Michael Parler II, also known as Michael von Gmünd or Michael of Freiburg, born around 1350 in Freiburg im Breisgau and died in 1387-88 probably in Strasbourg, was a construction foreman of the Strasbourg Cathedral.
He probably is the son of Johann Parler the Elder, architect in Freiburg and Basel, from whom he inherited the mason's mark.
[5] He became foreman on the Strasbourg cathedral construction site in 1383:[3] a Michel Parler, known as Michael von Gmünd, was recorded there as magister operis from 1383 to 1387.
[6] At that time, he devoted himself to restoration work after a fire[1] in 1384.
[7] He is the designer of the carpentry of the pipe organ's case[1] and its lower part completed in 1385, and he probably worked on the facade of the cathedral, on the apostles' gallery, and on the elevation of the belfry: between 1383 and 1387/88 he would have filled the space between the two towers above the large rose window, profoundly modifying the appearance of the facade.