Bertha Benz Memorial Route
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The Bertha Benz Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-Württemberg and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of the world's
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Bertha Benz (1849–1944)
The town pharmacy in Wiesloch, referred to as the "First filling station in the world", with a monument dedicated to her historic first car trip on the right
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nr. 3 of the year 1888
Carl Benz
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Carl Friedrich Benz was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical, modern automobile and the first car to be put into ser
Bertha Benz Memorial Route
…combustion engine, in 1888. The trip was taken by Bertha Benz in the world's first automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, created by her husband, Carl Benz. Bertha Benz's husband, Carl Benz, patented the first automobile designed to produce its own power in January 1886 (Reichspatent Nr. 37435…
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Replica of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nr. 1
Engine of a replica of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nr. 1
An official license to operate the Benz Patent-Motorwagen on the public roads was issued by Großherzoglich Badisches Bezirksamt on 1 August 1888.