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Graf Zeppelin (other)
Graf Zeppelin (german: link=no, Count Zeppelin) may refer to: People * Count Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917), German officer, engineer, and founder of the Zeppelin airship company * * Eberhard von Zeppelin, Eberhard Moritz Adolph Albert Graf von Zeppelin (1842–1906), Count of Zeppelin * Amethé von Zeppelin, Amethé Gwendolen Marion Mackenzie Smeaton Gräfin von Zeppelin (born 1896), Countess of Zeppelin Transportation and vehicles * LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127 ''Graf Zeppelin'', a German rigid airship 1928–1937, named after Count Zeppelin * LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II, LZ 130 ''Graf Zeppelin II'', the second airship of the ''Hindenburg'' class, 1938–1940, named after Count Zeppelin * Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier, ''Graf Zeppelin''-class aircraft carriers, two German Kriegsmarine aircraft carriers laid down in the mid-1930s, named after Count Zeppelin ** German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, German aircraft carrier ''Graf Zeppelin'', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf Von Zeppelin
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (german: Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin; 8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name soon became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. He founded the company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. Family and personal life Ferdinand was the scion of a noble family. Zepelin, the family's eponymous hometown, is a small community outside the town of Bützow in Mecklenburg. Ferdinand was the son of Württemberg Minister and Hofmarschall Friedrich Jerôme Wilhelm Karl Graf von Zeppelin (1807–1886) and his wife Amélie Françoise Pauline (born Macaire d'Hogguer) (1816–1852). Ferdinand spent his childhood with his sister and brother at their Girsberg manor near Konstanz, where he was educated by private tutors. Ferdinand married Isabella Freiin von Wolff in Berlin. She was from the house of Alt-Schwanenburg (located in the present-day t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberhard Von Zeppelin
Eberhard Moritz Adolph Albert Graf von Zeppelin (22 May 1842 - 30 October 1906) was a German historian, banker, hotelier, author, and ambassador of Württemberg. Selected publications His publications include: orldcat.org * ''Geschichte der Dampfschifffahrt auf dem Bodensee 1824–1884: Separatabdruck aus dem 14. Hefte der „Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte des Bodensee's und seiner Umgebung“'', Verlag Johann Thomas Stettner, Lindau 1885 * ''Der Konstanzer Vertrag Kaiser Friedrichs I. Barbarossa von 1153'', Lindau 1887 * ''Urkunden-Regesten aus dem Gräfl. Douglas'schen Archiv zu Schloss Langenstein im Hegau'', Lindau 1889–90 * ''Ältere und neuere Bodensee-Forschungen'', mit Jakob Hörnlimann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amethé Von Zeppelin
Countess Amethé Gwendolen Marion Mackenzie von Zeppelin, born Amethé Smeaton c. 1896, was a British woman who married into the Zeppelin family and was known as a translator of philosophical works from German to English. She also co-translated Werner Heisenberg's ''Die Physik der Atomkerne'' into English in 1953. She was considered by the British security services to have been anti-British before the Second World War and to have made an anti-British or propaganda radio broadcast from Vienna in September 1939. Later in the war she was closely associated with members of the Von Pott Nazi espionage group in Vienna but her exact involvement in their activities, if any, is unclear. Early life and family Amethé Smeaton was born in Rangoon, Burma, around 1896, the daughter of Donald Mackenzie Smeaton, a British official in Burma and later a member of Parliament for the Liberal Party. She attended Girton College at the University of Cambridge during the First World War but did not gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
LZ 127 ''Graf Zeppelin'' () was a German passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service. Named after the German airship pioneer Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a count () in the German nobility, it was conceived and operated by Dr. Hugo Eckener, the chairman of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. ''Graf Zeppelin'' made 590 flights totalling almost 1.7 million kilometres (over 1 million miles). It was operated by a crew of 36, and could carry 24 passengers. It was the longest and largest airship in the world when it was built. It made the first circumnavigation of the world by airship, and the first nonstop crossing of the Pacific Ocean by air; its range was enhanced by its use of Blau gas as a fuel. It was built using funds raised by public subscription and from the German government, and its operating costs were offset by the sale of special postage stamps to collectors, the support o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II
The ''Graf Zeppelin'' (; Registration: D-LZ 130) was the last of the German rigid airships built by Zeppelin Luftschiffbau during the period between the World Wars, the second and final ship of the ''Hindenburg'' class, and the second zeppelin to carry the name "Graf Zeppelin" (after the LZ 127) and thus often referred to as ''Graf Zeppelin II''. Due to the United States refusal to export helium to Germany, the ''Graf Zeppelin II'' was filled with hydrogen and therefore never carried commercial passengers. It made 30 flights over 11 months in 1938–39, many being propaganda publicity flights; but staff of the Reich Air Ministry were aboard to conduct radio surveillance and measurements. The airship, along with its LZ 127 namesake were both scrapped in April 1940, and their duralumin framework salvaged to build aircraft for the Luftwaffe. Design and development The ''Graf Zeppelin II'' was virtually identical to the ''Hindenburg'', and was originally designed to use hyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graf Zeppelin-class Aircraft Carrier
The ''Graf Zeppelin''-class aircraft carriers were four German ''Kriegsmarine'' aircraft carriers planned in the mid-1930s by Grand Admiral Erich Raeder as part of the Plan Z rearmament program after Germany and Great Britain signed the Anglo-German Naval Agreement. They were planned after a thorough study of Japanese carrier designs. German naval architects ran into difficulties due to lack of experience in building such vessels, the situational realities of carrier operations in the North Sea and the lack of overall clarity in the ships' mission objectives. This lack of clarity led to features such as cruiser-type guns for commerce raiding and defense against British cruisers, that were either eliminated from or not included in American and Japanese carrier designs. American and Japanese carriers, designed along the lines of task-force defense, used supporting cruisers for surface firepower, which allowed flight operations to continue without disruption and kept carriers out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Aircraft Carrier Graf Zeppelin
