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Contains: above all secret correspondence between Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH, the Reichs-Marine-Amt and the various German naval authorities. Commands concerning LZ 113, payment of airships, LZ 112, LZ 111, LZ 109, LZ 106 / L 60, LZ 104 / L 59, LZ 105 / L 58, high-altitude and long-distance run of LZ 105, report of the 4th round of the LZ 113. Journey of L 58, LZ 102 / L 57, secrecy obligation of crew members of L 57, LZ 103 / L 56, LZ 101 / L 55, LZ 99 / L 54, LZ 100 / L 53, elevated journey of L 53, LZ 98 / L 52, LZ 97 / L 51, transfer journey of LZ 97 / L 51, LZ 89 / L 50, LZ 96 / L 49, transfer journey of L 49

Contains: above all secret correspondence between the Reichs-Marine-Amt, the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH and various other German naval authorities. Commands concerning LZ 113/ L 71, LZ 112 / L 66, payment of airships, LZ111 / L 65, LZ 109 / L 64, LZ 110 / L 63, LZ 107 / L 62, LZ 106 / L 61, transfer and elevation of L 61, LZ 108 / L60, LZ 104 / L 59, report on the Africa voyage of L 59, L 58 / LZ 105

Contains among other things: - Lists of some of the correspondence partners, n.d. - Althoff, Friedrich Theodor, Minister of Culture, 1900, 1906 - Arlliez (?), 1900 - Baden, Friedrich Grand Duke v., 1896, 1905 - Barnay, Ludwig, actor to Charlotte Rosenstock, 1895 - Berber, Felix, Prof., violin virtuoso (?) to Heinz Braune, 1905 - Bernhardi, Friedrich v., General of the Cavalry, 1899 - Bigelow, Poultney, writer, retired. - Bethmann-Hollweg, Reich Chancellor, 1913 - Bismarck, Herbert Graf v., State Secretary of the Foreign Office, State Minister, 1894 - Bismarck, Otto Fürst v., former Reich Chancellor, 1892, 1896 - Bley, Fritz, 1917 - Bruch, M.., 1900 (?) - Bülow, Bernhard Prince v., Imperial Chancellor: picture-postcard with depiction Bülow, 1907 - Bülow, Marie Princess v., née Princess v. Camporeale, 1901, 1909 - Burmester, Willy, Privy Privy Councillor, Prof., o. D. - Busch, Moritz, writer [to Victor Hehn ? see no. 240], 1883 - Cambon, Jules, French. Ambassador, o.J. - Casement, Sir Roger David, Irish freedom fighter, 1915 - Collier, 1911, retired. - Conze, Alexander, Director of the Archaeological Institute, 1895 - Cornelius, P. v. and ? to Julius Schweitzer: Kopiererlaubnisschein, 1835 - Deines, v. an Focke, 1896 - Delbrück, Clemens v., Deputy Reich Chancellor, 1914 - Delbrück, Hans, historian, 1895 - Eichhorn, Hermann von, General Field Marshal, 1917-18 - End (?), H., Regierungsrat, 1898 - Eulenburg, 1905, 1935 - Faure, Fernand, Director of the "Revue politique

