The Zeppelin Denkmal (Zeppelin monument) was created in honour of the Count Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin.
The simple, but imposing bronze column rises to a height of
13 m and was created by the sculptor Professor Toni
Schneider-Manzell (1911 - 1996) who was born in Friedrichshafen-Manzell.
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (also known as Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a German general and later aircraft manufacturer. He founded the Zeppelin airship company.