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Bertha Benz. Bertha Benz ( German: [ˈbɛʁta ˈbɛnts] ⓘ; née Cäcilie Bertha Ringer; 3 May 1849 – 5 May 1944) was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Karl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance ...
May 13, 2024 · Bertha Benz (born May 3, 1849, Pforzheim, Germany—died May 5, 1944, Ladenburg) was a German automotive pioneer who was instrumental in the development of the first engine-powered carriage, or automobile. She is best known for embarking on the world’s first long-distance drive in the Patent-Motorwagen, a car built by her husband, Karl Benz.
Bertha Benz. Inducted 2016. 1849 - 1944. On the morning of August 5, 1888, Bertha Benz and her two oldest sons quietly left their house and unknowingly changed the world forever. While Bertha’s husband Carl lay asleep, she left a note on the kitchen table informing him that they were leaving to visit her mother in Pforzheim, Germany, some 60 ...
Bertha Benz. Bertha Benz (née Cäcilie Bertha Ringer on May 3, 1849) played a decisive part in the development of the automobile. She supported her husband Carl Benz as best she could and, like him, firmly believed in the future of the automobile. Pioneer of the automobile: Bertha Benz, here a portrait of her as a young woman, helped pave the ...
Bertha Benz was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Karl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance, field testing the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, inventing brake lining and solving several practical issues during the journey of 105 km.
Mar 8, 2013 · Bertha was a wife, but also an investor, and a shrewd marketer. She understood that in order for this to be a success, people had to actually see the cars run and drive, and she knew her husband ...
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