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Also Known As Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich, Graf von Zeppelin
Born July 8, 1838 • Konstanz • Germany
Died March 8, 1917 (aged 78) • Charlottenburg • Germany

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The Zeppelin airship Schwaben hovers low above an open field near a crowd of people preparing for its landing at Potsdam.
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