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Mies may refer to: People * Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), German-American architect * Maria Mies (1931–2023), German feminist * Richard W. Mies (born 1944), U.S. Navy admiral and fourth commander in chief of the United States Strategic Command * Mies Boissevain-van Lennep (1896–1965), member of the World War II Dutch resistance * Andreas Mies (born 1990), German tennis player Places * Mies, Switzerland, a municipality *the German name for Mežica in Slovenia *the German name for Stříbro Stříbro (; ) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the Renaissance Stříbro bridge is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech ... in Czechia *the German name for the Mže river in Czechia and Germany Ships * HNLMS ''Mies'', a Dutch Navy tugboat in service 1946–47 * ST ''Mies'', Dutch East Indian tugboat in service 1947–53 and an Indonesian tugboat in serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect, academic, and interior designer. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture. In the 1930s, Mies was the last director of the Bauhaus, a ground-breaking school of modernist art, design and architecture. After Nazism's rise to power, with its strong opposition to modernism, Mies emigrated to the United States. He accepted the position to head the architecture school at what is today the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Mies sought to establish his own particular architectural style that could represent modern history, modern times. His buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces. He is often associated with his fondness for the aphorisms "less is more" and "God is in the details". Early career Mies was born March 27, 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Mies
Maria Mies (; 6 February 1931 – 15 May 2023) was a German professor of sociology, a Marxist feminist, an activist for women's rights, and an author. She came from a rural background in the Volcanic Eifel, and initially trained to be a teacher. After working for several years as a primary school teacher and qualifying as a high school instructor, she applied to the Goethe Institute, hoping to work in Africa or Asia. Assigned to a school in Pune, India, she discovered that while her male students took German courses to further their education, women for the most part took her classes to avoid marriage. Returning to study at the University of Cologne, she prepared her dissertation about contradictions of social expectations for women in India in 1971, earning her PhD the following year. Mies was active in social movements from the late 1960s. Her activism was in favour of women's liberation and pacifism and against the Vietnam War and nuclear armaments. She taught sociology at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard W
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mies Boissevain-van Lennep
Adrienne Minette (Mies) Boissevain-van Lennep (September 21, 1896 – February 18, 1965) was a Dutch feminist who was active in the Resistance before being arrested by the Nazis and sent to the Herzogenbusch concentration camp. After the war, she promoted the idea of the national liberation skirt (''nationale feestrok''), and some of these unusual skirts are now in Dutch museums. Family Mies Boissevain-van Lennep was born in Amsterdam, the daughter of Anna Eliza Homans and Karel van Lennep. She married Jan Boissevain, who came from the Dutch Boissevain family of Huguenot origin. With her husband Jan and their five children, she lived in Amsterdam, where she was active in the feminist movement through such organizations as the Society for Women's Interests and Equal Citizenship (''Vereeniging voor Vrouwenbelangen en Gelijk Staatsburgerschap''). World War II During World War II, Boissevain-van Lennep and her family took part in efforts to house and protect Jewish refugees from Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Mies
Andreas Mies (; born 21 August 1990) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Kevin Krawietz. The pair also reached the semifinals at the 2019 US Open and qualified for the 2019 and 2020 ATP Finals. Mies reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8 on 4 November 2019, and has won five doubles titles on the ATP Tour. He played college tennis for the Auburn Tigers, and has represented Germany in the Davis Cup since 2019. Professional career 2017: First ATP Challenger title Mies won his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title at the Garden Open in Rome, partnering Oscar Otte. 2018: New partnership with Krawietz Mies made his ATP World Tour and Grand Slam debut at the Wimbledon Championships in doubles with partner Kevin Krawietz as a qualifier, where they lost in the third round to the eventual champions Mike Bryan and Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mies, Switzerland
Mies () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Nyon (district), Nyon in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Mies is one of the communes of the Canton de Vaud which are collectively known as the "Terre-Sainte". Located approximately halfway between Geneva and Nyon, Mies sits on Lake Geneva (''Lac Léman''), which lies to the southeast. The highest point of Mies is 455m above sea level. To the southwest lies Versoix, in the Canton of Geneva and to the northwest Chavannes-de-Bogis, which houses a major shopping mall. To the north and west lie the Communes of Tannay, Switzerland, Tannay, Bogis-Bossey, and Coppet. Mies is separated from the neighbouring commune of Tannay by a small ravine containing a stream called ''le nant du Torry''. History It is thought that the name Mies comes from its location of half way ("mi-") between Geneva and Nyon, or maybe because it is halfway between Versoix and Coppet. Remains of settlements have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mežica
Mežica (; German: ''Mießdorf'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Mežica. It lies on the Meža River in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia) near the Austrian border. The town developed close to a lead and zinc mine under Mount Peca. Mining began in 1665 and ended in 1994. Today the mine is only open for tourist visits. The town once had a small ski area on Mount Peca, but this closed soon after the mining operations ceased to operate. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint James. It is a single-nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ... building built in 1840 to replace an earlier smaller building. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stříbro
Stříbro (; ) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the Renaissance Stříbro bridge is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Stříbro consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Stříbro (7,134) *Butov (13) *Jezerce (30) *Lhota u Stříbra (89) *Milíkov (80) *Otročín (37) *Těchlovice (136) Etymology The Czech name derives from 'silver' (), which used to be mined there. The German name ''Mies'' comes from the name of the Mže river. Geography Stříbro is located about east of Tachov and west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Jirná at above sea level. The Mže River flows through the town. The confluence of the Mže and Úhlavka rivers is located on the southern outskirts of the town. A part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mže
The Mže (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic and shortly in Germany. It flows through Bavaria in Germany and through the Plzeň and Central Bohemian regions. It is the upper course of the Berounka, but usually is considered a separate river. Until its confluence with the Radbuza in Plzeň, when it further continues as Berounka, the Mže is long. Etymology According to one theory, the name is of Slavic origin and is derived from the verb ''mžít'' (i.e. 'drizzle'). According to the second theory, the name is of Germanic origin and is connected with the root ''mighia'' ('urine', meaning "smelly water"). There is also a theory that the name is of Celtic origin, derived from the word ''mŏsā'' (meaning 'marsh', 'swamp') and related to the names of the rivers Mieß, Maas and Mosel. Originally, the entire stream including the Berounka was called Mže (, ) and the name first appeared in the 12th century in ''Chronica Boemorum''. The name was written as ''Mse'', ''Msa'' and ''Mz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HNLMS Mies
''Mies'' was a tug that was built as ''Empire Connie'' in 1945 by A Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1946, she was sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy and renamed ''Mies''. In 1947, she was sold to the Government of the Dutch East Indies, passing to the Indonesian Government in 1951 and then the Indonesian Navy in 1953. In 1978, she was sold and renamed ''Taluk Ambon'', serving until 1983 when she was deleted from shipping registers. Description The ship was built as yard number 707 by A Hall and Co, Aberdeen. She was launched on 10 July 1945 and completed in September 1945. Mies was long, with a beam of and had a depth of . The ship had a GRT of 242 and a NRT of 218. Mies was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was No. 416, It was built by Hall & Co. History ''Empire Connie'' was built for the MoWT. She was placed under the management of Townsend Bros (Ferries) Ltd. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
