Education Schneeberg had at its disposal a lyceum, out of which grew a Gymnasium. Moreover, the town was home to a lace tatting school, an art school, a vocational Gymnasium and a teachers’ college. Schneeberg's Johann-Gottfried-Herder Gymnasium was chosen in 2004-2005 as “Saxony’s best Gymnasium” in the course of a study by the magazine Capital. It enjoys an outstanding reputation even beyond Germany's borders. Notable people Andreas Musculus (1514–1581), professor at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder and Generalsuperintendent of the Margraviate of Brandenburg Ambrosius Lobwasser (1515–1585), humanistic writer and translator Petrus Albinus (1543–1598), vice chancellor of the University of Wittenberg and Electorate of Saxony, historian Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld, (1764-1841), portraitist Heinrich Stölzel (1777–1844), musician Egon Günther (1927–2017), German film director Enrico Kern (born 1979), German footballer with FC Hansa Rostock Partner towns Schneeberg's partner towns are: Herten in North Rhine-Westphalia Veresegyház in Pest County Jáchymov in Karlovy Vary Region References External links Schneeberg’s website website of the mining brotherhood "Schneeberger Bergparade" e. V. Facebook Erzgebirgskreis