Hindenburg
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The term "Hindenburg" is most commonly used to refer to the LZ 129 Hindenburg
, the first of the German Hindenburg-class airships, which famously caught fire and crashed in 1937 during the infamous Hindenburg disaster
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The word "Hindenburg" may also refer to:
LZ 129 Hindenburg
LZ 129 Hindenburg was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume...
, the first of the German Hindenburg-class airships, which famously caught fire and crashed in 1937 during the infamous Hindenburg disaster
Hindenburg disaster
The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey...
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The word "Hindenburg" may also refer to:
People
- Paul von HindenburgPaul von HindenburgPaul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934....
(1847–1934), German general in World War I and president of Germany (1925–1934)- Oskar von HindenburgOskar von HindenburgGeneralleutnant Oskar von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was the politically powerful son and aide-de-camp to Field Marshal and President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg....
(1883–1960), son of the former president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg
- Oskar von Hindenburg
- Carl HindenburgCarl HindenburgCarl Friedrich Hindenburg was a German mathematician born in Dresden. His work centered mostly on combinatorics and probability.- External links :...
(1741–1808), mathematician- Bolenski von Hindenburg (1621-1700), farmer
Places
- Hindenburg, Saxony-AnhaltHindenburg, Saxony-AnhaltHindenburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Hohenberg-Krusemark....
, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany - Hindenburg O.S. in Oberschlesien, from 1915 to 1945 the name of the city of ZabrzeZabrzeZabrze is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union is a metropolis with a population of around 2 million...
- Hindenburg i.Pr. in Ostpreußen, formerly Groß Friedrichsgraben I, in Landkreis LabiauPolesskPolessk , prior to 1945 known by its German name Labiau is a town and the administrative center of Polessky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,744 ....
near Königsberg - The Hindenburg LineHindenburg LineThe Hindenburg Line was a vast system of defences in northeastern France during World War I. It was constructed by the Germans during the winter of 1916–17. The line stretched from Lens to beyond Verdun...
, a German defensive line on the Western front during World War I - HindenburgdammHindenburgdammThe Hindenburgdamm is an 11 km-long causeway joining the North Frisian island of Sylt to mainland Schleswig-Holstein. Its coordinates are . It was opened on 1 June 1927 and is exclusively a railway corridor...
, a rail causeway in linking the island of Sylt to northern Germany - Hindenburg RangeHindenburg RangeThe Hindenburg Range is a mountain range in western Papua New Guinea, stretching from the Star Mountains to the east, at about ....
, mountain range in Papua New Guinea
Other
- LZ 129 HindenburgLZ 129 HindenburgLZ 129 Hindenburg was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume...
Airship - The Hindenburg (film)The Hindenburg (film)The Hindenburg is a 1975 American film based on the disaster of the German airship Hindenburg. The film stars George C. Scott. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link based on the book of the same name by Michael M. Mooney .A.A...
, the 1975 movie based on the crash of the Hindenburg. - Hindenburg OmenHindenburg omenThe Hindenburg Omen is a technical analysis pattern that is said to portend a stock market crash. It is named after the Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937, during which the German Zeppelin Hindenburg was destroyed.- History :...
, a signal indicating a possible stock market crash, named after the Hindenburg disaster - The Hindenburg Program, a German armament program during World War I
- SMS HindenburgSMS HindenburgSMS Hindenburg"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine and the third ship of the . She was named in honor of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, the victor of the Battle of Tannenberg and the Battle of the...
, battlecruiser built for the Imperial German Navy in 1917 - Icebreaker HindenburgIcebreaker HindenburgThe Icebreaker Hindenburg was sunk by a mine on March 12, 1918.She was sunk in Åland waters near Eckerö Island.Three crew members died....
, sunk by a mine on 1918-03-12