Hindenburg
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Hindenburg may refer to:
Persons:
- Paul von Hindenburg (1847 – 1934), German general in World War I and president of Germany (1925 – 1934)
- Oskar von Hindenburg (1883 – 1960), son of the former
- Carl Hindenburg (1741–1808), mathematician
- Hindenburg, Japanese comic writer
Places:
- Hindenburg (Altmark) in Sachsen-Anhalt, de:Hindenburg (Altmark) [1]
- Hindenburg O.S. in Oberschlesien, from 1915 to 1945 the name of the city of Zabrze
- Hindenburg i.Pr. in Ostpreußen, formerly Groß Friedrichsgraben I, in Landkreis Labiau near Königsberg
- The Hindenburg Line, a German defensive line on the Western front during World War I
- Hindenburgdamm, a rail causeway in linking th island of Sylt to northern Germany
- Hindenburg Range, mountain range in Papua New Guinea
Others:
- LZ 129 Hindenburg, the Zeppelin that caught fire in 1937 in Lakehurst, New Jersey, also known as The Hindenburg Disaster
- several movies named after the airship and its disaster, including The Hindenburg (film)
- Hindenburg Omen, a signal indicating a possible stock market crash, named after the Hindenburg disaster
- The Hindenburg Program, a German armament program during World War I.
- SMS Hindenburg, battlecruiser built for the Imperial German Navy in 1917