2004Karl Friedrich Benz - 160th Birth Anniversary - Sheetlets

Karl Friedrich Benz was born on November 25th 1844 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He died in the place called Ladenburg near the German city Mannheim on April 4th 1885. Karl Benz is considered as the inventor of the first automobile. In fact, his automobile from 1885 with a motor drive of inner burnout is the first practical automobile in the world. His company Benz and Co., established in 1883 in Mannheim, rapidly became one of the most significant initiators in the automobile industry in the whole world, which was just evolving at that time.