former residence of the Vogt, built in 1700. It is also referred to as die Burg ("the castle"), and lies in the town center, on the Kaiserstraße. The Bunte Kerke ("colourful church") in the village Lieberhausen, a Protestant church with medieval wall paintings. The Protestant church of the village Hülsenbusch, rebuilt in the 18th century after a fire, in Baroque style. Education Communal elementary schools in the towncentre and the districts Becke, Bernberg, Derschlag, Dieringhausen, Hülsenbusch, Niederseßmar, Steinenbrück and Windhagen Jakob Moreno school, school for learning-disabled children Town secondary school Gummersbach-Hepel, http://www.rs-hepel.de/ Town secondary school Gummersbach-Steinberg Town high school – Lindengymnasium, http://www.lindengymnasium.de/ Occupational lecture Gummersbach Business school Gummersbach Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Science, https://www.th-koeln.de/informatik-und-ingenieurwissenschaften/ Educational center for technology and economy Music school Gummersbach e.V. Town comprehensive school, http://gesamtschulegm.de Waldorf School Oberberg, http://fws-oberberg.de Twin towns – sister cities Gummersbach is twinned with: Afantou, Greece (2001) Burg, Germany (1990) La Roche-sur-Yon, France (1968) Sport The men's team VfL Gummersbach was one of the most successful handball teams of Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. Notable people Heiner Brand (born 1952), former handball player and former coach of the handball national team Afu Thomas (Thomas Derksen), German internet celebrity in China , tv and radio show host Harald Fischer, doctor killed in Palestine on November 15, 2000 Wolfgang Karius, conductor, organist, and harpsichordist Hella von Sinnen, TV personality Jan Sosniok, movie actor Adele Bloesch-Stöcker, Swiss-German violinist and composer , former district administrator and member of the German parliament of SPD Jürgen Habermas (born 1929), well known philosopher References External links Marksteine Gummersbacher Geschichte A survey about the most important historical events City of Gummersbach: Coat of Arms and Notes of the History of Gummersbach Steinmüllergelände – official website of the city development project Steinmüller terrain Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Oberbergischer Kreis