und des Amtsbezirks. Mit einem Stadtplane vom Jahre 1790. M. Zöller’s Buchhandlung und Buchdruckerei, Tauberbischofsheim 1895 (Faksimile-Druck: Fränkische Nachrichten Druck- und Verlags-GmbH, Tauberbischofsheim 1984). Hugo Stang, Anton Ullrich, Wilhelm Ogiermann, Josef Kiefer, August Haun: Tauberbischofsheim. Aus der Geschichte einer alten Amtsstadt. Eigenverlag der Stadtverwaltung, Tauberbischofsheim 1955 (Chronik ohne die Zeit 1600 bis 1800). Gernot Wamser: Tauberbischofsheim. Sutton, Erfurt 2005, . Corinna Egerer, Michael Latzel: Tauberbischofsheim. Fränkische Nachrichten, Tauberbischofsheim 2005, . Franz Gehrig, Hermann Müller: Tauberbischofsheim. Verein Tauberfränkische Heimatfreunde e. V., Tauberbischofsheim 1997 (Schwerpunkt der Chronik: 1600 bis 1900). Dietrich Barsch, Werner Fricke, Peter Meusburger, Ulrich Wagner: Tauberbischofsheim und Bad Mergentheim. Eine Analyse der Raumbeziehungen zweier Städte in der frühen Neuzeit. Universität Heidelberg: Geographisches Institut, Heidelberg 1985, . Emil Beck (Editor), Berndt Barth (Editor): The Complete Guide to Fencing, 366 pages, Publisher Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 2006, . Manfred Maninger: Chronik der Gemeinde Dittwar. Heimat- und Kulturverein Dittwar e. V., Dittwar 1968. Elmar Weiß: Dittigheim: Eine alte