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Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867 Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born on 3 May 1849 to a wealthy carpenter family in Pforzheim.She was the third of nine children. Her father, Karl Friedrich Ringer, a master builder and carpenter, and her 20 year younger mother, Auguste Friedrich, were wealthy individuals who invested heavily in their children's educations.
Das Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz in der alten Benz Fabrik (in German) is the Dr. Carl Benz Auto Museum created by a private group in 1996 Archived 23 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine in a former Benz factory for an ancillary business founded with his sons in Ladenburg, which was separate from his major companies.
On January 25, 2011, Deutsche Welle (DW-TV) broadcast worldwide in its series Made in Germany a TV documentary on the invention of the automobile by Karl Benz, highlighting the very important role of his wife Bertha Benz. The report was not only on the history of the automobile, but took a look at its future as well, as shown by the Bertha Benz ...
Bertha Benz, Karl's wife, whose dowry was said to have made a portion of contribution to finance the development of the Patent-Motorwagen, [18] was aware of the need for publicity. She took the Patent-Motorwagen No. 3 and drove it on the first long-distance internal combustion automobile road trip to demonstrate its feasibility.
She first wrote "Typisch Ossi – Typisch Wessi", then "Kreuzweise deutsch", as well as the first biography of Bertha Benz, the wife of car inventor Carl Benz and the world's first female long-distance driver, entitled "Mein Traum ist länger als die Nacht".
Spouse: Marisa Leonie Bach (m. 2000) Children: 1: Ken Duken is a German actor and director. Early life. ... about the life of Carl and Bertha Benz.
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Bertha Benz (1849–1944), German marketing entrepreneur who was the first to drive an automobile for a long distance, wife of Carl Benz; Carl Benz (1844–1929), German engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur who built the first patented automobile; Derek Benz (born 1971), American author of fantasy fiction for children