Friedrich Anton von Heynitz

Friedrich Anton von Heynitz (14 May 1725 – 15 May 1802) was an aristocrat and cameralist in Saxony who founded the oldest mining school in the world, the Bergakademie Freiberg.

Heynitz was born in Dröschkau, near Torgau, where his father Georg Ernst (1692–1751) was a privy councillor and a member of the royal counsel.

In 1762 he became a chief inspector of the mines (Vizeberghauptmann) with the Lower Harz region under his jurisdiction.

He worked on reforms in taxation, changes in management, improvements to transport infrastructure and other commercial aspects.

[1][2] Heynitz also enlisted Alexander von Humboldt in implementing his reform program in Prussia's Franconian provinces.