Back Hindenburg Afrikaans سفينة زيبلين 129 هيندينبيرغ Arabic هيندنبورݣ ARY Hindenburg LZ 129 AST Hindenburq (dirijabl) Azerbaijani Гіндэнбург (дырыжабль) Byelorussian Хинденбург Bulgarian LZ 129 Hindenburg Catalan Гинденбург (дирижабль) CE LZ 129 Hindenburg Czech
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The LZ 129 Hindenburg was a large German airship, built in 1936. It was named in honor of the German field marshal and statesman Paul von Hindenburg. Such airships are called Zeppelin. Along with another Zeppelin, LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin, it was the biggest airship in the world at the time it was built.
The Zeppelin gained lots of publicity and became very famous. The boxer Max Schmeling flew on it back to Germany after defeating Joe Louis in the United States. It was also present during the opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics which were held in Berlin. This attention was part of the Zeppelin company's plan to offer a fleet of their airships for trans-atlantic service.