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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] |
