100 years ago, on April 25, 1910, German airship Zeppelin LZ-5, which was also known as military airship Z-II, stranded at Weilburg and was completely destroyed.
Contemporary newspaper reports about that crash can be found here: http://www.weilburg-lahn.info/zeppelin/z2_3.htm
And if you want to know more about zeppelin and zeppelin mail, visit the website of the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP at http://www.ezep.de/