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Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
Airship Manufacturer
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Luftschiffbau Zeppelin was a German airship manufacturer founded in 1908 by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. It built the Graf Zeppelin, and after Zeppelin's 1917 death, its chairman Hugo Eckener personally conceived and operated the airship on its record-setting flights.
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Founded Year SignificanceThe German company that built the Graf Zeppelin, and whose chairman after Ferdinand von Zeppelin's 1917 death, Hugo Eckener, personally conceived and operated the airship. 1 HeadquartersFriedrichshafen, Germany 1 Dissolved YearCompany effectively ceased to exist amid WWII wartime destruction; the cited source gives no precise formal dissolution date, and the Zeppelin name was later regenerated from residual assets starting 1993. Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
WikipediaIntroductionQuote, Introduction
The company was founded by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1908 as a formal entity to continue advancing his pioneering research into rigid airships.
1. Wikipedia: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
WikipediaHistory section, production facilitiesQuote, History section, production facilities
New production facilities were set up to assemble Zeppelins from components fabricated in Friedrichshafen.
1. Wikipedia: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
WikipediaHistory section, final months of WWIIQuote, History section, final months of WWII
During the final months of the conflict, the company effectively ceased to exist, disappearing sometime around 1945.
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