!!!Gerl, Mathias der Jüngere

Gerl, Mathias the Younger, b. Klosterneuburg (Lower Austria), 
April 1, 1712, d. Vienna, March 13, 1765, court and master 
builder. From 1743 supervised the construction of the Piaristenkloster 
monastery; built the Oberlaa parish church in 1744 and the 
Klosterneuburger Hof in Vienna in 1746; supervised the reconstruction 
of the Simmering parish church in Vienna in 1746/1747 and the 
conversion of Wiener Neustadt castle into a military academy in 1752; 
1751-1754 enlarged the Bohemian Court Chancellery in Vienna; 1752 
built the presbytery in Melk. Is also believed to have built the 
Theklakirche church in Vienna´s fourth district (1754-1756). His 
building style was influenced by J. L. von  Hildebrandt.



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