Bismarck facts for kids

Bismarck is a German family name. Bismark is an incorrect spelling.

Otto von Bismarck

The name Bismarck is usually associated with the famous Otto von Bismarck, a German statesman of the 19th century.

Ships

Battlecruiser class

• Fürst Bismarck, a Mackensen class battlecruiser of the German navy, still under construction at the time of the 1918 Armistice and never completed.

Battleship

The Bismarck was a battleship of the German navy during WWII

• The Bismarck Chase
• Sink the Bismarck!, a 1960 movie about the sinking of the Bismarck
  • Sink the Bismarck, a 1960 Johnny Horton song inspired by the movie
• Expedition: Bismarck, a 2002 documentary about the battleship Bismarck.

Ocean liners

• The SS Bismarck of 1914 became the RMS Majestic as a part of World War I war reparations.

Places

Geography

• the Bismarck Sea, north of the island of New Guinea
• the Bismarck Archipelago, a part of Papua New Guinea
• Bismarck, North Dakota, the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota
• Bismarck, Arkansas
• Bismarck, Illinois
• Bismarck, Missouri
• Bismark, Ontario, a hamlet at the junction of Highway 20 and Highway 57

Buildings and Structures

• "Bismarck towers"
  • Bismarck Tower Stettin

Other people named Bismarck

• Herebord von Bismarck, the first verifiable holder of the name (from the 13th century)
• Ludolf August von Bismarck (1683-1750), a Russian General
• Levin Friedrich von Bismarck (1703-1774), a Prussian Attorney General
• August Wilhelm von Bismarck (1750-1783), a Prussian Finance Minister
• Friedrich Alexander Graf von Bismarck-Bohlen (1818-1894), a Prussian General
• Herbert von Bismarck (1849-1904), Secretary of State, son of Otto von Bismarck
• Gottfried von Bismarck (1881-1928)
• Bernhard von Bismarck
• Otto Fürst von Bismarck (1815-1898), a highly influential German politician of the 19th century. Prime Minister of Prussia, and Chancellor of the Second German Reich.
• Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1901-1949), a Nazi parliamentary representative, grandson of Otto von Bismarck
• Count Gottfried von Bismarck (1962-2007) son of Prince Ferdinand von Bismarck, great-great-grandson of the famous Otto von Bismarck
• Philipp von Bismarck (b. 1913), a German politician of the CDU party
• Prince Ferdinand von Bismarck
• Klaus von Bismarck, 1961-1976, and administrator of a German radio station
• Gunilla von Bismarck (b. 1949), great-granddaughter of Otto von Bismarck, a German philanthropist
• Carl-Eduard von Bismarck (b. 1961), great-great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck, a German politician
• Aurel von Bismarck, a musician and composer
• Stephanie zu Guttenberg, (b. 1976) great-great-granddaughter of Otto von Bismarck.

Things

• Bismarck, a beer mix also known as a Black Velvet
• Bismarck herring, a variant of rollmops

Media

• Sei Jūshi Bismarck, a Japanese anime series released by Studio Pierrot in 1984.

See also

In Spanish: Bismarck para niños