Car Museum Dr. Carl Benz
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| place | Ilvesheimer Strasse 26, 68526 Ladenburg 
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| opening | 2005 |
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Car Museum Dr. Carl Benz eV
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Winfried A. Seidel
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| ISIL | DE-MUS-303111 |
The Dr. Carl Benz in Ladenburg is dedicated to the inventor of the automobile, Carl Benz . The focus of Winfried A. Seidel's private collection is on vehicles from the Benz , C. Benz Sons and Mercedes-Benz brands . The museum was opened in 2005 in the historic factory of C. Benz Söhne, which is located in the west of Ladenburg directly on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route .
History of the collection
The classic car collector Winfried A. Seidel dedicated almost his entire life to the Benz. He was fascinated by old cars from an early age, and he continued his passion for collecting during his time as President of the Mercedes-Benz Oldtimer Club of Germany (MVC) and as the organizer of the Veterama classic car fair . Today the collection includes around 80 vehicles and countless documents that document the history of Carl Benz and his family.
History of the building
After Carl Benz had invented the automobile in Mannheim's T6 square in 1886, he subsequently looked for a plot of land with room for expansion. Knowing Ladenburg from his test drives, he bought the property in Ladenburg in 1905.
In 1906 he founded the company C. Benz Söhne with his son Eugen, and in 1908 his second son Richard joined the company. Up to the 1920s, around 300 vehicles were manufactured in the newly built factory. Benz had the last two copies assembled for his own use. These vehicles still exist today and are in the museum.
The historic Benz factory then experienced an eventful history. Bullet cases were manufactured during the war years. The regional engine repairers were used as cylinder grinding and radiator repairs. C. Benz Söhne then established itself as a supplier for the Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles division.
In 2004 Winfried A. Seidel acquired the factory site, and with the support of Daimler-Benz it was possible to restore the historic factory halls and convert them into a museum. Of particular note is that this is a vehicle museum that has returned to the halls where the automobiles on display today were once built.
The exhibition
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The history of motorization is shown in five areas, from the Benz patent motor car to the McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 racing car. You can also take a look at the original Carl Benz tools that are set up in the museum workshop.
Area 1
Right at the entrance is the Dr. Carl Benz Square . The vehicles shown there all come from the production of Benz & Cie. in Mannheim and from C. Benz Sons in Ladenburg. At the start of motorization in 1886, there was the three-wheeled motor vehicle with the patent number 37435, and the last model was the Benz 10/35 hp vehicle built by Benz in 1925. The last two existing vehicles of the C. Benz Söhne brand are here.
Area 2
In Mercedes Allee vehicles are shown that were manufactured after the merger of the Benz and Daimler companies to form Daimler-Benz-AG in 1926 until the early 1950s. You can also find out here how the brand name Mercedes came about.
Area 3
The car biography is shown in 30 light pyramids, supplemented by vehicles from the respective epochs, such as a Mercedes-Benz with a wooden generator.
Area 4
Here you can see the history of two-wheelers , from the wheel of Karl-Friedrich Drais zu Sauerbronn , who drove through Mannheim in 1817, to the first bicycles with pedals, to the colorful scooters of the 1950s.
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Area 5
In the racing division race cars are from different periods. The spectrum ranges from the Avus racing car from 1921 to the Formula 1 vehicle from McLaren-Mercedes from 2001 (driver Mika Häkkinen ). An original Sauber-Mercedes-Benz C291 that Michael Schumacher drove is also on display.
Special exhibition (until 2016)
Benz patent motor car number 3 , with a high degree of probability the original vehicle with which Bertha Benz drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back again, was on permanent loan from the London Science Museum in Ladenburg, making it the oldest car in the world preserved in its original form Ladenburg returned. However, it is now back in London.
Individual references and sources
- ↑ Bertha Benz Memorial Route: Museums on Mobility in the Region bertha-benz.de
