Rupert von Miller (19 February 1879 – 30 December 1951)) was a German architect and sculptor, born in

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as the son of bronze caster,

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and sculptor

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, and grandson of bronze caster

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. He studied in Munich and

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. Von Miller designed the church of the

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(St. Maria Himmelfahrt) in

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. He also made figures for the

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and a bronze bust of his father for the family chapel in St. Benno's Church, Munich. In 1930 von Miller received a commission for a monument to

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and designed the 3.5-metre-high statue to be installed in the centre of

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. The Rupert-von-Miller-Platz in Bad Wiessee is named for him and his body lays in a local mountain.History of Bad Wiessee

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1879 births 1952 deaths 20th-century German architects German male sculptors Architects from Munich 20th-century German sculptors {{Germany-sculptor-stub