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image sent by Erik, 16 Feb 2004
See also:From the Airline
Timetable Images website: The Zeppelin works, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
at Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, was founded in 1908 by Count von
Zeppelin. A number of quite successful civil and military airships were
produced before and during WW1. When Allied restrictions on aircraft manufacture
in Germany were lifted in 1926, the production of the large LZ127 'Graf
Zeppelin' could start the year after, with the maiden flight in the
autumn of 1928. After some test flights to South America during 1930 and
1931, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin opened a scheduled service between
Friedrichshafen and Recife in northeastern Brazil in April 1932.
In March 1935, the South Atlantic flights became the responsibility
of Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei, after this company had been set up
jointly by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, the German
Air Ministry and Deutsche Lufthansa. The even
larger airship, the LZ 129 'Hindenburg' joined the 'Graf Zeppelin'
in 1936, and, in addition to South Atlantic flights with its parter, inaugurated
a service over the North Atlantic, between Frankfurt and Lakehurst in New
Jersey, in the summer. Also in 1936 the South American route was extended
to Rio de Janeiro. Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei ceased operations as the
commercial use of airships came to an abrupt end on 6 May 1937, when the
'Hindenburg' exploded at Lakehurst.
From the nowadays Deutsche
Zeppelin-Reederei website: The Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei GmbH
was founded in January 2001 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Zeppelin
Luftschifttechnik GmbH. Hence, a company called the "Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei
GmbH" was founded for the second time since 1935. Back then, the DZR
was founded with the aid of governmental funding by the Luftschiffbau
Zeppelin GmbH. The purpose of the DZR at that time was flight operation
for Zeppelin airships.
Santiago Dotor, 11 Feb 2004
I noticed a recent posting to FOTW about the flag of the German Zeppelin
Airship Line. As it happens Zeppelins are another of my many interests.
Attached is a photo from Hindenburg: An Illustrated History by Rick Archbold
and Ken Marschall. The colour photo shows the Deutsch-Zeppelin Reederei
Flag.
Also, the nazi swastika flag was painted on the vertical tail fins
of both the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and LZ 129 Hindenburg. The Hindenburg's
little known sister ship LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin (II) does not appear to have
had the swastika on its tail fins. The entire vertical tail fins of LZ
127 were painted red with the white circle and black swastika in the center
of each. On the LZ 129, however, a red rectangle was painted on both vertical
tail fins with the white circle and black swastika in the center of it.
Also of interest: The Olympic Rings were painted on the Hindenburg's
sides as it was planned to (and did) fly over the Opening Ceremony of the
1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Erik, 16 Feb 2004
It may or may not be significant that the later (current?) flag of Lufthansa
is remotely resembling it.
Željko Heimer, 16 Feb 2004
I happen to own an original flag of the Zeppelin Reederei. It is a little
over 8 feet (2,4 m) long and a little under 5 feet (1,5 m) high. The nylon
is a heavy grade, single thickness except that the edges are hemmed. There
are no grommets - a pole was inserted at the end towards which the eagle
faces. The corners at the opposite ends are weighted with two metal flat
slugs (rectangular) enclosed within triangles of nylon. The thing was made
to last, and except for creases where folded mine is in perfect shape.
Each piece is sewn together very well with heavy black thread looped countless
times to create the black outline of the various parts. My flag more closely
resembles the "yellower" of the scans on the webpage (top left cormer),
but the eagle is a little simpler. The scan at the bottom of the webpage
is much cruder - I have to wonder if it is genuine. However, I believe
every flag will be slightly different since they were obviously hand-made.
It would be very interesting to know how many were made. I suspect not
many. There may have been different sizes.
Nick Follansbee, 21 Jun 2008
Lucien Philippe report it but the yellow is changed to white (It's sorpresive
the use of the weimar and moderns colors in nazi era flag). The image I
posted several years ago is attached for comparison. In the time anyone
can't stablish that was "Reederei".
Jaume Ollé, 22 Feb 2004