Personal history: When he entered the war school in Ludwigsburg (1855), Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin decided to pursue a military career. After his appointment as lieutenant (1858) he was subordinate to the Generalquartiermeisterstab. Commanded to study at the University of Tübingen for a year, he was temporarily transferred to the Corps of Engineers in Ulm after the outbreak of the French-Austrian War (1859) and soon afterwards to the Generalquartiermeisterstab in Ludwigsburg. After various journeys, including to the scenes of the American Civil War, Count Zeppelin was promoted to the Adjutant's Office of King Charles in 1865. At his own request, in April 1868 he was assigned to the tactical department of the Great General Staff in Berlin, but already in the autumn of the following year he was recalled to the Württemberg General Quartermaster Staff. At the beginning of the Franco-German war in 1870/71, Count Zeppelin was assigned to the Württemberg cavalry brigade as a general staff officer. His daring exploration ride through Alsace on 24/25 July 1870 and its distribution in the national press made Count Zeppelin famous and popular for the first time in wide sections of the population. After the war he was entrusted with changing commandos over various cavalry regiments until 1884 when he was appointed colonel of the Württemberg military in Berlin. Allegedly because of an unsuccessful manoeuvre, Count Zeppelin retired in 1890 at the age of 52 as General à la suite of the King of Württemberg. During the American Civil War and in Paris in 1870, Count Zeppelin had become acquainted with the military use of open-air balloons. Already in 1887 he had developed his ideas about the possibilities of airship travel in a memorandum presented to the King of Württemberg. His first airship (LZ 1) ascended on 2 July 1900. In 1906 LZ 2 and LZ 3 started, both designed by the engineer Ludwig Dürr. Graf Zeppelin suffered a severe setback on August 5, 1908, when LZ 4 went up in flames on his 24-hour journey to Echterdingen after loading. Graf Zeppelin achieved the final breakthrough and general social recognition of his idea with the launch of LZ 5, which landed in Berlin on August 25, 1909. With regard to military deployment, Graf Zeppelin had considerably overestimated the possibilities of his airships: 72 of the 96 airships built during the war were lost. Nevertheless, Count Zeppelin accused Reich Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg of obstructing the full deployment of the airships against England. The only letter of Count Zeppelin received in this estate also refers to this controversy with the Reich government that arose shortly before his death (1917). Inventory history: Count Zeppelin's only daughter Hella had married Alexander von Brandenstein in 1909. At least a part of the estate listed here must have been in their possession or that of their heirs, because some archival records were marked with the stamp "Graf von Brandenstein-Zeppelin'sches Familienarchiv". The estate of Count Zeppelin in M 660/157, which comprises 14 archive units (0.1 m), was recorded in September 1994.Stuttgart, in September 1994Dr. Margit Müller

Contains: above all correspondence between the Reichs-Marine-Amt and the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH concerning Sale of dismountable airship hangars, sale of L 72 / LZ 114 to LZ for the purpose of an American voyage, cancellation of the test airship Z 100, sale of balloon material, Zeppelin-Werke Lindau, G aircraft, completion dates, airship designation, payment of the airships, aircraft traffic in the Orient, minutes of meetings for further development of the naval airships, ship comparison, L 59 / LZ104

Contains: mainly correspondence between the Reichs-Marine-Amtund der Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH concerning leather, FT-engine, lamellar clutch, test report of airships, additions to ship description, compressor, overpressure valves, payment of airships, further use of inventories and materials of airship places, electron-metal, conversion of L 59 / LZ 104 for front purposes, L 35/ LZ 80, running board covering, L 40 / LZ 88, rubber

Contains: above all correspondence between the Reichs-Marine-Amt and the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH concerning Duraluminium processing, dispatch to airship construction Staaken, skeleton protective coating, gearboxes, gas cells, L 61 / LZ 106, hall of fame of the navy, telephone system, invoice complaints, gyro blower, broken beams at L 59 / LZ 104, cooler, water ballast pants, L 60 / LZ 108, spare cooling water tank, L 55 / LZ 101, turbo blower

Contains: above all correspondence between the Reichs-Marine-Amt and the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH concerning L 63 / LZ 110, gas discharge, remuneration of workers, double ballast water trousers, L 59 / LZ 104 control trains, re-commissioning of airships lying in Seddin, FT system, pressure relief valves, balloon material, secrecy, obligation of non-official persons, test 287/972 (bilge ventilation), fire extinguishers, aluminium alloys, cell protective cladding, parachute, new ship designs, test 500/9a (ship resistance)

Contains: above all correspondence between the Reichs-Marine-Amt and the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH concerning Repairs, test report on the stern load of L 61 / LZ 106, speed, L 70 / LZ112, duraluminium cover, L 53 / LZ 100, ballast water bags, double trousers, L 65 / LZ 111, L 62 / LZ 107, spare cooling water tank, rubber cells, 260 HP propellers, payment for airships, naval hall of fame, Telephone system, reports on defects in L 61 and L 62, L 59 / LZ 104, engines, complaints about invoices, gas shafts, four-point landing gear, oxyhydrogen gas, shipping details, cell protective cladding, L 54 / LZ 99, propeller, test airship, skeleton paint, gearbox, Bruhnscher tachometer

Contains: mainly correspondence between the Reichs-Marine-Amt and Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH concerning air flow system, gas cells, rudder cables, propellers, ballast water extraction, corrosion test of the military test office, compressor, hoods for overpressure valves, L 59 / LZ104, samples for test reports and ship descriptions, hand lamp, balloon hull material, test airship, urgency certificate for iron sheets

Contains: above all secret correspondence between the Reichs-Marine-Amt and the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH concerning the conversion of L 59 / LZ 104, 2 cm gun, payment of the airships, completion dates, transfer of L 59, personnel, material supply, nitrogen jacket.