Zeppelin (disambiguation)

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Zeppelin is a German surname that usually refers to a type of airship. It can also refer to:

People

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), German officer, inventor and namesake of the word Zeppelin

Places

Zeppelin (bunker), World War II communications bunker near Zossen, Germany
Zeppelin (research station), polar research station on Svalbard, Norway

Zeppelin Field, Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg, Germany
Zeppelin University, a university at Friedrichshafen, Germany
Zeppelinhamna, "Zeppelin Cove", an inlet on Spitsbergen island, Svalbard, Norway
Zeppelinfjellet, "Zeppelin Mountain", on Spitsbergen island, Svalbard, Norway

Arts and entertainment

Led Zeppelin, British rock band
Zeppelin (film), a 1971 British film
The Zeppelin Record, fifth studio album by Dogbowl in 1998

Companies

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, original Zeppelin company founded by Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Zeppelin Games, former name of Eutechnyx, a games development company
Zeppelin-Staaken, former German aircraft manufacturer

Transportation

Airships

Zeppelin, the general class of airships
- Zeppelin mail, a specific type of airmail carried on Zeppelins
- Zeppelin LZ 1, an experimental airship from 1900
- Zeppelin LZ 2, the first true Zeppelin from 1906
- LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, famous airship of the 1920s and '30s
- LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin, sister ship of the Hindenburg
Zeppelin NT, a modern line of lighter than air vehicles

Airplanes

Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20, a four-engined all-metal passenger monoplane from 1916
Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge a series of large bomber aircraft built between 1915 and 1919
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI, the largest bomber of World War I

Ships

SS Zeppelin, a German passenger ship surrendered to the UK and US after World War I
The Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier, two German aircraft carriers laid down in the mid-1930s
- Graf Zeppelin, the first ship of this class

Vehicles

Maybach Zeppelin, luxury car from 1928–34
Rail zeppelin, experimental railcar which resembled a zeppelin airship in appearance

Other uses

Operation Zeppelin (deception plan), major military operation by the British during WWII.
Zeppelin (typeface), typeface designed by Rudolf Koch in 1929
Zeppelin bend, general purpose bend knot
Zeppelin Museum (disambiguation), any of several museums dedicated to airships
Zeppelin Rammer, concept weapon of World War II
Cepelinai (lit. 'zeppelins') or didžkukuliai, a traditional Lithuanian dish of stuffed potato dumplings

See also

ZEPLIN-III, a dark matter experiment.

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