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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.
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.
In Germany, a parade of antique automobiles celebrates this historic trip of Bertha Benz every two years. 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 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 ...
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
Dossenheim (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔsn̩ˌhaɪ̯m] ⓘ; Palatine German: Dossene) is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis (district) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bergstraße and Bertha Benz Memorial Route.
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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.