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WIESLOCH The world’s first known refueling stop was an apothecary, which in those days was the only place to get the alcoholbased liquid to fuel such a primitive two-stroke motor. The old Town Pharmacy is still there, on the quiet main street of this still small village, marked with a plaque for its role in automotive history. BRUSCHSAL Interior of one of the jaw-dropping rooms in the ornate Bruschal Palace, a Baroque gem dating from the 1750s, along the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Photo courtesy Castles & Gardens of Baden-Wurttemberg. Archeological excavations indicate this town has been inhabited since 4000BC, but it is best known today for its ornate palace, built in the 1750s. The interior and palace gardens are equally drool-worthy. https://www.schloss-bruchsal.de/en/visitor-experience/ palace-garden/buildings/the-bel-etage/ceremonial-halls HOCKENHEIM This famous track is where Formula 1 races are held, and where manufacturers test their new vehicles. There’s also Museum of Motorsports, which includes pioneering women race drivers. I’m sure Bertha Benz is smiling down on those exhibits. SCHWETZINGEN My favorite vehicle in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart is this 1936 500K Supercharged Compressor cabriolet (convertible), the most powerful and expensive vehicle of its time. The Schwetzingen Castle is another eye-popping 1700s wonder, but the real treat here is spargel, from the farms surrounding the town. These are delicate shoots of white asparagus, cut below the surface before they turn green. Each April and May, restaurant menus throughout Germany sprout platters of spargel, usually served with thick slices of shinken (ham). Schwetzingen makes an unusual spargel schnapps, or brandy. My small souvenir bottle (which I refuse to open and drink) has a spargel tip inside. PFORZHEIM 1939 concept vehicle at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, designed by Ferdinand Porsche, who also designed the VW Beetle. It didn’t exist yet when Bertha Benz visited her mom, but both probably would have loved exploring the Museum of Jewelry, with artifacts dating back to Greco-Roman times, more recent Art Deco items, and a pocket watch collection. The German word for jewelry is schmuck – pronounced shmook. Don’t mispronounce it. https://www.schmuckmuseum.de/en/index.html 46
ALSO WORTH VISITING JUST OFF THE BERTHA BENZ MEMORIAL ROUTE: STUTTGART, home of both Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, and each offers a spectacular museum. The MERCEDES-BENZ MUSEUM follows a timeline of motorized history, through a peek into the future and the promise of autonomous driving. My favorite car on display there is not the iconic 1950s gullwing sports car; it is a 1930s 500K, one of the most expensive and powerful vehicles of its time, a gleaming beauty on display in what I call Drop Dead Red. I wore a red top the last time I visited, in its honor. https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/classic/museum/ Small museum devoted to Dr. Carl Benz and his pioneering “vehicle with gas engine” in Ladenberg, Germany, where the family lived. GOTTLIEB DAIMLER patented his own version of what he called the “Motorwagen” in 1888, two years after the Benz patent, each claiming theirs was the first. The two remained fierce competitors until 1926, when they were forced to merge by German banks in an effort to save money by consolidating R&D and manufacturing. The merger also was intended to make wider use of Daimler’s talented engineer and designer, Ferdinand Porsche. But he quit in a dispute over racing – he wanted to, Daimler didn’t. Porsche formed his own company, which included creating – at the request of Hitler – an affordable little vehicle, which became the VW Beetle (Volkswagen translates as “people’s car”). The equally fascinating PORSCHE MUSEUM is equally divided between the company’s impressive racing history and its cars for the rest of us. My favorite exhibit is the “sound cones” – stand under them to hear the throaty rumbles of different engines. Yes, there’s a difference. https://www.porsche.com/usa/aboutporsche/porschemuseum/ Exterior of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, with the iconic 1950s 300SL gullwing sports car out front. Photo courtesy Mercedes-Benz Museum I must mention the sleepy village of WALDORF, the town from which John Jacob Astor emigrated to America, where he became fabulously wealthy. You may have heard of the hotel he named after himself and his hometown – Waldorf Astoria – now an international chain. It’s also the town where my own beloved Oma (grandmother) was born and grew up before coming to America. Evelyn Kanter is a travel and automotive journalist based in NYC, who visits Germany often. Follow her on www.ecoxplorer.com, where a version of this article also has been published. Author Evelyn Kanter, after doing “hot laps” at the Indianapolis 500 racetrack, in a vehicle similar to those used in races on the equally world-famous Hochenheim racetrack along the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Photo taken by the museum director. 47
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