has at its disposal four elementary schools (Neuwelt, Sonnenleithe, Heide and Crandorf) a middle school (“Stadtschule”), a Gymnasium (“Bertolt-Brecht-Gymnasium”) and a vocational school centre for economy and social welfare. There are also a school for students with learning difficulties, a special school for the mentally handicapped and a folk high school. Famous people Honorary citizens Hans Brockhage (1925–2009), designer and sculptor Harry Schmidt (1927–2003), woodcarver Sons and daughters of the town Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749), composer Arthur Vogel (1868–1962), merchant, photographer and publisher of Ore Mountain picture postcards Elisabeth Rethberg (1894–1976), singer Friedrich Emil Krauß (1895–1977), industrialist, bathtub and washing machine maker Kurt Weisflog (1906–1942), Member of the Reichstag Hans Brockhage (1925–2009), designer and sculptor Axel Köhler (b. 1960), countertenor and film director Hans-Christoph Rademann (b. 1965), choral conductor Celebrities who have worked in town Louis Krauß (1862–1927), born in what is now the constituent community of Neuwelt, industrialist, bathtub maker Dr. iur. Ludwig Günther Martini (1647–1719), between 1672 and 1677 a jurist in Schwarzenberg, writer and later court official in Wernigerode. Ernst Schneller (1890–1944), from 1919 a teacher in the town, latter KPD Member of the Reichstag. His workplace, today's Stadtschule Schwarzenberg, bore his name for more than 40 years Walter Hesse (1846–1911), county physician, unveiled Schneeberger Bergkrankheit as lung cancer, later fellow worker of Robert Koch Ricco Groß (b. 1970), many times world champion and Olympic medallist in biathlon, grew up here. Markus Beyer (b. 1971), boxer and former world champion in super middleweight, grew up here. See also Raschauer Knochen References External links Internet presence of the Town of Schwarzenberg Internet presence of the Waldbühne Schwarzenberg Erzgebirgskreis