State: Germany, Weimar Republic
Issuer: Friedrichshafen (city) (Wür / BW) Stadt
Location of issue: Friedrichshafen (city)
Date of issue: ? AD., valid til 1.8.1920
Value: 50 Pfennig
Size: 104 x 61 mm
Material: paper
Watermark: -
Serial : -
Serial no. : - (second issue, Serial no. missing)
Signature: (1)
Printer: Carl Grüninger Nachf. Ernst Klett, Stuttgart
Obv.: / / / …. , arms.
Rev.: / / / …. , Zeppelin above Friedrichshafen city and Bodensee lake in an oval frame, Zeppelin crew members flanking.
References: Grabowski F32.1b ; Tieste 2040.15.05 .
Friedrichshafen is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the Bodensee) in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (Kreisstadt) of the Bodensee district in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Friedrichshafen has a population of about 58,000.
Friedrichshafen was established in 1811 as part of the new Kingdom of Württemberg, an ally of France during the Napoleonic Wars. It was named for King Frederick I of Württemberg, who privileged it as a free port and transshipment point for the kingdom's Swiss trade. Ferdinand von Zeppelin established his famous dirigible factory at the end of the 19th century. The 128m-long LZ1 airship rose from its mooring on July 2, 1900. Other aviation companies, including Maybach, also arose in Friedrichshafen to help service the industry. Airship construction in the first third of the 20th century attracted considerable industry and contributed significantly to Friedrichshafen's relative prosperity. Friedrichshafen is best known for having been home to the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Airship Company, the aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke, ZF Friedrichshafen, a manufacturer of transmission systems and MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, the engine manufacturing company founded by Wilhelm Maybach.
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