75th anniversary of death of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin  - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1992 - 165 Pfennig

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75th anniversary of death of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1992 - 165 Pfennig


Theme: Calender
CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date1992
Face Value 165.00 
Colorblue
PerforationK 14
Printing TypeMulticolor offset printing
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1470
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID518122
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Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin was born on July 8, 1838, as the son of a princely Hohenzollern-Sigmaringische court and government council in Konstanz. There and in the nearby castle Girsberg he spent his youth. In 1853 he moved to Cannstadt, where the young Graf Zeppelin completed the final exam of the Real and Polytechnic School. The following year he joined the Württemberg army. In 1863 he took a leave of absence to participate as an observer in the American Civil War on the side of the northern states. There he had the opportunity to participate in a first balloon climb under Prof. Steiner. Soon after his return he was appointed Adjutant of the King of Württemberg and captain. Zeppelin already distinguished himself in the German wars of unification of 1866, so he acquired in the German-French War of 1870/71 great popularity. After the war he served with various cavalry regiments, including in Strasbourg, Ulm and Stuttgart. In this time also his first diary entry, which dealt with the problem of the airship. It was created under the impression of a lecture of the master postmaster Heinrich von Stephan. Further military uses eventually led to his nomination as Württembergian plenipotentiary at the Federal Council in Berlin, where he came into conflict with the Prussian hegemonic strivings through the sustained defense of the military competences of the states. The re-command of the troupe led on the occasion of an exercise to a bad assessment, which had the retirement from active service, leaving his relationship as General à la suite His Majesty the King of Württemberg result. It was now the time of intense concern with the problem of airship, which finally led to the patented design of a "steerable draft". He had given the suggestions, however, the execution plans, however, an engineer named Theodor Kober transferred. In 1899, the latter also took over the planning and implementation of the LZ 1 airship, for whose production the Society for the Advancement of Air Navigation had been founded. Although well-known industrialists took part, half of Zeppelin's contribution had to be drawn by himself. The airship, whose aluminum was contributed by the Westphalian aluminum producer Berg, rose on 2 July 1900 for the first time in the air. His accomplishments, however, were not apt to arouse great hopes, and the company soon afterwards had to be liquidated. Nevertheless, Graf Zeppelin remained bound by his idea and built in the years 1904 to 1906 with its own and collected by a lottery funds the airship LZ 2, which was created under the technical direction of Ludwig Dürr. Also this airship failed due to the still insufficiently developed engines. Only with the following airship LZ 3 the breakthrough could be won in technical terms. Even the military, whose attitude was reserved to refusal, now began to be interested in the Zeppelin rigid airships. So LZ 4 was destined for the military, which had attached to the decrease the demand of a 24-hour drive. This ended with the total loss of the blown up in the thunderstorm and finally burned airship. If the end of the Zeppelin airships has now arrived, an immense sum has been collected within a very short time thanks to an immediate collection of donations, also funded by the Count's nationalistic popularity. This was invested in 1908 farsightedly by the earl won by the industrialist Alfred Colsman in the founding of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH. Follow-up orders by the military, but also by the also founded by Colsman German Luftschiffahrts Aktiengesellschaft ensured the continued existence of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH. With the founding of the company Graf Zeppelin withdrew increasingly from active events. Although the old soldier still saw the ascent of "his" airships, which had been promoted by the First World War, Count Zeppelin no longer experienced their end through the Treaty of Versailles. He died on March 8, 1917 in Berlin. (Text: Dr. Wolfgang Meighörner-Schardt, Friedrichshafen)

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Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin was born on July 8, 1838, as the son of a princely Hohenzollern-Sigmaringische court and government council in Konstanz. There and in the nearby castle Girsberg he spent his youth. In 1853 he moved to Cannstadt, where the young Graf Zeppelin completed the final exam of the Real and Polytechnic School. The following year he joined the Württemberg army. In 1863 he took a leave of absence to participate as an observer in the American Civil War on the side of the northern states. There he had the opportunity to participate in a first balloon climb under Prof. Steiner. Soon after his return he was appointed Adjutant of the King of Württemberg and captain. Zeppelin already distinguished himself in the German wars of unification of 1866, so he acquired in the German-French War of 1870/71 great popularity. After the war he served with various cavalry regiments, including in Strasbourg, Ulm and Stuttgart. In this time also his first diary entry, which dealt with the problem of the airship. It was created under the impression of a lecture of the master postmaster Heinrich von Stephan. Further military uses eventually led to his nomination as Württembergian plenipotentiary at the Federal Council in Berlin, where he came into conflict with the Prussian hegemonic strivings through the sustained defense of the military competences of the states. The re-command of the troupe led on the occasion of an exercise to a bad assessment, which had the retirement from active service, leaving his relationship as General à la suite His Majesty the King of Württemberg result. It was now the time of intense concern with the problem of airship, which finally led to the patented design of a "steerable draft". He had given the suggestions, however, the execution plans, however, an engineer named Theodor Kober transferred. In 1899, the latter also took over the planning and implementation of the LZ 1 airship, for whose production the Society for the Advancement of Air Navigation had been founded. Although well-known industrialists took part, half of Zeppelin's contribution had to be drawn by himself. The airship, whose aluminum was contributed by the Westphalian aluminum producer Berg, rose on 2 July 1900 for the first time in the air. His accomplishments, however, were not apt to arouse great hopes, and the company soon afterwards had to be liquidated. Nevertheless, Graf Zeppelin remained bound by his idea and built in the years 1904 to 1906 with its own and collected by a lottery funds the airship LZ 2, which was created under the technical direction of Ludwig Dürr. Also this airship failed due to the still insufficiently developed engines. Only with the following airship LZ 3 the breakthrough could be won in technical terms. Even the military, whose attitude was reserved to refusal, now began to be interested in the Zeppelin rigid airships. So LZ 4 was destined for the military, which had attached to the decrease the demand of a 24-hour drive. This ended with the total loss of the blown up in the thunderstorm and finally burned airship. If the end of the Zeppelin airships has now arrived, an immense sum has been collected within a very short time thanks to an immediate collection of donations, also funded by the Count's nationalistic popularity. This was invested in 1908 farsightedly by the earl won by the industrialist Alfred Colsman in the founding of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH. Follow-up orders by the military, but also by the also founded by Colsman German Luftschiffahrts Aktiengesellschaft ensured the continued existence of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH. With the founding of the company Graf Zeppelin withdrew increasingly from active events. Although the old soldier still saw the ascent of "his" airships, which had been promoted by the First World War, Count Zeppelin no longer experienced their end through the Treaty of Versailles. He died on March 8, 1917 in Berlin. (Text: Dr. Wolfgang Meighörner-Schardt, Friedrichshafen).