Mies may refer to:

People

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. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...

(1886–1969), architect *

Maria Mies Maria Mies (born 1931, Steffeln, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany) is a German professor of sociology and author of several feminist books, including ''Indian Women and Patriarchy'' (1980), ''Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale'' (1986 ...

(born 1931), German feminist *

Richard W. Mies Richard Willard Mies (born May 30, 1944) is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the fourth Commander in Chief of United States Strategic Command from 1998 to 2001. Naval career Mies graduated first in his class from the United S ...

(born 1944), U.S. Navy admiral and fourth commander in chief of the United States Strategic Command *

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 ...

(1896–1965), member of the World War II Dutch resistance *

Andreas Mies Andreas Mies (; born 21 August 1990) is a German professional tennis player who specialises 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. Th ...

(born 1990), German tennis player

Places

Mies, Switzerland Mies is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the 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, M ...

, a municipality *the German name for

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 ...

in Slovenia *the German name for

Stříbro Stříbro (; german: Mies) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The town centre with the Renaissance Stříbro bridge is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monumen ...

in the Czech Republic *the German name for the

Mže The Mže (; ) is a long river, mostly in the Czech Republic. Its source is situated in the Griesbach Forest ( above sea level), Germany, near the village of Asch, in the municipality of Mähring, Tirschenreuth district. It forms the state boun ...

river in the Czech Republic 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 service 1958–83 * KRI ''Mies'', an Indonesian Navy tugboat in service 1953–58

Other

Battle of Tachov The Battle of Tachov (german: Schlacht bei Tachau) or Battle of Mies (german: Schlacht bei Mies) was a battle fought on 4 August 1427 near the Bohemian towns of Tachov (''Tachau'') and Stříbro (''Mies''). The Hussites won over the armies led by ...

or Battle of Mies, fought in Bohemia in 1427 as part of the Hussite Wars

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