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Heinrich Parler the Elder
- His father, Heinrich Parler the Elder, was a stonemason at Cologne Cathedral.
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Parler also founded the Parler family of master builders and his descendants worked in various parts of central Europe, especially Bohemia. His son, Peter Parler , became one of the major architects of the Middle Ages .
Peter Parler (German: Peter von Gemünd, Czech: Petr Parléř, Latin: Petrus de Gemunden in Suevia; 1333 – 13 July 1399) was a German-Bohemian architect and sculptor from the Parler family of master builders. Along with his father, Heinrich Parler, he is one of the most prominent and influential craftsmen of the Middle Ages.
Heinrich Parler (c. 1300 – c. 1370), [4] 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. Parler and Michael Parler II (c. 1350 - 1387/88), foreman at the Strasbourg Cathedral [5] [6]
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.
His brother, Heinrich II of Gmünd and Freiburg (d.c.1392), worked at Augsburg, Vienna, Cologne, and Prague, and succeeded Michael II at Ulm from 1387 to 1391. He also appears to have acted as a consultant for Milan Cathedral (1391–2), a job he probably got through his father-in-law, Michael of Savoy, who worked at Cologne.
Peter Parler (German: Peter von Gemünd, Czech: Petr Parléř, Latin: Petrus de Gemunden in Suevia; 1333 – 13 July 1399) was a German-Bohemian architect and sculptor from the Parler family of master builders. Along with his father, Heinrich Parler, he is one of the most prominent and influential craftsmen of the Middle Ages.
His brother, Heinrich II of Gmünd and Freiburg (d.c.1392), worked at Augsburg, Vienna, Cologne, and Prague, and succeeded Michael II at Ulm from 1387 to 1391. He also appears to have acted as a consultant for Milan Cathedral (1391–2), a job he probably got through his father-in-law, Michael of Savoy, who worked at Cologne.
