In 1814, Gustave Fabrier was born there. By 1825 the family name had become Fabergé. In the 1830s, Gustav Fabergé moved to Saint Petersburg to train as a goldsmith in the workshop of Andreas Ferdinand Spiegel, who specialized in making gold boxes.
He continued his education at the famous Keibel company - a company of goldsmiths and jewelers of the tsars.