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1849. Born in Pforzheim, Germany. 1869. Met future husband Carl Benz for the first time. 1885. Carl Benz completed his first Motorwagen prototype. 1886. An official patent was registered for the Motorwagen. 1888. Bertha Benz completed the first long distance car ride, driving from Mannheim to Pforzheim, taking just over 13 hours. 1944.
Mar 6, 2019 · 172K. 9.4M views 5 years ago. In a time when “car” was not even a word yet, and people relied on horses to pull their wagons, one woman challenged the status quo. To prove to the world that her...
Founders and pioneers. 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.
Mar 8, 2021 · Mercedes-Benz has told Bertha’s daring story twice via YouTube, the first time in 2018 in a video depicting Bertha making the trip alone (below), and again in 2019. Denied a higher education but still savvy and determined enough to leave her mark on the automotive industry and the world, Bertha Benz was proclaimed an “honorary senator” by ...
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 and wife of automobile inventor Karl Benz.
Apr 24, 2024 · DPMA | Bertha Benz. First car ride in the world. With hatpin, garter and 3 HP: Bertha Benz´drive into the future. On August 5, 1888, a woman heralded the era of the automobile: Without Bertha Benz, the history of mobility would have been different. On that day, she took her first longer trip by car.
125 years ago, Bertha Benz embarked on the first motorised long-distance journey. Portrait of an extraordinary woman.
