Another important stop is the Benz family villa and museum in Ladenburg, where Carl founded Benz and Sons in 1906 with the two boys Bertha had taken with her that August day in 1888. By the time ...

Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner ... Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born into a wealthy family in Pforzheim, Germany, in the spring of 1849. Her father was a carpenter and real estate ...

The family vehicle has been a cornerstone of everyday life since the birth of the automobile – when in 1888, Bertha Benz loaded up her sons in her husband’s new invention to visit their ...