Inventions
Some important inventions were made in Mannheim.
- Karl Drais built the first two-wheeled draisine in 1817.
- Karl Benz' first car appeared on the streets of Mannheim in 1886. At his workshop in Mannheim he produced a lightweight three-wheeled vehicle powered by a single cylinder petrol/gasoline-fueled engine, first shown in public around 1886. This powered tricycle subsequently came to be widely regarded as the first automobile/motor car powered by an internal-combustion engine. Karl's wife Bertha Benz undertook the world’s first road trip by automobile from Mannheim to Pforzheim in August 1888.
- The Lanz Bulldog, a popular tractor with a rugged, simple Diesel engine was introduced in 1921.
- Julius Hatry built the world's first rocket plane in 1929.
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The world’s first bicycle, built in Mannheim by Karl Freiherr von Drais in 1817
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The world’s first motorcar, built in Mannheim by Karl Benz in 1885
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Official sign of Bertha Benz Memorial Route, commemorating the world's first long distance journey by automobile from Mannheim to Pforzheim in 1888 104 km (65 mi)
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