Aéroport de Friedrichshafen

L'aéroport de Friedrichshafen (allemand : Flughafen Friedrichshafen (code IATA : FDH • code OACI : EDNY) ou Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen) est un petit aéroport international situé à 3 kilomètres au nord de Friedrichshafen, en Allemagne, donnant sur le lac de Constance (allemand : Bodensee). C'est le troisième aéroport le plus fréquenté du Land de Bade-Wurtemberg après Stuttgart et Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, il accueillait 545 121 passagers en 2012.

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Friedrichshafen Airport

Friedrichshafen Airport is a minor international airport 1.9 miles north of Friedrichshafen, Germany, on the banks of Lake Constance. It is the third biggest airport in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and served 559,985 passengers in 2015. Friedrichshafen features flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations. Due to its proximity to the Austrian Alps it is also heavily used during the winter by skiing tourists. The Messe Friedrichshafen convention center is just north of the airport's runway. The center hosts AERO Friedrichshafen, an annual European general aviation conference and other conferences.

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Luftschiffbau Zeppelin

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH is a German aircraft manufacturing company. It is perhaps best known for its leading role in the design and manufacture of rigid airships, commonly referred to as Zeppelins due to the company's prominence. The name 'Luftschiffbau' is a German word meaning building of airships. The company was founded by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1908 as a formal entity to continue advancing his pioneering research into rigid airships. Luftschiffbau Zeppelin became the leading manufacturer in the field of large lighter-than-air vehicles; its products were used in both military and civilian capacities. The firm founded DELAG, the world's first airline to use an aircraft in revenue service, in 1909 on the back of public interest and using its own airships. During the First World War, Zeppelins were employed as the first long distance strategic bombers, launching numerous raids upon Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom. Following Count von Zeppelin's death in 1917, control of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin fell to Dr. Hugo Eckener, an enthusiastic proponent of the civil value of airships. However, Germany's zeppelins were claimed by the Allies as war reparations. The company continued to innovate during the interwar period, constructing the largest rigid airship in history, the LZ 129 Hindenburg, lead ship of the Hindenburg class. However, the company's fortunes soured during the Nazi era, particularly following the high-profile Hindenburg disaster. Its airships were grounded and scrapped in 1940 to produce fixed-wing combat aircraft for Nazi Germany's war machine. During the Second World War, the company became involved in the manufacture of the V2 rocket; its facilities were hit by Allied bombing raids and it all but ceased to exist in the final months of the conflict. During the 1980s, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH was revived from its residual assets. It has since become a major shareholder in the company ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH, which developed and produces the Zeppelin NT, a next generation airship.

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Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen

The Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen is an aerospace museum located in the German town of Friederichshafen near Lake Constance. The museum exhibits the aircraft designs of Claude Dornier, the Dornier company and aerospace products of Airbus.

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Eurobike

Eurobike is an international bicycle trade fair held annually since 1991. Originally staged during the first week of September on the grounds of Messe Friedrichshafen, it moved to Messe Frankfurt in 2022 where it now occurs each July and encompasses various types of 'ecomobility' in addition to bicycles. The event spans five days, being open to trade visitors from Wednesday to Friday, then to everyone over the weekend. According to organizers, 43,700 industry visitors from 97 countries and an additional 20,500 bike fans on public day, attended the show in 2012. This also included 1,889 journalists from 42 countries.

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Zeppelinstadion

Zeppelinstadion is a multi-use stadium in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches. Since 1919 it is the home stadium of VfB Friedrichshafen. The stadium is able to hold 12,000 people.

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Friedrichshafen propose des destinations européennes et était l'aéroport principal de l'ancienne compagnie aérienne régionale autrichienne InterSky. De par sa proximité avec les Alpes autrichiennes et ses stations de ski, l'aéroport est également massivement utilisé durant l'hiver. Le Palais des congrès Messe Friedrichshafen est situé juste au nord de l'aéroport où se tient, entre autres, la conférence annuelle de l'Aviation générale Européenne AERO Friedrichshafen.