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The Bertha Benz Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-Württemberg [1] and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. [2] It opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of the world's first long distance road trip by a vehicle powered with an internal combustion engine, in 1888.
Bertha Benz, (1849–1944), first person to drive an automobile over a long distance, wife of Karl, lived in Ladenburg Hermann Hohn (1897–1968), German general, served in both World Wars, recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords , was mayor of Ladenburg for 12 years
Ilvesheim lies predominantly on the northside of a large natural loop on the Neckar river. After the Neckar canal was built in the 1920s to facilitate transport shipping the main part of the city was effectively severed from the northern land, and became an "island," sandwiched between the Neckar river to the south, and the new waterway to the north.
Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867 Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born on 3 May 1849 to a wealthy carpenter family in Pforzheim.She was the third of nine children. Her father, Karl Friedrich Ringer, a master builder and carpenter, and her 20 year younger mother, Auguste Friedrich, were wealthy individuals who invested heavily in their children's educations.
Bad Schönborn is a municipality in northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It is located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.. Damian Hugo von Schönborn. In 1971, two previous towns Bad Langenbrücken and Bad Mingolsheim were combined, and the town was named Bad Schönborn after Damian Hugo von Schönborn, archbishop of Speyer (1719–1743), who built Kislau Castle in Bad ...
Leimen is located on the Bergstraße (Mountain Road) and on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. In the context of a communal reform in the 1970s, Leimen was newly created from the villages Leimen, Gauangelloch and Sankt Ilgen. In 1981, the state government of Baden-Württemberg granted Leimen the privilege to be called "town."
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In 2008, the Bertha Benz Memorial Route was officially designated an industrial heritage route, following Bertha Benz's route on the world's first long-distance journey by automobile. It is a 194 km signposted circuit from Mannheim via Heidelberg and Wiesloch to Pforzheim in the Black Forest , and back.