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Motif bench: Bertha Benz

Motivbank: Bertha Benz, Hebelstraße, 68723 Schwetzingen

The first ever outing in a car (1888) passed through Schwetzingen.

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Bertha Benz set out under a cloak of secrecy with her two sons in August 1888 on a three-wheel horseless vehicle from Pforzheim and drove to Mannheim. With this invention, made by her husband Carl, she undertook the first ever long distance journey in a motorised vehicle.

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Motivbank: Bertha Benz

Hebelstraße

68723 Schwetzingen

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