# Master Gerhard

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{{Short description|German architect}}
{{Expand German|topic=bio|Meister Gerhard|date=February 2012}}
thumb|Meister Gerhard, Statue
thumb|left|Cologne Cathedral medal 680th anniversary 1928 of the construction start by Meister Gerhard in 1248, obverse
thumb|left|Meister Gerhard showing a plan of the cathedral at the reverse of this medal
'''Meister''' or '''Master Gerhard''' ({{circa|1210}} allegedly in [Reil](/source/Reil%2C_Germany) – 24 or 25 April 1271 in [Cologne](/source/Cologne)) was the first master mason of [Cologne Cathedral](/source/Cologne_Cathedral). He was also known as ''Gerhard von Rile'' or by the Latin version of his name, ''Meister Gerardus''.

He fell to his death during construction of the cathedral.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sah.org/publications-and-research/sah-blog/sah-blog/2017/07/18/medieval-masons-and-gothic-cathedrals |title=Medieval Masons and Gothic Cathedrals |publisher=Society of Architectural Historians|access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* [Paul Clemen](/source/Paul_Clemen) (ed.): ''Der Dom zu Köln'' (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz. Band 6, Teil III). Reprint der 2., vermehrten Auflage, Düsseldorf, 1938. Düsseldorf Schwann 1980, {{ISBN|3-590-32101-6}}
* [Johann Jakob Merlo](/source/Johann_Jakob_Merlo): ''Geschichte der Kölner Dombaumeister'' (= Nr. 75 der Jahrbücher des Vereins von Alterthumsfreunden im Rheinlande), 1883
* [Johann Jakob Merlo](/source/Johann_Jakob_Merlo): ''Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken kölnischer Künstler'', S.133 Köln 1850
* Heinrich Pröhle: ''Meister Gerhard von Rile, des Kölner Domes Baumeister'', in: Rheinlands schönste Sagen und Geschichten. Berlin 1886, S. 213-216 ([http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Pr%C3%B6hle,+Heinrich/Sagen/Rheinlands+sch%C3%B6nste+Sagen+und+Geschichten/Meister+Gerhard+von+Rile,+des+K%C3%B6lner+Domes+Baumeister E-Text])
* {{NDB|6|272|272|Gerhard|Herbert Rode}}
* [Sulpiz Boisserée](/source/Sulpiz_Boisser%C3%A9e): ''Meister Gerhard, muthmaßlicher Baumeister des Doms v. Köln. (Geschichte u. Beschreibung des Doms v. Köln).'' In: Kunstblatt Nr. 13 (1824)
* [Max Hasak](/source/Max_Hasak): ''Der Dom zu Köln'', Berlin 1911, S. 55ff [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Max_Hasak_-_Der_Dom_zu_K%C3%B6ln online]

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