Parler was a surname of a family of German

Germany

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 architect

Architect

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s and builders from the 14 century. The family came from Schwäbisch Gmünd

Schwäbisch Gmünd

Schwäbisch Gmünd is a town in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 62,000, the town is the second largest in the Ostalbkreis and the whole region of East Württemberg after Aalen...

, but descendants of Heinrich Parler, the founder of the dynasty, were working in various parts of central Europe, especially in Bohemia

Bohemia

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The family name was derived from the German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 word Parlier, meaning "foreman

Construction foreman

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The most known members of the family are:

• Heinrich Parler, also known as Heinrich of Gmünd, founder of the dynasty
• Michael Parler, son of Heinrich Parler
• Peter Parler
  Peter Parler
  Peter Parler, , Schwäbisch Gmünd – July 13, 1399, Prague) was a German architect, best known for building Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague, where he lived from about 1356....
  
   , son of Heinrich Parler, younger brother of Michael Parler
• Wenzel Parler , son of Peter Parler
• Johann Parler
  Johann Parler
  Johann Parler the Younger , was a Bohemian architect of German origin.Johann Parler comes from the Parler family, whose members were architects in whole Europe...
  
   , son of Peter Parler, younger brother of Wenzel Parler

Asteroid

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 6550 Parléř

6550 Parlér

6550 Parléř is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1365.8085165 days . The asteroid was discovered on November 4, 1988 by Antonín Mrkos, who named the asteroid after Peter Parler.-References:...

, discovered in 1988 by Antonín Mrkos

Antonín Mrkos

Antonín Mrkos was a Czech astronomer, born in Střemchoví, Czechoslovakia.- Biography :Mrkos entered the University in Brno in 1938. His studies were interrupted by the onset of World War II, and in 1945 he became a staff member at the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in Slovakia...

, was named in honour of Peter Parler.