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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 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.
On February 25, 2008, the Bertha Benz Memorial Route, [20] following the route of Benz's journey, was officially approved as a Tourist or Scenic Route by the German authorities as a route of industrial heritage of mankind. The 194 km (121 mi) of signposted route leads from Mannheim via Heidelberg to Pforzheim (Black Forest) and back.
It is situated on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route and contains no other villages. ... Eisingen had a voter turnout of 47.2% (compared to 50.6% in 2009) ...
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 of 1888, used by Bertha Benz for the highly publicized first long-distance road trip by automobile (of over 106 km / 60 miles). The world's first recorded long-distance road trip by the automobile took place in Germany in August 1888 when Bertha Benz, the wife of Karl Benz, the inventor of the first patented motor car (the Benz Patent-Motorwagen), traveled ...
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The Bertha Benz Memorial Route, named after Carl's wife Bertha, runs through the town. Geography. Location and natural environment. Ladenburg ...
A total of 162 crashes have occurred from 2018 to 2020 at intersections along the one-mile corridor, including Route 6 interchanges, White’s Path, Old Townhouse Road, Long Pond Drive to Regional ...