Best remembered for his position as
Luther's secretary and confidant
Johannes Agricola deserves to be
mentioned for his role in school
education. He became headmaster of
the newly founded St. Andrew's Latin
School in 1525 developing a
compendium of how a school should be
run as well as compiling a German
and Latin catechism.
Other skills to his name included
translating, interpreting the meaning of
biblical passages and putting together
a collection of German proverbs.
The Latin School is now known as the
Martin Luther High School.

Founded in 1798 the School of
Mining, later changing its name to
The School of Engineering, aimed to
provide professional training for
students preparing for a career in the
thriving mining and metallurgical
industries which were the industrial
backbone of the region. Initially
members' studies were either funded by
local trade unions or the students paid
privately to take part in the lectures.
The school developed into a center of
academic excellence in the field of
mining. As a consequence of the decline
in the mining industry across Europe the
decision was taken to turn the school
into a school of engineering where it
continued to uphold its outstanding
reputation until its closure in July 1993.

This school was a foundation set up by
the Prussian King Frederick William III
in 1817 to help provide basic education
for the poor people of Eisleben.