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Heinrich Parler was probably born in Cologne between 1300 and 1310, where his earliest known work was supervising the construction of Cologne Cathedral. He later lived and worked in Gmünd , an Imperial City ( German : Reichsstädte ) of the Holy Roman Empire .
Heinrich Parler, father of the masterbuilder family, presumably came from Cologne. It was him who built the Minster of the Holy Cross in Schwäbisch Gmünd, which is considered to be the initial building of the Late Gothic period in Central Europe. He was born around 1300 and died around 1370 in Gmünd.
Heinrich Parler (c. 1300 – c. 1370), also known as Heinrich of Gmünd, founder of the dynasty, father of Johannes, Peter and Michael. Johannes von Gmünd (Johann Parler the Elder) (1330-po 1359), oldest son of Heinrich Parler, father of Heinrich IV.
Peter Parler (1333/5–99), son of Heinrich, is the most celebrated of the tribe. He worked at Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Cologne Cathedral (possibly), and the Frauenkirche at Nuremberg before being summoned to Prague in 1356 by Kaiser Karl IV (1346–78) to work on the Cathedral of St Vitus (Veit), begun in 1344 by Matthias of Arras: he completed the ...
Little is known about the earliest youth of Peter Parler. His father, Heinrich Parler the Elder, was a stonemason at Cologne Cathedral. Around 1333, when Peter was born, Heinrich was invited by the free imperial city of Schwäbisch Gmünd to take over construction of a large new parish church, Holy Cross Minster. [1]
Parler Family. German master-masons working in Swabia and Bohemia in C14 and early C15. Heinrich I ( c. 1300–1371) was Parlier (foreman with responsibility for a Mason 's lodge) at Cologne Cathedral, when the choir was completed c. 1322, but other works proceeded very slowly.
Along with his father, Heinrich Parler, he is one of the most prominent and influential craftsmen of the Middle Ages. Born and apprenticed in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Peter worked at several important late Medieval building sites, including Strasbourg, Cologne, and Nuremberg.
