Hans Grässel

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Hans Grässel.

Hans Grässel (August 8, 1860 - March 10 or 11, 1939) was a German architect. Grässel studied and performed almost his entire career in Munich, and as the council architect of the city he created a series of cemeteries of which Munich Waldfriedhof (Munich woodlands cemetery), opened in 1907, is well known for being the first woodland cemetery. Grässel also wrote a pamphlet on cemetery design, Über Friedhofanlagen und Grabdenkmale (1913). In 1914, he was given the order Pour le Mérite.^[1]

Notes

↑ Hans Grässel at the archINFORM database

References

Constant, Caroline: The Woodland Cemetery, chapter 1. Byggförlaget 1994, ISBN 91-7988-060-6
Hans Grässel at the archINFORM database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 25403503 LCCN: nr91008842 ISNI: 0000 0000 4591 3824 GND: 119018381

Persondata
Name	Grassel, Hans
Alternative names
Short description	German architect
Date of birth	August 8, 1860
Place of birth
Date of death	1939
Place of death

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