# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-grassel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:23:37.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-grassel"
name: "Hans Grässel"
slug: "hans-grassel"
description: "Hans Grässel 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, 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."
tagline: "German architect (1860-1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans_Gr%C3%A4ssel_-_Architekt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1860-08-18"
deathDate: "1939-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.340785333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gr%C3%A4ssel"
    title: "Hans Grässel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "هانس جراسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Grassel"
    title: "Hans Grassel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gr%C3%A4ssel"
    title: "Hans Grässel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gr%C3%A4ssel"
    title: "Hans Grässel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gr%C3%A4ssel"
    title: "Hans Grässel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gr%C3%A4ssel"
    title: "Hans Grässel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump