Friedrichshafen is a town on the northern side of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital of the Bodenseekreis in the federal state (Bundesland) of Baden-Württemberg. Map of the Bodensee; Schweiz is Switzerland, Deutschland is Germany, and Osterreich is Austria. ... The Bodenseekreis is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ...

Its geographical co-ordinates are 47°39′03″N, 9°28′32″E.

In 2004 Friedrichshafen had a population 57,680. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Friedrichshafen and the Bodensee

City center of Friedrichshafen, as seen from the lakeshore near the Graf-Zeppelin-Haus File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... City center of Friedrichshafen, as seen from the lakeshore near the Graf-Zeppelin-Haus File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Zeppelin

Friedrichshafen is best known for having been home to the Zeppelin airship and Dornier aircraft companies. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who was born in Konstanz (Constance), originally had his airships built in a floating assembly hall on the lake which could be aligned with the wind to support the difficult starting procedure. LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, the most travelled airship in history A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship (or dirigible) pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on an earlier design by David Schwarz. ... Dornier may refer to Claudius Dornier, original founder of Dornier GmbH Lindauer DORNIER GmbH FairchildDornier Dornier Medtech [1], maker of medical equipment e. ... Zeppelin Ferdinand von Zeppelin This page is about the German aviation pioneer, for other meanings, see Graf Zeppelin (disambiguation). ... Konstanz (English typically Constance) is a university town of around 80,000 inhabitants on the shore of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. ...

Visitors can learn more about the history of Zeppelin airships in the large Zeppelin Museum sited near the lakeshore. In recent years a number of small Zeppelin airships have been constructed using modern technology (Zeppelin NT) and these can be booked for sightseeing tours. A flying Zeppelin NT Zeppelin NT (Neuer Technologie, German for new technology) is an airship type that has been manufactured since the 1990s by the German company Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH (ZLT) in Friedrichshafen. ...

Economy

Airship construction in the first third of the 20th century attracted considerable industry and contributed significantly to Friedrichshafen's relative prosperity, yet also exposed the town to massive air strikes by the Allied Forces in the later part of World War II which almost completely destroyed its historical centre. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as...

Apart from industry and tourism, various regular commercial exhibitions, such as Aero (aviation technology), InterBoot (water sports) and EuroBike are important economical factors. Furthermore, the Graf-Zeppelin-Haus cultural centre has become a popular location for congresses, conferences, and other events. ...

Transport

The town enjoys regular-interval train services to Lindau and Ulm, as well as to Basel in Switzerland. Lindau is a German city and an island in the eastern part of the Lake Constance, the Obersee. ... Ulm is a city in the German Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg (about 100 km south-east of Stuttgart). ... Location within Switzerland Basel (English traditionally: Basle , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as of 2003). ...

A car ferry service links Friedrichshafen to Romanshorn in Switzerland, and various other towns around the lake can also be reached by ferry. The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Romanshorn is a town on the southern side of Lake Constance in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. ...

The presence of an expanding local airport which affords, amongst other services, a daily international connection to London Stansted Airport operated by Ryanair is a factor which has recently contributed to new growth in the town. Stansted Airport (IATA: STN, ICAO: EGSS) is a medium-sized passenger airport with a single runway, located in the English county of Essex about thirty miles north of London. ... Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA LSE: RYA NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an airline based in Ireland. ...

World Cup 2006

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On October of 2005, Branko Ivankovic, head coach of the Iranian national football team, announced that his team will set up their trainning camp before World Cup 2006 in the Friedrichshafen. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr.Branko Ivankovic is a Croatian football coach and current head coach of Iran national football team. ... First International Afghanistan 0 - 0 Iran (Kabul, Afghanistan; January 1, 1941) Largest win Iran 19 - 0 Guam (Tabriz, Iran; November 24, 2000) Worst defeat Turkey 6 - 1 Iran (Istanbul, Turkey; May 28, 1950) South Korea 5 - 0 Iran (Tokyo, Japan; May 28, 1958) World Cup Appearances 2 (First in 1978... The final stages of Football World Cup 2006 are scheduled to take place in Germany between 9 June and 9 July. ...

Miscellaneous

Twin towns

• Delitzsch, Saxony, Germany
• Peoria, Illinois, USA
• Polatsk, Belarus
• Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
• Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Delitzsch is a city in Saxony, near Leipzig. ... With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria CountyGR6, Illinois. ... Polatsk (Belarusian: По́лацак, По́лацк, also spelt as Polacak; Polish: Połock; Russian: По́лоцк, also transliterated as Polotsk, Polotzk, Polock) is the most historic city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina river. ... Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, commonly referred to as Saint-Dié, is a commune of northeastern France. ... Downtown Sarajevo and the Miljacka river. ...

See also

• ZF Friedrichshafen AG
• Dornier GmbH

ZF Friedrichshafen AG (meaning Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen Aktiengesellschaft which was until 1992 the name of the company) is a leading supplier of automobile transmissions. ... Dornier logo. ...

External links

• City of Friedrichshafen(in German)
• Zeppelin museum (English version available)
• Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (English version)
• MTU Friedrichshafen
• ZF Friedrichshafen
• Zeppelin University
• Graf-Zeppelin-Haus cultural centre