Original: Designed and built by the Zeppelin Company ( Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH ) on the shores of the Bodensee ( Lake Constance ) in Friedrichshafen , the airship flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6 , 1937 , at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service .
Simplified: Along with another Zeppelin , LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin , it was the biggest airship in the world at the time it was built .