Philipp Gerlach
Johann Philipp Gerlach (24 July 1679 – 17 September 1748) was a Prussian court architect, who built churches and public buildings in and around Berlin. Career Gerlach was born in Spandau. In 1707, he succeeded Martin Grünberg as royal director of building (''königlicher Baudirektor und Leiter des Bauwesens'') in Berlin. King Frederick William I of Prussia promoted him to ''Oberbaudirektor der königlichen Residenzen'' in 1720, making him responsible for all building of the state including bridges and fortifications. Gerlach directed the remodelling of the Kronprinzenpalais in 1733, and built the Kollegienhaus/Kammergericht in 1734/35. He also designed three mayor squares in Friedrichstadt: Pariser Platz (''Quarree''), Leipziger Platz (''Oktogon'') and Mehringplatz (''Rondell''). The Garnisonkirche in Potsdam was his major work as an architect. Its ruin was demolished in 1963. He retired in April 1737 for health reasons, succeeded by . He died in Berlin. Works * 1710†...
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Parochial 1715
Parochial is an adjective which may refer to: * Parishes, in religion ** Parish churches, also called parochial churches * Parochial schools, primary or secondary schools affiliated to a religious organisation * Parochialism Parochialism is the state of mind, whereby one focuses on small sections of an issue rather than considering its wider context. More generally, it consists of being narrow in scope. In that respect, it is a synonym of "provincialism". It may, pa ...

August Stüler
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (708 AUC), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but t ...
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