Carl Benz

German inventors

Carl Benz (1844 – 1929)

About him His complete name was „Karl Friedrich Michael Benz“, he was born on 25 November 1844 in Mühlberg (Karlsruhe) and died on 4 April 1929 in Ladenburg. People know him as an engineer and inventor.

In 1853 he went to the Karlsruher Lyzeum and passed his school leaving exam in 1860. He married Bertha Ringer in 1872. They had 5 children.

Mercedes Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German brand of the Daimler Company. The brand was created in 1926 by the merging of DaimlerMotoren-Gesellschaft by Gottlieb Daimler and Benz & Cie by Carl Benz.

His invention In 1885 Carl Benz made one of the biggest inventions in the world, the petrolcar.

Petrolcar The petrolcar had 0,8 PS (horse power) and the tyres were made out of rubber

Cars at the beginning of the 20th century

Cars today

The cars today are environmentally friendlier and faster

This presentation was made by

Georg Graf von Arco Oberschule Nauen