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Bertha Benz - the midwife of the automobile - and the Benz Patent Motor Car

Name: Benz Patent Motorwagen 1886
Brand: Benz

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Created on January 26, 2011

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Sabine Danuser

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Contemporary depiction - Bertha Benz and her sons refueling on the long-distance journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim

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Drive in 1895 - the daughters Klara and Thilde in the front vehicle, the son Richard in the rear vehicle

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Carl Benz's motor car on January 29, 1886 marked the birth of the automobile. However, the invention only achieved its breakthrough when the inventor's courageous wife set off in 1888. As a courageous and unconventional woman, Bertha Benz made a groundbreaking decision for the history of the automobile. She, the wife of Carl Benz, gets into Benz Motor Car No. 3 together with her sons and drives 106 kilometers from Mannheim to Pforzheim. And back again. With this - admittedly quite adventurous - journey, she proves that "daddy's automobile" is also good for long distances, and thus helps the automobile to achieve the longed-for market breakthrough.

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Carl Benz's motor car on January 29, 1886 marked the birth of the automobile. However, the invention only achieved its breakthrough when the inventor's courageous wife set off in 1888. In August 1888, a courageous and unconventional woman made a groundbreaking decision in the history of the automobile. Bertha Benz, Carl Benz's devoted and loving wife, got into Benz Motor Car No. 3 with her sons and drove 106 kilometers from Mannheim to Pforzheim. And back again. With this - admittedly quite adventurous - journey, she proves that "daddy's automobile" is also good for long distances , and thus helps the automobile achieve the longed-for market breakthrough. But first things first:

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