Hindenburg

Hindenburg is a German name, used for people and places.

The word may also refer to:

People

• Carl Hindenburg (1741–1808), mathematician
• Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), German general in World War I and president of Germany (1925–1934)
• Oskar von Hindenburg (1883–1960), German officer, Paul von Hindenburg's son
• Hindemburg Melão, Jr. (1972), Brazilian blindfold chess player

Places

• Hindenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• The Hindenburg Line, a German defensive line on the Western front during the First World War
• Hindenburg Range, mountain range in Papua New Guinea
• Hindenburgdamm, a rail causeway linking the island of Sylt to northern Germany
• Hindenburg in East Prussia, formerly Gross Friedrichsgraben, in the Landkreis of Labiau near Königsberg. Now, Polessk, in Kaliningrad.
• Hindenburg, Upper Silesia, from 1915 to 1945 the name of the city now called Zabrze in Poland

Media and entertainment

• The Hindenburg (film), the 1975 movie based on the crash of the Hindenburg
• Hindenburg: The Last Flight, a 2011 two-part television movie based on the crash of the Hindenburg

Vessels

• LZ 129 Hindenburg, airship
  • Hindenburg-class airships
  • Hindenburg disaster
• Hindenburg (icebreaker), an icebreaker sunk by a mine on 12 March 1918
• SMS Hindenburg, battlecruiser built for the Imperial German Navy in 1917
• SS Columbus, a German liner originally named SS Hindenburg

Other uses

• Hindenburg Omen, a signal indicating a possible stock market crash, named after the Hindenburg disaster
• The Hindenburg Programme, a German armament program during World War I