Von Der Tann

Von der Tann may refer to:

  • SMS Von der Tann, the Imperial German Navy battlecruiser which served in World War I launched in 1909
  • Von der Tann (gunboat), the first propeller-driven gunboat in the world launched in 1849
  • Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, a Bavarian General who fought in several wars, for whom the SMS Von der Tann was named

Famous quotes containing the words von and/or der:

    “Pity on the person who has become accustomed to seeing in necessity something arbitrary, who ascribes to the arbitrary some sort of reason, and even claims that following that sort of reason has religious value.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “Under the lindens on the heather,
    There was our double resting-place.”
    —Walther Von Der Vogelweide (1170?–1230?)