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– is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century. It was based on designs he had outlined in 1874 and detailed in 1893. His plans were reviewed by committee in 1894 and patented in the United States on March 14, 1899. The first Zeppelin flight occurred on 2 July 1900 over Lake Constance (the Bodensee). Given the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid airships.
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– is the highest mountain in Germany (2,962 metres or 9,718 ft). It is located in the state of Bavaria at the Austrian border in the south of Germany. There is a cog railway (
Zugspitzbahn) leading from the tourist resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the peak. There are also two cable cars that go to the peak from the base: one ascends from the German side of the mountain and the other ascends from Austria.
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– (22.06.1910 - 18.12.1995) was a German engineer and computer pioneer. His greatest achievement was the world's first functional program-controlled
Turing-complete computer, the Z3, in 1941. Zuse also designed the first high-level programming language,
Plankalkül, first published in 1948. In addition to his technical work, Zuse founded one of the earliest computer businesses in 1946.
Two cities honour the genius of Konrad Zuse with a monument: Hünfeld and Bad Hersfeld, both located less than 15 miles away from Hohenroda, the location where the 28th Team World Cup will take place.
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