Education The Technical University of Munich has one of its campuses in Straubing. It is specialised on renewables. A Fraunhofer Institute for boundary and biodiversity engineering is also located in Straubing. Straubing has four gymnasiums (grammar schools): Anton-Bruckner-Gymnasium Gymnasium der Ursulinen Johannes-Turmair-Gymnasium Ludwigsgymnasium Twin towns – sister cities Straubing is twinned with: Romans-sur-Isère, France Tuam, Ireland Wels, Austria Notable people Agnes Bernauer (c. 1410–1435), mistress of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria Thomas Naogeorgus (1508–1563), dramatist and humanist Ulrich Schmidl (1510–1579), mercenary, explorer, chronicler and councilor Jakob Sandtner (16th century), master turner Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812), impresario, dramatist, actor and composer Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), optician and physicist Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885), romanticist painter, worked here Arthur Achleitner (1858–1927), writer Otto Ritter von Dandl (1868–1942), politician Hans Adlhoch (1883–1945), member of the Reichstag Rex Gildo (1936–1999), pop singer Michael Karoli (1948–2001), guitarist Margot Mahler (1945–1997), actress Claus Richter (born 1948), journalist Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950), politician (CSU), Vice-President of the Bundestag, former federal minister Ewa Klamt (born 1950), CDU politician Siegfried Mauser (born 1954), pianist and musicologist Thomas Stellmach (born 1965), director and Oscar winner Gerold Huber (born 1969), pianist Christian Gerhaher (born 1969), baritone Michael Stumpf (born 1970), systems biologist Markus Weinzierl (born 1974), football player and coach Elli Erl (born 1979), singer-songwriter References External links Populated places on the Danube Holocaust locations in Germany