The German aircraft carrier ''Graf Zeppelin'' was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the ''Kriegsmarine'' of Nazi Germany. She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the ''Kriegsmarine''s attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas. The carrier would have had a complement of 42 fighters and dive bombers. Construction on ''Graf Zeppelin'' began on 28 December 1936, when her keel was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel. Named in honor of ''Graf'' (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the ship was launched on 8 December 1938, and was 85% complete by the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. ''Graf Zeppelin'' was not completed and was never operational due to shifting construction priorities necessitated by the war. She remained in the Baltic for the duration of the war; with Germany's defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marineflieger
The ''Marinefliegerkommando'' (Naval Aviation Command) is the naval air arm of the German Navy. History During the First World War, naval aviators were part of the . After the war Germany was no longer allowed to maintain a military aviation capability. Heer and Marine both attempted to nevertheless maintain theoretical and practical knowledge of air warfare through concealed activities such as pilot training efforts. After the National Socialists had risen to power, these activities intensified until Nazi Germany unilaterally declared its withdrawal from armament limitations in 1935. The nascent rump naval air arm was quickly absorbed by Hermann Göring's newly established , much to the navies chagrin. However, as a component of the air force, the ''Seeflieger'' maintained their organisational structure. A carrier-based aviation component was planned for the aircraft carrier ''Graf Zeppelin'', laid down in 1936, but lack of suitable aircraft, coupled with the reluctance of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graf Zeppelin Barracks
Calw (; previously pronounced and sometimes spelled ''Kalb'' accordingly) is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital and largest town of the district Calw. It is located in the Northern Black Forest and is approximately south of Pforzheim and west of Stuttgart. It has the status of a ''große Kreisstadt.'' Geography Location Calw is located in the valley of the Nagold in the Northern Black Forest at an altitude between above sea level. The historic centre lies west of the river. The newer parts of town have developed on the surrounding slopes. The following streams also exist within the town: the Tälesbach, Ziegelbach, Wurstbrunnenbach, Schießbach, Schlittenbach und Schweinbach. In the northern part of the town, on the western slope of the Nagold valley is the cave known as the Bruderhöhle. Neighbouring Communities The following towns and communities (''Gemeinden'') border on the town of Calw (clockwise, from the north): Bad Lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graf Zeppelin (march)
"Graf Zeppelin" is a German military march, written by military music composer Carl Teike. The name refers to Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. It was originally composed in 1903 under the title "March of the Teutons" (March of the Teutons). Joachim Toeche-Mittler, a German authority on the history of German military music, regarded the march as an "immortal" piece. The march was published by Carl Fischer Music in the United States under the name "The Conqueror" in 1912, arranged by Canadian composer Louis-Philippe Laurendeau Louis-Philippe Laurendeau (1861 in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada – 13 February 1916 in Montreal) was a Canadian composer and bandmaster. He also held an editorial position with Carl Fischer, the New York music publishers. Most of Laurendeau's c .... To avoid confusion, the march was often called "Graf Zeppelin (The Conqueror)" () in CDs published in Japan. The march was especially popular in the Soviet Union. It was sometimes called "March of the Air Flee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeppelin (other)
Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship. Zeppelin may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Zeppelin'' (film), a 1971 British film * ''Zeppelin'' (video game), a 1994 flight and economic simulation game * ''Zeppelin'' (1983 video game), a shoot 'em up game *'' The Zeppelin'', a 1933 painting by Carel Willink * Led Zeppelin, a British rock band *''The Zeppelin Record'', a 1998 album by Dogbowl *"Zeppelin", a 2015 song by Sam and the Womp Businesses and organisations * Zeppelin Foundation, a philanthropic organisation * Luftschiffbau Zeppelin ('building of airships'), a former German airship manufacturer *Zeppelin-Staaken, a former German aircraft manufacturer *Zeppelin Games, former name of Eutechnyx, a British video game developer People *Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), German officer, inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airship * Zeppelin (surname), including a list of people with that name Places * Zeppelin (bunker), World War II bunker near Zossen, Germany * Zep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Graf Zeppelin Stamps
The 1930 ''Graf Zeppelin'' stamps were a set of three airmail postage stamps, each depicting the image of the '' Graf Zeppelin'', issued by the United States Post Office Department in 1930, exclusively for delivery of mail carried aboard that airship. Although the stamps were valid for postage on mail sent on the Zeppelin Pan American flight from Germany to the United States, via Brazil, the set was marketed to collectors and was largely intended to promote the route. 93.5% of the revenue generated by the sale of these stamps went to the Zeppelin Airship Works in Germany. The Graf Zepplin stamps were issued as a gesture of goodwill toward Germany. Mystic Stamp Company, 1930 Graf Zeppelins The three stamps were used briefly and then withdrawn from sale. The remainder of the stock was destroyed by the Post Office Department. Due to the high cost of the stamps during the Great Depression, most collectors and the general public could not afford them. Consequently, only about 227,000 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
