Fritz von Miller

Johann Joseph Fritz von Miller ( born November 11, 1840 in Munich, † December 29, 1921 ) was a German ore caster, goldsmith and sculptor. He taught from 1868 to 1912 at the School of Applied Arts in Munich.

Life

Fritz von Miller was one of the sons Ferdinand von Miller, the creator of Bavaria in Munich.

In 1864 he created an artful writing materials for Ignatz Zaubzer. He worked together with his brother Ferdinand at the Tyler -Davidson Fountain, which was built in 1871 in Cincinnati. Both supported another brother, Oskar von Miller, financially, than this 1887 wanted to open his own office.

Fritz von Miller married in 1875 Rosina Theresa Anna Sedlmayr, a descendant of Gabriel Sedlmayr. About this wife he inherited a fortune in 1891.

1894 bought and renovated Fritz von Miller the Kainzenhof in Bad Wiessee; In 1904 he was involved in the founding of the church Bauvereines in Bad Wiessee. The design for the Church of the Assumption, which was finally consecrated in 1926, was conceived by his son Rupert Miller. After Fritz von Miller the Fritz -von-Miller - way in Bad Wiessee is named at which the neo-Romanesque Memorial Chapel of the family of Miller is.